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“Understand More…” Or Not
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Maybe you've noticed the odd little circle diagrams below some news articles on The Washington Post's web site? (I hadn't,... More
Wherein MoDo Should Brush up on Her Jane Austen
By Megan Garber Feb 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
This post is entirely trivial and nitpicky and superficial. On a related note, it involves Maureen Dowd's latest column. Discussing,... More
Home Alone
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Secretary of State Clinton is on her first overseas trip for the Obama administration. Over the weekend, CNN's John Roberts... More
App-solutely Fabulous
By Megan Garber Feb 16, 2009 at 08:59 AM
So The New York Times, an organization that has, in the past, struggled with issues of both innovation and transparency,... More
Years the Harper’s Index has existed: 25
By Megan Garber Feb 16, 2009 at 08:38 AM
Happy Birthday, Harper's Index! Lewis Lapham's widely-emulated-but-never-fully-replicated index--based on the (correct) assumption that “numbers can be made to tell as... More
“You Have the Press Pass to My Heart,” and Other Journalistic Love Notes
By Megan Garber Feb 13, 2009 at 05:37 PM
Hey, journos! Happy Valentine's Day (Eve)! If you're in need of a date for tomorrow night--and if you have no... More
Watchdogs and Want Ads
By Clint Hendler Feb 13, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Transparency watchers have been keeping an eye on how various versions of the stimulus bill have spelled out what the... More
The Tina Yothers of MSNBC
By Katia Bachko Feb 13, 2009 at 04:37 PM
The Village Voice's Sound of the City blog has a fun Q&A with the delightfully watchable Willie Geist of MSNBC's... More
Change Has Come To Washington
By Clint Hendler Feb 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM
There's a valuable new report out this week from the Project for Excellence in Journalism quantifying the shifting--and in some... More
The Twitter of the Shrew. No, Seriously.
By Megan Garber Feb 13, 2009 at 08:39 AM
Hey, did you hear that sound? That dull, rumbling-but-kinda-squeaky noise, echoing and mournful and punctuated with a gaping groan? If... More
Baby Got Beck
By Megan Garber Feb 13, 2009 at 08:26 AM
Happy Friday, everyone! So, below, Stephen Colbert takes on Glen Beck's new Fox show in a doozy of a satire... More
How did transparency fare in stimulus conference?
By Clint Hendler Feb 12, 2009 at 01:21 PM
Although the stimulus conference committee struck a deal yesterday afternoon, there’s still no public rendering of the final agreement as... More
In Defense of Clothing Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 12, 2009 at 11:35 AM
At the Washington Post columnist Jeanne McManus argues for more, non-"ham-handed" coverage of what Michelle Obama wears: I understand the... More
Get Shorties
By Megan Garber Feb 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Ah, awards season. If you're a Hollywood celebrity, February is generally a high holy month in which you: spray-tan/crash diet/consult... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
