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PayMeNow, ChargeMeLater
By Alexandra Fenwick Dec 4, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Gawker has this jaw dropping announcement that Time Inc. is now charging its freelancers for "the privilege of being paid... More
Afghanistan Factbook
By Alexandra Fenwick Dec 3, 2009 at 05:28 PM
John Hanrahan over at the Nieman Watchdog blog has this interview with Columbia University economist Jeffrey D. Sachs, one of... More
No “P” in the (White House Press Corps) -OOL
By Alexandra Fenwick Dec 3, 2009 at 04:58 PM
With a lot of fuss from mainstream media outlets about bloggers from less-than-objective outlets like the Huffington Post, Salon and... More
Getting Schooled
By Alexandra Fenwick Dec 3, 2009 at 03:30 PM
A report released yesterday by the Brookings Institution, "Invisible: 1.4 Percent Coverage for Education is Not Enough" (pdf) found that... More
The walls come tumbling down…
By Clint Hendler Dec 3, 2009 at 01:08 PM
Robert Wilonsky, a writer for the altweekly Dallas Observer, passes on a corporate memo that is reportedly causing unease among... More
Senate Judiciary Considers Shield Bill, Part II
By Clint Hendler Dec 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM
The hearing has ended, but click the replay button below to see once-live tweets from myself, the Society of Professional... More
CNN Blogs Afghanistan
By Megan Garber Dec 2, 2009 at 04:32 PM
Earlier today, Clint called for a more comprehensive media treatment of the United States's new Afghanistan strategy--one, in particular, that... More
FDA Pressed on Interview Policy
By Clint Hendler Dec 2, 2009 at 02:52 PM
Today, a coalition of media organizations including the Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Association of Science Writers... More
Chris Matthews: Trolling for Insight
By Megan Garber Dec 2, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Chris Matthews was in rare Matthewsian form in his coverage of Obama's Afghanistan speech last night. To wit, courtesy of... More
Crouching Tiger…
By Megan Garber Dec 1, 2009 at 05:39 PM
So one of the more mystifying aspects of the Tiger Woods story has been the fact that so much of... More
When Tiger Updates Cry Wolf
By Megan Garber Dec 1, 2009 at 04:14 PM
In the aftermath of TigerGate--or HydrantGate or SpurnedSwedeGate or DriverGate or whatever we're calling it--many in the media have been... More
An Inside Look at Huckabee and Clemency
By Greg Marx Dec 1, 2009 at 02:03 PM
The murder of four Seattle-area police officers has, beyond the immediate tragedy, turned in to a major political headache for... More
The FTC to the Rescue!
By Diana Dellamere Dec 1, 2009 at 01:36 PM
The Federal Trade Commission is holding a meeting today and tomorrow on the future of journalism. (No need to re-check... More
The White House and Politico: Enough to Make You [Sic]
By Megan Garber Dec 1, 2009 at 12:36 PM
As Greg mentioned last night, Politico—or, you know, “the POLITICO”—has published a particularly Politicobnoxious piece entitled “7 stories Barack Obama... More
Stay Classy, 1938 Style
By Clint Hendler Dec 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Of all the way to address Salahi-gate, Henry Morgenthau III's reminiscence in today's New York Times has to be the... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
