The Kicker
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
NYT Credits WNYC and Newsday Reporters’ Tweets
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 11, 2010 at 10:00 AM
From the 13th of 16 paragraphs in the New York Times piece today, "[Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Carl] Paladino Laces Speech... More
Groupon’s Style Guide to Humor Writing
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 8, 2010 at 02:19 PM
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day subscription service that’s been getting attention for its power to sell anything from yoga classes to... More
We Met on the “Divorce Vertical”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 6, 2010 at 09:57 AM
Next month, The Huffington Post will launch a "divorce vertical" (that is, a section) headed up by Nora Ephron and... More
Howard Kurtz is Beast-Bound! (Twitter Reax)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 5, 2010 at 05:16 PM
Howard Kurtz is leaving the Washington Post for the Daily Beast, where he will be DC bureau chief. "GOING DIGITAL,"... More
The Separation of Church and Journalism
By Dylan DePice Oct 5, 2010 at 02:19 PM
Last Tuesday, The New York Times ran an article headlined “Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans.” In the opening paragraph,... More
Parker/Spitzer: Countdown to Divorce
By Joel Meares Oct 5, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Confession: I probably should have been glued to CNN last night for the debut of the channel's new rom-com talking-heads... More
Life “When the Organ that Turns a Body into a Person is Damaged”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 4, 2010 at 04:10 PM
From The Washington Post's story today on traumatic brain injury, with which 180,000 military service members have been diagnosed since... More
On Reporting the Rutgers Tragedy
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 30, 2010 at 12:47 PM
This morning, here in New York, I overheard a group of (non-journalist) parents expressing surprise and some anger towards the... More
Watch the Washington Ideas Forum Online
By Lauren Kirchner Sep 30, 2010 at 12:21 PM
The Atlantic, together with The Aspen Institute, is hosting the Washington Ideas Forum today and tomorrow, billed as a series... More
Anderson Cooper’s Latest Adventure: Daytime
By Joel Meares Sep 30, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Media Decoder’s Brian Stelter is reporting that Roger Sterling Anderson Cooper will host a light-hearted daytime talk show starting next... More
Silverstein’s Farewell Note
By Joel Meares Sep 29, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Harper’s Ken Silverstein wrote a final post on his Washington Babylon blog today—he’s leaving his position as the magazine’s Washington... More
ONA Award Finalists: Digitech Innovators
By Lauren Kirchner Sep 29, 2010 at 03:53 PM
The finalists for the 2010 Online Journalism Awards given by the Online News Association have just been announced, and we... More
Why Candidate Jasper P. Huxteroo is Smiling
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 29, 2010 at 12:06 PM
For, perhaps, some lunch hour laughs: Mark Fiore's SlateV.com video cartoon, "Cash-ocracy in America," in which he explores,"how are new... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
