The Kicker
Enchanté (And Not) and “John Wayne” Men v.”NPR Men”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 30, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Swine flu. The economy. Pakistan. Iraq. Torture. Of all the pressing topics about which the president was asked during last... More
Slate “Stumble[s] Across A Primary Source”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 04:41 PM
"100 Days of Obama's Facebook news feed" (most recently: "Arlen Specter joined the group Democrats"). More
Speaking Truth To Power…
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 03:15 PM
...or biting the hand that feeds? CNN Contributor Roland Martin about an hour ago on-air declared "this whole 100 Days... More
CNN Has A “Swagger Expert”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 02:08 PM
Then again, would you expect anything less of The Best Political Team on Television (in this, The Week Of Obama's... More
Office Quiz: Which Media Outlet Is This?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM
"[A]n environment that is sometimes prone to more extreme emotional manifestations" is an insider's description of the workplace at which... More
Gupta Goes Blair Witch Project
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 12:46 PM
My colleague Curtis sent me the link to this Sanjay Gupta CNN video from last night, noting its distinctly Blair... More
NYT Reader Requests Newsroom Blog
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 12:26 PM
During a "Talk to the Newsroom" chat at nytimes.com with Sewell Chan, bureau chief for the City Room blog, a... More
McCaffrey’s Poppy Eradication Conflict
By Clint Hendler Apr 29, 2009 at 11:24 AM
MSNBC, as part of their 100 days of Obama spectacular, invited NBC war correspondent Richard Engel to join Tamron Hall... More
On State Secrets Obama Loses, Openness Wins
By Clint Hendler Apr 29, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Yesterday afternoon, a federal appeals court struck down a claim—originally made by the Bush administration, but adopted and defended by... More
NYDN: Photoshop Your Own Air Force One Photo-Op
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 10:21 AM
The New York Daily News invites you to "create your own NYC Air Force One flyover photo," showing off examples... More
NY Mag Disapproves Of Coop’s Tweets
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Which news personalities' Twitter feeds does New York magazine find "insipid," if "news-sharing?" CNN's Anderson Cooper ("we expected more"), Katie... More
Dead Magazines Slideshow
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2009 at 04:11 PM
Silicon Alley Insider's Business Insider has a slideshow "of magazines shuttered in the current recession" (nitpick: "the current recession" officially... More
Why Michelle Obama “Impresses German Women”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2009 at 03:01 PM
More Michelle Obama's First 100 Days Coverage! CNN International has, in cnnpolitics.com's "The 44th President First 100 Days" section, a... More
The Most 2009 Story Kicker of the Year (So Far)?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Now that we have contenders for "Most 2009 Headline of the Year (So Far)," how about this, from WWD, for... More
“The Most 2009 Headline of the Year”? (Already?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2009 at 10:56 AM
"The most 2009 headline of the year comes courtesy of CNN.com: 'Swine flu creates controversy on Twitter'," Twitters Keith Phipps,... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
