The Kicker
Halperin Sorry for Calling President a “Dick”; Still Suspended
By Joel Meares Jun 30, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Speaking on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, TIME editor-at-large and Beltway Terminator Mark Halperin said the president acted like “kind... More
CBSNews.com’s “United States of Influence” Tallies National Frustration
By Joel Meares Jun 28, 2011 at 03:45 PM
CBSNews.com today launched a new series titled, “United States of Influence,” which looks at why Americans feel so frustrated... More
It’s the Least CNN Could Do…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM
... name Jessica Yellin chief White House correspondent, after this back in '08: And another Yellin '08 flashback: remember when... More
Weekend at Di’s
By Joel Meares Jun 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Somebody dial 911. Quickly. There’s been a gas leak at the Newsbeast offices. There must have been. It is... More
Twitter for Newsrooms #tweetsizedreportingmanual
By Joel Meares Jun 27, 2011 at 03:45 PM
Twitter has today released a new resource called Twitter for Newsrooms, which journalists can find and play around with... More
The Forward Goes Daily, Again
By Joel Meares Jun 27, 2011 at 12:59 PM
The website for The Jewish Daily Forward has been revamped as part of a push to focus once... More
Wemple’s Blog Launches at WaPo Site
By Greg Marx Jun 27, 2011 at 09:52 AM
Flagging a welcome new addition to the media beat: Erik Wemple, formerly of the Washington City Paper and TBD.com, is... More
HuffPo’s Missing Gephardt Disclosure
By Joel Meares Jun 24, 2011 at 02:38 PM
Sebastian Jones, an editor at the liberal Washington Monthly, has shot a sharp dart at The Huffington Post for publishing... More
Times Series on Group-Home Abuses Gets Results
By Greg Marx Jun 23, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Danny Hakim’s report on a new agreement between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s largest public-employee union contains... More
Risen’s gripping affidavit
By Clint Hendler Jun 22, 2011 at 03:31 PM
Yesterday James Risen, one of The New York Times’s top national security reporters, filed an affidavit in a federal district... More
Yep, Time Has a GOP Primary “Bracket”
By Joel Meares Jun 16, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Joe Klein has the Time cover story this week—a smart if very Joe Klein-y take on the ideological posturing of... More
“This or That,” Circa 2007
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 14, 2011 at 11:57 AM
CNN's John King, understandably, took some ribbing for his "this or that" series of questions during last night's Republican presidential... More
Newspaper Guild Calling on Freelancers for Survey
By Joel Meares Jun 10, 2011 at 05:07 PM
Rebecca Rosen Lum, chair of the Guild Freelancers Unit of The Newspaper Guild-CWA, has sent along some information about a... More
FCC Report: “The Information Needs of Communities”
By Joel Meares Jun 9, 2011 at 11:57 AM
The FCC's eighteen-months-in-the-making Future of Media report—now called "The Information Needs of Communities"—is now out and available below for your... More
CJR’s Meares Wins Mirror Award
By The Editors Jun 7, 2011 at 03:14 PM
Congratulations to CJR's Joel Meares for winning the Best Profile, Digital Media award at today's Mirror Awards Ceremony. (The Mirror... 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.
