The Kicker
White House Press Briefings “Like Little British Tea Parties”
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 9, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Yesterday, "author and journalist" Liz Trotta had this exchange with Fox News Live's Eric Shawn (discussion topic: "How Has D.C.... More
Obama on Recovery.gov
By Clint Hendler Feb 9, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Just moments ago, President Obama, in his town hall-style meeting in unemployment-battered Elkhart, Indiana, just fleshed out his views of... More
Outing: Proposed Micropayment Models “Point to Doom”
By Megan Garber Feb 9, 2009 at 12:28 PM
The latest from new media guru Steve Outing's Twitter feed: "Isaacson, Brill, Mutter, et al. Tired arguments on failed micropayments... More
Sullivan: Newspaper Web Sites Should Go Dark For a Week
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Earlier, I linked to Steve Brill's "secret" memo to the New York Times urging them to start charging online readers.... More
Twitter: The Dharma Initiative Edition
By Megan Garber Feb 9, 2009 at 12:03 PM
So here's an email I wasn't prepared to receive last night: Hi, Megan Garber (megangarber). Dalai Lama (OHHDL) is now... More
Sully v. Sully v. Octuplets’ Mom
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 9, 2009 at 10:51 AM
As far as network morning news show viewers know, there is but one story in the news today. According to... More
Brill To NYT: You Are Not Fungible
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 9, 2009 at 09:57 AM
Someone emailed to Romenesko a "confidential memo" written by Steve Brill late last year urging the New York Times to... More
Newsweekly No More
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 9, 2009 at 09:27 AM
Jon Meacham, Newsweek's editor, describes the thinking behind the magazine's planned makeover: "There’s a phrase in the culture, ‘we need... More
Newspapers: “the iPods of 1690”
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 04:54 PM
Ken Paulson, ex-USA Today editor, imagines a world in which newspapers came after the Internet, rather than the other way... More
Heds and Tails
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 04:47 PM
Say what you will about the content of the column; Charles Krauthammer's WaPo op-ed today has an undeniably phenomenal headline. More
Gibbs: 1; Transparency: 0
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 04:36 PM
Not cool, Mr. Gibbs. Witness the following exchange between President Obama's press secretary and ABC's Jake Tapper. Then recall the... More
“I Use It as Makeshift Kitty Litter!”
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 03:31 PM
For those of you who, like us, firmly believe that the term "Weekender" is a). incredibly annoying, b). appropriate as... More
Newsweek’s “The District”—Like, That’s Hot.
By Sara Germano Feb 6, 2009 at 03:12 PM
It’s not easy to satirize President Obama. Without any significant blemishes on his young political career, nor even any distinctive... More
“We’ve been living like outrageous pigs in this country for a long time”
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 11:54 AM
The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert spoke at Yale on Wednesday--discussing issues of climate change and of our porcine lifestyles...but also... More
Anchors Away
By Megan Garber Feb 6, 2009 at 07:11 AM
Happy Friday, everyone. Below, The Daily Show on President Obam-ea Culpa's most recent media tour (worth watching all the way... 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)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
