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Micro Machines
By Megan Garber Feb 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM
So The New York Times's newest "Room for Debate" discussion--following on the heels of its "Battle Plans for Newspapers" collection--concerns... More
Reporter-Rodent
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 19, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Michael Miner was worried he'd have nothing to tell the young, aspiring journalists at an upcoming panel discussion. After talking... More
The Record and the Star-Ledger: And Now They’re Frenemies
By Megan Garber Feb 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM
In some ways, it's innovative; in others, it's a tale as old as time. Former Sworn Enemies--in this case, the... More
“Bait[ing]” Sasha Obama
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 19, 2009 at 09:55 AM
Having filed her official Washington Post column about her recent ride with fellow columnists (Bob Herbert, Ron Brownstein, E.J. Dionne,... More
Somali U.N. Official Calls For “Truce”…”In Reporting”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 18, 2009 at 04:28 PM
"Why is a U.N. diplomat comparing Somali reporters to Rwandan war criminals?" asks Anna Husarska, a senior policy adviser at... More
Politico Junkies: The Memo
By Megan Garber Feb 18, 2009 at 01:17 PM
So yesterday I posted a piece looking at the dubious PR strategies employed by Politico and so astutely analyzed in... More
“NY Post In Obama-Chimp-Stimulus-Racism Flap…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 18, 2009 at 01:02 PM
... right where the tabloid wants to be? For more on this "flap," see first here, and then here and,... More
Panhandle in Polk-Worthy Prose
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Gay Talese! You just won a George Polk Award for career achievement! What will you do next? Apparently, this. More
“Media Being All Over” Bristol
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Fox News squeezed a second night out of Greta Van Susteren's interview with 18-year-old Bristol Palin (mother of baby Tripp... More
Can’t Touch This
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 18, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Try as they might, U.S. tabloids and cable news folks just can't sex up a chimp attack quite like the... More
Talking Back To Headlines
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 18, 2009 at 10:04 AM
AP: "'Truth commission' could spark more partisanship" Me: Ya think? More
Is Your Blog Among Time’s “25 Best?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 18, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Talkingpointsmemo tops the list. Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish made the cut, as did Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a... More
You Had Us At Chimp Attack
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 17, 2009 at 04:42 PM
That chimp attack in Connecticut? Startling, upsetting story, to say the least. 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut severely mauls... More
15 Most-Visited Newspaper Web Sites
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 17, 2009 at 02:07 PM
Neiman Journalism Lab tallied "the top 15 newspaper websites of 2008" by average monthly unique visitors (based on Nielsen Online... More
And Tomorrow’s Polks?
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 17, 2009 at 12:10 PM
It's hard to read about all the outstanding journalism (investigative, international, local, labor, environmental, etc.) recognized by the George Polk... 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.
