The Kicker
CNN’s Gutless Firing
By Clint Hendler Jul 8, 2010 at 12:46 PM
I’m really disturbed by CNN’s decision to fire Octavia Nasr, a senior editor for Middle East affairs at the network,... More
Lohan Sentenced To… OMG, Her Fingernail!?!
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Yesterday, the actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail for probation violations (from a DUI conviction). Over... More
“Being Media Savvy Requires More Than Just Attention-Grabbing”?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Does it? From Mark Leibovich's profile of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), "Darrell Issa Emerges as Obama's Annoyer-in-Chief" in today's New... More
Oil Spill Touches Texas (“What’s Going Where?”)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 6, 2010 at 11:59 AM
A milestone of sorts in the BP oil spill story, as reported by the AP: More than two months after... More
One of these things is not like the others
By Clint Hendler Jul 2, 2010 at 10:51 AM
This Morning’s Politico Playbook carries some interesting details about suitors for Newsweek. Worth a look, if that’s your bag. But... More
Dr. Parker: Obama Suffers From RTDD
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2010 at 01:46 PM
Kathleen Parker, Eliot Spitzer's co-host for CNN's much-anticipated Not Crossfire show, has a Washington Post column out today with the... More
Twitter + Diplomacy = Danger: Stray Voltage!
By Alexandra Fenwick Jun 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Two State Department staff members leading a delegation of Silicon Valley executives to Syria have learned that social media and... More
The Rap On From Kagan
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 29, 2010 at 05:06 PM
The Washington Post, having already brought us the definitive rap on Elena Kagan, today brings us a rap by Elena... More
Ineligible to work at the Washington Post?
By Clint Hendler Jun 29, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Oh no! Politico reports that a California television station recorded audio of reporters snarkily dissecting Sarah Palin's recent speech at... More
Right To Know in India
By Clint Hendler Jun 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM
The New York Times has an interesting summary today of the way that India's groundbreaking Right to Information law has... More
Aftergood goes after WikiLeaks
By Clint Hendler Jun 28, 2010 at 02:55 PM
Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, one of the nation’s foremost experts on classified documents and secrecy policy,... More
Lara Logan’s Misplaced Question
By Clint Hendler Jun 28, 2010 at 11:34 AM
CBS reporter Lara Logan took to CNN’s Reliable Sources this weekend to criticize Michael Hastings and the article he wrote... More
Excrutiating (Also, Haunting)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 28, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Damon Winter's photograph on the front page of yesterday's New York Times. The scene captured-- soldier tearfully embraces family before... More
The Coffee Lobby
By Clint Hendler Jun 25, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Eric Lichtblau has a story in today’s New York Times noting that hundreds of meetings between White House officials and... More
No Call is a Bad Call
By Clint Hendler Jun 25, 2010 at 09:53 AM
Yes, it's the National Enquirer. But still, the tabloid's justification for deciding not to call Al Gore before running a... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
