The Kicker
“Nothing but a Bunch of Tea-Bagging Rednecks”
By Megan Garber Apr 17, 2009 at 01:05 PM
On last night's Countdown, Keith Olbermann hosted actor-and-sometime-activist Janeane Garofalo to talk about Wednesday's tax-protesting Tea Parties. And talk she... More
For Ricker, for Poorer
By Megan Garber Apr 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM
The Philadelphia Inquirer--the newspaper whose owners are bankrupt and whose staff has endured wide layoffs and whose remaining staff members... More
OLC Memo Release Opens the Door
By Clint Hendler Apr 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, one of the nation's foremost secrecy experts, has an extraordinary post up... More
Huffraking
By Megan Garber Apr 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
The screen grab: once again showing itself to be a muckraking tool of the digital age. Up until this morning,... More
Twalk of the Town
By Megan Garber Apr 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Gary Trudeau. Roland Hedley. Twitter. The New Yorker. 'Nuf said. More
One Miiiiiiiillion Followers
By Megan Garber Apr 17, 2009 at 09:02 AM
So. On Monday, Massive Twitterlebrity Ashton Kutcher issued a challenge to CNN: a race to one million followers. "I just... More
New Polk Curator Talks Citizen Journalism
By Megan Garber Apr 16, 2009 at 03:22 PM
John Darnton, a reporter and editor who had a long and distinguished career at The New York Times before his... More
Bo Knows
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Only a matter of time before Bo Obama "gets" that he's "famous" and starts acting vain and entitled like Stump... More
In Other Wednesday Protest News
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Had your fill of news footage of Wednesday's Tea Party protesters? Be sure to check out the nytimes.com video of... More
“Tea’d Off” “Anger Brews”
By Katia Bachko Apr 16, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Yesterday's tea parties may have lacked message clarity, but they more than made up for it by creating an opportunity... More
Remember When “Nuts” Were Naughty?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2009 at 09:25 AM
Remember a time not long ago when "nuts" were really, truly in the news -- as in, a reporter could... More
“Strategy Session” Meets “The Pleasant Little Dog Story”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2009 at 03:46 PM
Recall what Megan wrote earlier about Bo Obama's arrival and how it brought out the worst in cable news impulses,... More
“Is Media Jingoism Fanning Indo-Pak Tensions?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2009 at 03:08 PM
Indian and Pakistani journalists sat down in New Delhi today "for a session of unflinching self-scrutiny." (The headline to this... More
Journalism Online To The Rescue?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Behold: "a company that will quickly facilitate the ability of newspaper, magazine and online publishers to realize revenue from the... More
Today In “Spaghetti Ingenuity”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Yesterday, my colleague Megan bemoaned the glut of "wishful thinking-" type contributions to The Future of News Conversation, calling for... 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)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
