The Kicker
Frum: Send O’Keefe to J-School
By Greg Marx Jan 27, 2010 at 12:35 PM
My roundup of right-wing reaction to the arrest of James O'Keefe and three others missed this from David Frum, bolstering... More
Politics Ain’t Beanbag. But Maybe it’s a Lawn Party?
By Greg Marx Jan 27, 2010 at 12:14 PM
The New York Times is a great newspaper, and just three weeks ago I was defending its prerogative to maintain... More
All They Had to Do Was Ask
By Greg Marx Jan 26, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Eric Schmitt’s front-page story in today’s New York Times—a report on the details of cables sent in November in which... More
Maybe We Should Call it the Loch Ness Tablet?
By Greg Marx Jan 26, 2010 at 10:22 AM
I know that rolling your eyes at all the hype around Apple’s latest hotly anticipated device has now become nearly... More
“The bittersweet chocolate and cab was a match made in heaven.”
By Megan Garber Jan 25, 2010 at 06:23 PM
Behold, the unholy union of Fawning Political Profile and Fawning Restaurant Review that is Politico Click's dinner with (Napa) California... More
Is the Press an Obstacle to Getting Things Done?
By Greg Marx Jan 25, 2010 at 06:00 PM
Yes, says the poli-sci blogger Jon Bernstein. In the course of responding to a series of posts by Ezra Klein,... More
Survey: Majority of Journalists Now Depend on Social Media for Story Research
By Megan Garber Jan 25, 2010 at 05:13 PM
An overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media for their story research, a new survey of... More
‘I Got a Barbie in the Foreground’
By Greg Marx Jan 25, 2010 at 03:47 PM
The first episode of the fifth season of The Wire, David Simon’s exploration of America’s failing urban institutions, introduces viewers... More
BREAKING: President HopeNChange Reads Stuff
By Megan Garber Jan 25, 2010 at 12:43 PM
A lot--and very, very little--may be said about the lengthy examination of Barack Obama's media influences in today's Washington Post.... More
Post Weighs in with Massachusetts Poll
By Greg Marx Jan 22, 2010 at 07:15 PM
In the course of arguing that the press shouldn’t be hasty to take messages from Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts,... More
Sentences I Did Not Expect to Read Today
By Greg Marx Jan 22, 2010 at 09:38 AM
David Brooks, in this morning's Times: "I support the Weak and Feckless Approach." More
Knight Puts Contests in Context (and Vice Versa)
By Megan Garber Jan 21, 2010 at 04:53 PM
The Knight News Challenge may be one of the most exciting new traditions in journalism...but it can also be one... More
The Enquirer Makes a Bid for a Pulitzer
By Greg Marx Jan 21, 2010 at 04:24 PM
Well, this is kind of interesting. From Howie Kurtz: The executive editor of the National Enquirer says he plans to... More
Don’t Forget to Tip Your Server…
By Megan Garber Jan 21, 2010 at 03:49 PM
Facebook gets its own data center in gorgeous Prineville, Oregon. More
Yes, But Are They on Twitter?
By Greg Marx Jan 21, 2010 at 11:12 AM
The front page of today’s New York Times features an Alissa Rubin piece about how Taliban leaders are responding to... 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.
