The Kicker
Tapper Tweets Objections to Obama Speech
By Liz Cox Barrett May 21, 2009 at 11:11 AM
ABC News's Jake Tapper Twitters his objections to President Obama's "media" mentions* in his speech: second time POTUS bashes media... More
“Massive Foreign Press Presence…”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 21, 2009 at 10:13 AM
... awaiting former Vice President Cheney's speech at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., according to Ana Marie Cox,... More
Obama WANTS YOU to comment on the Open Government Directive
By Clint Hendler May 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM
A request for public comment on the Obama administration’s Open Government Directive has just been published in the Federal Register.... More
Professor: “Journalists Deserve Low Pay”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 21, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Journalists should not be paid well, argues Robert G. Picard, a professor of media economics at Sweden's Jonkoping University, for... More
Be Big in Somalia
By Liz Cox Barrett May 21, 2009 at 09:25 AM
Out-of-work cartoonists: want to draw for and about Somalia, being "humorous where possible" about such things as "persistent insecurity, natural... More
Colbert on Newspapers
By Katia Bachko May 21, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Stephen Colbert weighed in on future of journalism right now, taking a side in the debate over the role of... More
There’s An App For…What?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Folio reports on iPhone applications developed thus far by magazines (often "monetized" by ads or corporate sponsorships). "In February, Lucky... More
Your Local TV News (Soon With More Snuggie Ads)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM
The Philadelphia Inquirer's TV critic, Jonathan Storm on how "local TV broadcasters, both in Philadelphia and across the country, [are]... More
“Is Anyone Okay?” Tweeting the Quake
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Two accounts of how the Orange County Register newsroom used Twitter (handle: OCReggie) during the May 17th earthquake in Southern... More
“Controversy” and Candor On Cable
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Heard earlier this morning on MSNBC, accompanying the headline: "TEEN BIRTH 'SHOCKER,' YouTube pulled graphic viral ad, but it is... More
From WaPo to HuffPo
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 09:36 AM
"Will P.R. pros take the baton of investigative journalism?" wonders Tim Cavanaugh at Reason, arguing that such a baton-pass wouldn't... More
Today on the Frugality Beat
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2009 at 03:43 PM
Last month, the New York Times told us about people who don't really have to penny-pinch but choose to spend... More
Do You Work For A “Magazine?” (How To Tell)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Folio's Tony Silber lists the following "six key properties for what a magazine is," quoting Bob Sacks, a "publishing consultant"... More
Expert: Women Buy Bags, Men Buy Cars
By Katia Bachko May 19, 2009 at 01:44 PM
Time magazine has an enticingly headlined column, "How Shoppers Make Decisions in a Recession," which turned out to be a... More
Somalia? Sri Lanka? “Good Luck” Finding Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM
"Two recent situations show us exactly what the world will be like when there are no regular foreign correspondents left,"... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
