The Kicker
What Would “A Mix Between The Huffington Post and Drudge” Look Like?
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2009 at 01:05 PM
(Besides, um, aesthetically challenged?) This. A HuffPo/Drudge blend is how Fox News regards its new site, The Fox Nation, Fox... More
Chyron, Misunderstood
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Chyron (on-screen headline) on MSNBC just now: "Fmr Wall Street Professionals Trade Laptops For Lap Dances." No, the news is... More
Sanguine Sallys, Nervous Nellies
By Megan Garber Mar 30, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Online journalists are, apparently, both optimistic and frightened about what the future holds for their craft. And in roughly equal... More
“Cud Chewers” And “Cordwood” on Cable
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Some colorfully apt descriptions of the current state of cable news from David Carr in the New York Times: Gorged... More
“Some Wonder…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2009 at 09:58 AM
..."if [Michelle Obama is] spreading herself too thin to emerge in the public mind as a leading voice on" her... More
NYT Profiles Fox News’s “Rodeo Clown”
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2009 at 09:23 AM
The New York Times today profiles Glenn Beck ("Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful, and a Rising Star on Fox News"). In the... More
“What do you do with 3,000 empty metal boxes?”
By Megan Garber Mar 27, 2009 at 04:32 PM
That's what SeattlePI.com wants to know...and what the Seattle Times needs to figure out. Seattle's remaining print daily, as a... More
Politico’s “Snuggie” Article: An Ontological Argument
By Megan Garber Mar 27, 2009 at 12:06 PM
My best guess at the logic that accounts for the existence of today's Politico article, "Conservatives embrace the Snuggie": 1.... More
Chez Stephanopoulos
By Megan Garber Mar 27, 2009 at 09:47 AM
Behold, George Stephanopoulos's "seashell-themed powder room." More
Casper the Friendly Tweet
By Megan Garber Mar 27, 2009 at 09:02 AM
Last month, after Britney Spears (well, Britney Spears' management team) was caught posting ads on Harvard job boards seeking an... More
This is Balance?
By Katia Bachko Mar 26, 2009 at 05:28 PM
Reading today this fluffy piece in the Times about how the Obamas are going out on the town in D.C.—"These... More
Photo of the Day
By Megan Garber Mar 26, 2009 at 03:38 PM
I came across this photo in a Guardian article, and thought it was just fantastic enough for passing along. Now,... More
Teleprompter Talks Back
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 25, 2009 at 04:01 PM
"What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference?" asked the AP's Ron Fournier last night in his... More
A Presidency “Defined” (So Soon?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 25, 2009 at 02:34 PM
At The Daily Beast, Eric Alterman critiques last night's performance by the White House press corps, giving a thumbs-down to... More
“Progress,” “Patience”
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 25, 2009 at 08:46 AM
A quick scan of the front pages of today's papers (thanks, Newseum) shows that President Obama's second prime time press... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
