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A Few Good Book Reviews
By Justin Peters May 19, 2010 at 12:11 PM
The Washington Monthly just published its spring books issue, and it's a good one. Disclaimers abound here: I used to... More
“Curtains for Specter”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2010 at 09:35 AM
A selection of front pages this morning from Pennsylvania newspapers: More
In PA: Voter Turnout Low, Reporter Turnout High
By Liz Cox Barrett May 18, 2010 at 02:40 PM
From The Delaware County [PA] Daily Times: There seemed to be more reporters out and about in Delaware County [PA]... More
“Journalists as Targets” in Russia
By Liz Cox Barrett May 18, 2010 at 09:39 AM
From Clifford J. Levy's grim report, "Russian Journalists, Fighting Graft, Pay in Blood," on the front page of today's New... More
Neither Taylor Momsen Nor David Carr Wrote This Headline
By Alexandra Fenwick May 17, 2010 at 02:33 PM
David Carr's Media Equation column in today's New York Times discusses the death of the witty headline and explores the... More
Bread and Circuses—and Beer
By Greg Marx May 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM
With primary elections set tomorrow in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas, today’s NYT offers looks at each of the races. Perhaps... More
Crystal Balling Kagan
By Liz Cox Barrett May 17, 2010 at 09:33 AM
Question to the panel from Norah O'Donnell, standing in for Chris Matthews on yesterday's Chris Matthews Show: Bottom line, would... More
Opening the Presidential Records Act
By Clint Hendler May 13, 2010 at 02:52 PM
We’ve just published a piece discussing how the Presidential Records Act contours access to documents that Supreme Court Elena Kagan... More
A Pride of Lions, a Flock of Geese, a Herd of… Electronic Bonds?
By Greg Marx May 12, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Matt Taibbi, in his 2005 evisceration of Tom Friedman’s writing style, said: The usual ratio of Friedman criticism is 2:1,... More
Disappearing Chyron
By Liz Cox Barrett May 10, 2010 at 11:16 AM
With the news this morning of Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, cable news got to work familiarizing viewers... More
Beefing Up Coverage, MSNBC-Style
By Liz Cox Barrett May 10, 2010 at 09:32 AM
So many government agencies; so little press coverage. Who's watching the Department of Agriculture? The Administration on Aging? The Bureau... More
NPR goes Gaga
By Clint Hendler May 6, 2010 at 02:52 PM
OK! Internets, are you ready to take this viral? What's "this," you ask? Well, of course, it's video of National... More
Poli-Sci Perspectives on Covering the Midterms
By Greg Marx May 5, 2010 at 04:00 PM
I have a short article in the May/June issue of CJR (not currently online) about the sometimes fraught relationship between... More
Schudson on The Fate of Journalism
By Justin Peters May 5, 2010 at 11:07 AM
CJR contributing editor Scott Sherman has a thoughtful interview with Michael Schudson up at The Common Review. Schudson, as you... More
CBS And CNN?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2010 at 04:04 PM
NY Mag's Gabriel Sherman reports that CNN and CBS News are "in advanced negotiations about signing a news-gathering partnership." Writes... 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”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
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
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.
