The Kicker
Election Night Bingo
By Joel Meares Nov 1, 2010 at 04:42 PM
As my colleague Greg Marx has pointed out in the past, political science can get short shrift in political journalism.... More
Midterms Metaphor Madness
By Joel Meares Nov 1, 2010 at 03:17 PM
This week’s elections have headline writers reaching for just the right metaphors to characterize the coming Republican gain. For inspiration,... More
NPR: “What Democrats Developed, Republicans Have Mastered”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 28, 2010 at 12:25 PM
In a report earlier this week, NPR’s Peter Overby and Andrea Seabrook took a close look at some of the... More
Who gets (and controls) the “first crack”?
By Clint Hendler Oct 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just tweeted about a new initiative to communicate with voters without a press filter,... More
Hire Education
By Dylan DePice Oct 26, 2010 at 05:33 PM
According to an article posted by Richard Vedder on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog, “there are 5,057 janitors in... More
The Dalai Lama’s Star Turn
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 26, 2010 at 01:27 PM
How did the Dalai Lama prepare his mind for the task this past weekend of "guest-editing" the Toronto Star's Sunday... More
CNN Stoops to Tabloid Nonsense in Assange Interview
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 25, 2010 at 03:53 PM
CNN reporter Atika Shubert sat down for an interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange this weekend, and it did not... More
The Sims: Jon Stewart Rally Edition
By Joel Meares Oct 25, 2010 at 03:22 PM
Wow. Taiwan’s NMA.tv is at it again, tackling the upcoming Jon Stewart rally in spectacular Sims-like animated fashion. As Mediaite... More
“My photographer just got shot, so I’m Skyping…”
By Clint Hendler Oct 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM
It's tempting to view the below spoof video, where the staff of Dallas Fox affiliate KDFW goofs around on social... More
Greenwald Gets It on WikiLeaks Coverage
By Joel Meares Oct 25, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Salon media critic Glenn Greenwald hammers at a point we mentioned in our first read of the WikiLeaks coverage on... More
A Bloomberg Shaggy Dog FOIA story
By Clint Hendler Oct 25, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Bloomberg's Bob Ivry has an update on a FOIA request lauched by his late colleague Mark Pittman. The portrayal of... More
U.S. Corporate Interest and the Chamber of Secrets
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 22, 2010 at 03:45 PM
The New York Times has a front page story today about some sizable corporate donations to the U.S. Chamber of... More
What to Do When Commenters Attack?
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 22, 2010 at 02:03 PM
On the occasion of the Portland Press Herald debacle (about which more here), Poynter’s Damon Kiesow has a great roundup... More
High Times
By Joel Meares Oct 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez had an interesting journalist-as-subject piece in that paper on Wednesday—an enviable assignment for some... More
Rent Is Too Damn High: The Website
By Joel Meares Oct 21, 2010 at 04:34 PM
The world met Jimmy McMillan Monday night at the New York gubernatorial debate—he of the simple message and the complex... 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”
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
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
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.
