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Reid Hoffman: Everyone’s an Entrepreneur
By Megan Garber Mar 6, 2009 at 09:02 AM
Reid Hoffman, Demi-Deity of Web Entrepreneurs (he founded LinkedIn, was an executive at PayPal, directs Mozilla, Vendio, and other organizations,... More
Clarification on the White House’s CIO appointment
By Clint Hendler Mar 5, 2009 at 01:57 PM
This morning The White House announced that Vivek Kundra will become, as the press release’s opening line put it, “the... More
Shafer Praises the NYT’s “Anti-Kristof”
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 5, 2009 at 11:34 AM
At Slate, Jack Shafer writes "In Praise of Jeffrey Gettleman," the East African bureau chief for the New York Times.... More
Gray Day (No, Not The Economy!)
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 5, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Looks like Zariff, President Obama's barber, had a recent press avail to address the urgent matter of All The President's... More
Vivian Schiller on NPR’s Path Forward
By Megan Garber Mar 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Vivian Schiller, NPR's CEO, talked with CyberJournalist.net earlier this week, discussing everything from endowments to potential radio/newspaper partnerships to APIs... More
Are All (Crushes On) First Ladies Alike?
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 4, 2009 at 04:53 PM
As Megan just noted, CNN's Jack Cafferty has written a column confessing to being "smitten" with Michelle Obama. I can't... More
It Is the East Room, and Michelle-O Is the Sun
By Megan Garber Mar 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM
So someone has a crush on the First Lady. Like, a big one. And--hold onto your worldview, folks--that someone is...Jack... More
Movie Star! (Misery)
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 4, 2009 at 12:51 PM
"Matt Damon Moved by Plight of Zimbabwean Refugees," the AP reports today (proving once again that a humanitarian crisis in... More
Happy Grammar Day!
By Kathy Gilsinan Mar 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM
It’s a big week for geeks. Yesterday, the IT guy just told me, was square root day. On 3/3/09, the... More
Suck-Ups, Hook-Ups
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 4, 2009 at 11:34 AM
In a piece titled "How media sucks up to White House," Politico's Michael Calderone writes about the recent flurry of... More
On The Shoulders of a “Has-Been*”
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 4, 2009 at 10:14 AM
In an TVNewser http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/male_to_the_chief_where_are_tvs_women_chief_white_house_correspondents_109869.asp">article pointing out that currently "all the major TV nets and cablers - ABC, CBS, NBC/MSNBC, CNN,... More
Fox & Friends Spreads Herpes-Beer Pong Hoax
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 4, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Perhaps you watched your friends at Fox & Friends a few weeks ago playing beer pong above the chyron: "Practice... More
Stewart and the Twits
By Megan Garber Mar 3, 2009 at 04:54 PM
The Daily Show takes on Twitter. Hilarity ensues. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon... More
“Politico Is Reporting…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 3, 2009 at 04:33 PM
Did I hear that phrase once or twice during today's White House press briefing? (Maybe, "Would a White House reporter... More
ABC News’s “Idiot[ic,]” “Train Wreck” of a Story
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 3, 2009 at 03:49 PM
Read the ABC News article that Mother Jones blogger Kevin Drum calls a "train wreck" (and the author of which... 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.
