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Scene From Afar
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 10:40 AM
A selection of newspaper front pages from around the world today: More
Blitzer’s Beverage Speculation
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Wolf Blitzer narrating the Obamas' arrival at the White House just now: They're supposed to spend 40 minutes inside for... More
Thesauri All Around
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 09:42 AM
Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham on Fox News this morning: I do find at some point this over-the-top adulation,... More
The Presidential Bird
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Bob Garfield, from Friday's On The Media: ...[F]or the past eight years this White House has mainly given the Fourth... More
Neglect by Omission
By Katia Bachko Jan 19, 2009 at 05:23 PM
The Meridian Star—the 110-year-old daily in Meridian, Mississippi—offers a somber apology for oversights in coverage during the civil rights era,... More
Matt Cooper to TPM
By Megan Garber Jan 19, 2009 at 03:50 PM
This just in from the Department of Good Gets: Josh Marshall has snagged Matt Cooper, currently of Portfolio and formerly... More
Expect-acle
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 19, 2009 at 03:20 PM
Expectations for Barack Obama's inauguration speech tomorrow are, apparently: "Monumental," CNN "Great," ABC News ""High", Detroit Free Press "Lofty", San... More
Maximum Exposure
By Megan Garber Jan 19, 2009 at 02:36 PM
Providing yet more evidence of photojournalism's pro-am trajectory...the Newseum is partnering with the nonprofit org FotoWeekDC to sponsor FotObamaWeek, "an... More
Mo-stess
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 19, 2009 at 02:07 PM
Busy weekend for Maureen Dowd: Column to write; Pigs-in-blankets to heat up... The DC Examiner reports that "nearly all 400"... More
Roger Cohen’s Inner Lyricist
By Katia Bachko Jan 19, 2009 at 12:40 PM
We have before commented on expressions of dubious creativity on The New York Times Op-Ed Page, and today we have... More
But Will They “Lure” Ratings?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM
"Inaugural Week Street 'Newscasts' Lure Onlookers," reports the AP, of the gawkers gathering "to watch network and local television anchor"... More
Government, Uncovered
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 19, 2009 at 09:26 AM
"If the power of journalism is measured by its ability to spark anxiety in government officials, it’s hard to imagine... More
“This Business Was Too Gentlemanly”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 19, 2009 at 09:10 AM
Another New York Times piece on the business of newspapers: USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times,... More
Cheney’s Regrets
By Katia Bachko Jan 19, 2009 at 09:00 AM
This weekend, SNL captured perfectly the inanity of the 'regrets' line of questioning, as "Diane Sawyer" interviewed "Dick Cheney" one... More
Inauguration: Coming Soon To A Television Set Near You! (Maybe!)
By Sara Germano Jan 16, 2009 at 05:44 PM
This weekend kicks off the beginning of the much-anticipated inaugural celebrations in Washington, DC. But it appears that television coverage... 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”
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A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
