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Barry’s (Black)Berry
By Katia Bachko Jan 30, 2009 at 02:56 PM
The Economist has the skinny and the tech-talk on President Obama's much-discussed, but not-so-slim BlackBerry: President Obama may have surrendered... More
Guess Who’s Twittering?
By Katia Bachko Jan 30, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Answer: The Library of Congress. The tech-savvy folks at the LOC have blogging for some time and now they've jumped... More
California No More?
By Jane Kim Jan 30, 2009 at 01:54 PM
Kevin Roderick at LAObserved reports that the Los Angeles Times is closing down its California section: Publisher Eddy Hartenstein has... More
Updike Remembered
By Katia Bachko Jan 30, 2009 at 01:35 PM
Reflections on the passing of John Updike abound this week, and here's a smattering of some noteworthy eulogies. Granta collects... More
David Pogue’s “Twitter Experiment”
By Megan Garber Jan 29, 2009 at 03:21 PM
So, yesterday, The New York Times's David Pogue spoke at a conference in Vegas. "The topic was Web 2.0," he... More
Pulitzers, in 1s and 0s
By Megan Garber Jan 29, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Hey, all you journalistic procrastinators: the deadline for submitting entries for the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes is this Monday. And since... More
Politics Fix
By Megan Garber Jan 29, 2009 at 11:44 AM
One of the more fascinating--not to mention entertaining--aspects of Robert Gibbs's nearly daily press conferences has been the emergence of... More
Nightline’s Future (Per “People With Knowledge Of Meetings”)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 29, 2009 at 11:04 AM
The New York Times today reports: "ABC Said To Consider 'Kimmel' in 'Nightline' Slot," (that is, moving comedian Jimmy Kimmel's... More
Joan Walsh “Could Never Be” Dick Armey’s Wife (So There!)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 29, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Chris Matthews sort of lost (or failed to take) control of Hardball last night . What happened? During a loud... More
End Of (Book) World?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 29, 2009 at 09:24 AM
After February 15, the Washington Post will no longer publish Book World, its stand-alone print book review section. Books coverage,... More
Bow Reports
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 28, 2009 at 04:56 PM
Do you know this Lego woman? Look familiar, at all? The LA Times explains. SF Weekly offers additional images. The... More
Obama on al-Arabiya
By Kathy Gilsinan Jan 28, 2009 at 04:30 PM
And the first formal interview of Obama’s presidency goes to… Hisham Melhem, Washington bureau chief for Saudi-owned, Dubai-based al-Arabiya television.... More
Gillmor on GateHouse
By Megan Garber Jan 28, 2009 at 01:50 PM
So the much-discussed GateHouse v. Times Company suit settled out of court earlier this week, and many media analysts met... More
Andrea, Anecdotally
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 28, 2009 at 01:19 PM
Anecdotal evidence gathered mostly via IM by The (New York) Observer suggests that... some of the Observer reporters' gay friends... More
Upstate/Downstate Divide in Gillibrand Coverage
By Sara Germano Jan 28, 2009 at 01:07 PM
Any native New Yorker can tell you that the Empire State really has two domains: upstate and downstate (or, if... 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.
