The Kicker
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
TMZ’s M.O. — and Bo
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Time.com has a piece about how TMZ, "the usually Hollywood-focused follower of celebrity gossip and scandal"-- not Politico or The... More
Next Time You Want a Worm…Why Not Try Fishing?
By Sara Germano Apr 14, 2009 at 06:20 PM
A teenager from Brooklyn launched two Twitter “worms” this past weekend, to expose both a flaw in the microblogging site... More
Almost Bo Time!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 14, 2009 at 04:44 PM
CNN is flooding the zone on the Bo Obama Story: as we count down to the dog's any-minute-now debut, a... More
HuffPo’s Citizen Journalists (Now More Journalist-y?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 14, 2009 at 02:53 PM
Reports Jeff Bercovici: The next batch of aspiring Mayhill Fowlers will have to behave a little more like journalists... As... More
Blame The Teleprompter? The Teleprompted?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 14, 2009 at 01:46 PM
Another chance to talk teleprompter! Of which MSNBC's Joe Scarborough availed himself on today's Morning Joe: (Cue clip of President... More
Read My Lips: No Purebred Puppies
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM
The AP asks: Is Bo a rescued dog or not? Did President Obama keep or break a campaign promise in... More
Maureen Dowd: Not Kidding
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 14, 2009 at 10:02 AM
A New York Times reader from Vermont used the "Talk to The Editor" feature at nytimes.com to ask the op-ed... More
Muzzling Media in Iraq?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 14, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Per the New York Times: The Iraqi military put local journalists on notice on Monday that their organizations could be... More
Press Freedom Hating Flack Caught on Tape
By Clint Hendler Apr 13, 2009 at 06:19 PM
Last week David Schultz, a reporter for Washington DC public radio station WAMU, had his audio recorder seized by Veterans... More
Frugal and Fabulous!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 13, 2009 at 03:11 PM
From Saturday's New York Times Business Section (another one for Katia's NYT- Revels-in-Bad-Times File): Millions of Americans have trimmed expenses... 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.
