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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
The Story Obama Should Really Be Worried About
By Greg Marx Nov 30, 2009 at 07:41 PM
I’ve had John Harris’s piece in today’s Politico—“7 stories Obama doesn’t want told”—sitting on my desk much of the day,... More
You Don’t Want To Know How This Sausage Is Made
By Alexandra Fenwick Nov 30, 2009 at 06:11 PM
The Washington Post has launched "Story Lab" a how-the-sausage-is-made glimpse behind the news and the first sausage they're making is... More
“For those who have paid for the privilege of being a journalist with their own blood”
By Clint Hendler Nov 30, 2009 at 03:51 PM
The New Yorker's George Packer has a clear-eyed report from a recent fundraising dinner hosted by the Committee to Protect... More
A Dose of Reality for State Dinner Gate Crashers
By Alexandra Fenwick Nov 30, 2009 at 03:38 PM
Could America finally, maybe, please, be growing sick of reality television antics? The Balloon Boy-hoaxing Heene family of Colorado put... More
Meacham’s Piece: Not So Buzzworthy
By Greg Marx Nov 30, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Jumping off Megan’s critical comments on Jon Meacham’s piece in the latest Newsweek, here’s another thought: let’s say we don’t... More
A Clean Start at the NewsHour
By Clint Hendler Nov 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM
It seems that no news organization, no matter how long they’ve been using their tried and true formula, is immune... More
“A Fresh, Ferocious Wave”
By Megan Garber Nov 30, 2009 at 09:05 AM
It's a rare thing for "discussion about the future of news" and "literary journalism" to co-exist in a single piece.... More
The Washington Post’s Priorities, Dinner-Crasher Edition
By Megan Garber Nov 30, 2009 at 08:59 AM
Pop quiz! How many Washington Post reporters contributed to this weekend's 1,800-word profile of State Dinner crashers and alleged Heenian... More
Rudy FAIL
By Clint Hendler Nov 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Read along as The New York Observer’s Steve Kornacki applies a little egg to the Daily News’s face over... More
WaPo to Close NY, LA, Chicago Bureaus
By Greg Marx Nov 24, 2009 at 06:00 PM
Erik Wemple and Michael Calderone report that as of the end of this year, The Washington Post will close its... 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”
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Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
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The NYT shows us why
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CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
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Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
