The Kicker
On priorities and presidents
By Erika Fry Sep 19, 2011 at 05:09 PM
If you tuned into one of the Sunday morning talk shows yesterday—that most coveted of political press spots, conveying what... More
“The National Media” and Perry
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 19, 2011 at 01:33 PM
Some interesting bits from Politico’s recent piece on "the hunger for information" about Rick Perry and how “the Texas press... More
Damning With Absurd Praise
By Brent Cunningham Sep 19, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Check out the comments in Adweek by Gannett’s new chief marketing officer about the company’s flagship newspaper, USA Today. Maryam... More
Witnessing Somalia
By Greg Marx Sep 16, 2011 at 02:57 PM
Just a quick note: Jeffrey Gettleman's New York Times article from yesterday on famine in Somalia merits an appreciation. It's... More
Palin’s Basketball Diaries
By Erika Fry Sep 15, 2011 at 05:54 PM
Yes, we've been reviewing the media's coverage of social security and health care and the jobs plan, but we've also... More
Parsing Perry’s ‘Ponzi’ Claim
By Greg Marx Sep 15, 2011 at 11:49 AM
My short post last week on the failure of a CBS News story to assess the accuracy of Rick Perry’s... More
The Other Rogue
By Justin Peters Sep 8, 2011 at 05:28 PM
Is Joe McGinniss a jerk? Sarah Palin certainly thinks so: she didn't like it when McGinniss rented the Wasilla house... More
Shouldn’t All Stories be ‘Fact-Check’ Stories?
By Greg Marx Sep 8, 2011 at 04:55 PM
On the subject of fact-checking the presidential debates, it’s worth noting that while the proliferation of “fact-check” stories over the... More
Ham-fisted Racism at Fox Sports
By Ryan Chittum Sep 7, 2011 at 02:05 PM
So Fox Sports hired a comedian to go to the USC campus and make fun of "All American" Asian students... More
News Literacy Expands to DC
By The Editors Sep 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM
For three years, The News Literacy Project has been helping middle- and high-school students in Chicago, New York City, and... More
Hurricane Wood
By Clint Hendler Aug 29, 2011 at 09:41 AM
This weekend New Yorkers endured hours of high winds and heavy rains as Tropical Storm Irene crossed the islands and... More
Post Takes a Look at the ‘Texas Miracle’
By Greg Marx Aug 22, 2011 at 01:41 PM
In The Washington Post over the weekend, Michael Fletcher did what CJR urged reporters to do last week: he noted... More
Covering Rick Perry: “Exciting!”
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 17, 2011 at 03:30 PM
Three out of five MSNBC talking heads agree (the other two at the table didn't weigh in): they’d rather cover... More
You Made Your Tweet…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 17, 2011 at 10:07 AM
...now wear it. From a wearable technology workshop somewhere inside Microsoft's headquarters comes: The Printing Dress (h/t, joonbug). This black... More
Richmond Times-Dispatch Ad Pull(ed)out
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 15, 2011 at 09:12 AM
Granted, I'm not fluent in advertising jargon, but it looks to me like this “special advertising pullout” in the Richmond... 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”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
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.
