The Kicker
It’s Not About You, NYT
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 20, 2010 at 01:03 PM
The kicker to the New York Times's obit yesterday for the renowned "narcissism expert," James F. Masterson: Dr. Masterson became... More
Gizmodo’s iPhone story and Checkbook Journalism
By Alexandra Fenwick Apr 20, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Today we learn that not one but two media companies with some of the most top-secret-hush-hush internal practices out there,... More
TOTES HuffPo
By Clint Hendler Apr 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Yesterday saw the premier of "HuffPost Hill" a new email blast from the Huffington Post that promises to be, according... More
A King in the White House?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 20, 2010 at 11:01 AM
"Is Larry King's CNN Reign Nearing Its End?" wonders Tom Shales in today's Washington Post, noting that Larry King Live's... More
Great National Reporters Thinking Alike
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 20, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Via Twitter, CNN political producer Peter Hamby shares these nuggets about a conference call this morning with reporters, Marco Rubio... More
No We Scan’t
By Clint Hendler Apr 16, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Carl Malamud, the always serious but never boring man behind Public.Resource.Org, a California non-profit which has made countless pages of... More
Dare Not Know His Name
By Clint Hendler Apr 15, 2010 at 01:24 PM
Today an indictment was revealed in a Maryland federal court charging Thomas A. Drake, a former official with the National... More
Chthonic, Guttate, and Tennis, To Name a Few
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2010 at 11:17 AM
What are "Words That David Foster Wallace Circled in His American Heritage Dictionary," Alex? Slate publishes a complete list of... More
What Networks Didn’t Mention About WV Mining Disaster
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2010 at 09:50 AM
Andrew Tyndall noticed something about the nightly newscasts' (ABC, CBS, NBC) coverage of the recent disaster at Upper Big Branch... More
All About Bob: A Beat Sweetener
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 14, 2010 at 03:45 PM
You may know Robert F. ("Bob") Bauer as Gregory Craig’s successor as White House counsel. But, really, who is Bob... More
Bumper Music Gunfire
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 13, 2010 at 01:58 PM
From the AP: As many as a dozen Mogadishu-based radio stations stopped playing music on Tuesday after the insurgent group... More
Science, Environment, & the 2010 Pulitzers
By Curtis Brainard Apr 13, 2010 at 11:24 AM
A tip o’ the hat to these science, environment, and health related Pulitzer winners: Public Service – The Bristol Herald... More
A Quote Unfit to Print
By Clint Hendler Apr 13, 2010 at 10:10 AM
This quote--in an interesting for its own sake New York Times article on a new generation of clean incinerator power... More
Cover Your Access
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 13, 2010 at 09:31 AM
The Washington Post today has a front-page piece about White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, speculating that Gibbs might --... More
Live from New York: It’s Pulitzer Day
By The Editors Apr 12, 2010 at 01:55 PM
This year's Pulitzer Prizes will be announced just after three this afternoon. CJR will be live tweeting the event, and... 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)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
