The Kicker
The Future of Journalism: The Contest!
By Megan Garber Nov 9, 2009 at 10:36 AM
So The Nation--whose John Nichols, along with journalism professor Robert McChesney, is writing a book on the future of news--is... More
SNL Takes on Fox News
By Megan Garber Nov 9, 2009 at 09:03 AM
"In the tank." "'Jack' and 'squat.'" One of Saturday Night Live's trademarks is its ability to take political and cultural... More
Another Reason Not to Rush to Judgment
By Greg Marx Nov 6, 2009 at 04:00 PM
Here’s another reason to be wary about jumping to conclusions about the shooting at Fort Hood: Bill Sparkman. Sparkman is... More
Beltway™ — Eat Fresh!
By Megan Garber Nov 6, 2009 at 03:41 PM
Earlier today, a gaggle of journos engaged in something that's become a right of passage for Fourth Estaters of the... More
Jon Stewart + Glenn Beck = Comedic Joy
By Megan Garber Nov 6, 2009 at 03:00 PM
In which Jon Stewart takes on Glenn Beck: The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe 11/3... More
The State of Democratic Discourse, Part 952
By Megan Garber Nov 6, 2009 at 01:25 PM
In response to a Kicker post I wrote yesterday evening—which warned against making assumptions about the as-yet-unknown motivations of the... More
Nidal Malik Hasan
By Megan Garber Nov 5, 2009 at 06:15 PM
What’s in a name? Very, very little—particularly when it comes to divining the motivations of the perpetrator of a violent... More
Reservations about Resveratrol
By Terry McDermott Nov 5, 2009 at 04:03 PM
There is in the science press a kind of gene-of-the-month club for disease cures in which scientists discover that promoting... More
Philadelphia Will Do
By Clint Hendler Nov 5, 2009 at 01:43 PM
As insignificant magazine charticles go, New York magazine’s Approval Matrix is fine by me. Each week the editors cobble together... More
The Election’s Meaning Has Never Been Clearer
By Greg Marx Nov 5, 2009 at 09:53 AM
Today’s New York Times: “Democrats to Use Election to Push Agenda in Congress” Today’s Politico: “Election result: Red-state Dems worried,... More
TPM Launches “NewsStream”
By Megan Garber Nov 5, 2009 at 09:13 AM
More from the 'The River of News Is Upon Us' department: Talking Points Memo has rolled out "TPM NewsStream," an... More
Schmidt on Hyperpersonalization, Google’s Responsibility to the News Industry, Bloggers’ Moms
By Megan Garber Nov 5, 2009 at 08:41 AM
Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a press conference in Cambridge, MA yesterday, and Nieman Lab's Zach Seward was on-hand to... More
McSweeney’s Newspaper Issue: 380 Pages of Postmodern Pizazz
By Megan Garber Nov 4, 2009 at 05:38 PM
Behold, the San Francisco Panorama--aka McSweeney's issue #33, aka the eleven-year-old literary magazine's packaging of its content as a Bay... More
The Awl Has ‘Special Correspondent for Slate’s Counterintuitiveness’
By Megan Garber Nov 4, 2009 at 04:48 PM
His name is Cord Jefferson. His column is called, wittily, "et alS." None of that is a joke. More
“The Answer Will Be a Social One, Worked out Tacitly over Time”
By Megan Garber Nov 4, 2009 at 04:22 PM
One of the luxuries of the Web is seeing an idea you've written about emended and expanded by another writer.... 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)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
