The Kicker
Poll Dancing
By Megan Garber Mar 30, 2009 at 05:29 PM
A request, of Jack Shafer and anyone else who refers to the recent Pew survey--the one studying people's opinions about... More
Krugman’s Warning
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2009 at 04:00 PM
"The magazine cover effect" (in short, short the stock of any CEO you see on a magazine cover) "presumably.. applies... More
Interview “Tinkering”
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2009 at 02:48 PM
On Sunday the New York Times Magazine ran a profile of playwright Neil LaBute in which readers learn of LaBute's... More
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
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.
