The Kicker
Outdated Promotional Material, Volume One
By Justin Peters Oct 19, 2010 at 04:00 PM
Found in the office this afternoon, circa (I think) 2000/2001: I guess "CJR: Ladder to Nowhere" doesn't have the same... More
Michelle and Barack: Out of Fashion
By Joel Meares Oct 19, 2010 at 10:07 AM
You know president Obama’s approval numbers are in a bad way when the fashion press turns on him. Trade mag... More
House Hunters: Haiti Edition
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 18, 2010 at 02:27 PM
On the problem of housing in Haiti, from the Associated Press's Jonathan M. Katz (the only full-time American news correspondent... More
If By “Debate Prep” You Mean Getting A Mani-Pedi
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 18, 2010 at 12:51 PM
The New York governor’s race is not just Paladino v. Paladino. Or, even, Paladino v. Cuomo. In fact, there are... More
Celebs Are Loud, But Hard News Pays
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 18, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Perfect Market, a marketing firm for publishers, launched its Vault Index today, revealing the most “valuable” topics in online news... More
WaPo’s backward memo on Twitter
By Joel Meares Oct 18, 2010 at 10:47 AM
TBD reported Friday that WaPo managing editor Raju Narisetti sent out a memo last week calling on users of the... More
The AP Goes “Platform-Neutral”
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 14, 2010 at 03:20 PM
A memo went out today from Tom Kent, deputy managing editor for standards and production at the Associated Press, to... More
Q&A: Jeopardy-Winning Reporter Kara Spak
By Joel Meares Oct 14, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Forget Pulitzers. Late last month Chicago Sun-Times reporter Kara Spak nabbed a rarer prize: she won $85,401 on Jeopardy. Spak... More
Chilean Mine Coverage: Too Much is Not Enough?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 13, 2010 at 01:53 PM
The appearance of the following chyron marks the moment last night (it was 9:21 pm EST) when I ceased keeping... More
Instapaper’s Fix for Your Unhealthy Media Diet
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 13, 2010 at 01:40 PM
Instapaper is an e-reading app that’s gotten a lot of press lately for the way it strips online content of... More
When The Subject of Your Story Can’t Hear, Speak, Read, Write, or Sign
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 12, 2010 at 04:09 PM
A fascinating behind-the-story story: Voice of San Diego reporter Adrian Florido set out to find a family, he writes, "whose... More
A Cringe-worthy Correction
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 12, 2010 at 11:17 AM
A blog post by Amanda Hess on TBD the other day included a very unfortunate typo on a story about... More
Kicking Cable News (When It’s Down Leaning)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 12, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Jon Stewart last night leaned a little on MSNBC's recently announced, high-profile "Lean Forward" promotional campaign (as well as the... More
The American Public: “A Group Worth Congress’s Time?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 11, 2010 at 04:37 PM
From The Onion (or, is it?): Citing a desire to gain influence in Washington, the American people confirmed Friday that... More
Live From Chile: “This Media Event”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM
A taste, via the New York Times, of what's to come this week (emphasis mine): Such is life in Camp... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
