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Government Claims That Should Perhaps Not Be Believed
By Greg Marx Sep 15, 2009 at 09:50 AM
Further evidence, not that it was needed, of the weakness of Pakistan’s government institutions: the distinctly subpar quality of its... More
Of Twitter, Jackasses, Toothpaste and Tubes
By Alexandra Fenwick Sep 15, 2009 at 09:16 AM
In his column in today's Washington Post, media critic Howard Kurtz chronicles a Twitter episode that showed how important it... More
Dancing With Political Operatives
By Alexandra Fenwick Sep 14, 2009 at 06:06 PM
In one week, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay makes his debut on the dance competition show "Dancing With the... More
And Just Your Best Guess—Is the Earth Round? Or Is It Flat?
By Greg Marx Sep 14, 2009 at 06:05 PM
The latest CNN/Opinion Reseach Corporation poll (PDF) includes the following question: And just your best guess -- based on what... More
Happy Anniversary, Financial Crisis
By Alexandra Fenwick Sep 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Put on your party hats, it's the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers's collapse and the start of a domino effect... More
Other Angles of the Health Care Story
By Greg Marx Sep 14, 2009 at 10:20 AM
For readers tracking the legislative negotiations on health care reform, today’s New York Times has two interesting stories on overlooked... More
So Much for Ignoring Joe Wilson
By Greg Marx Sep 11, 2009 at 03:33 PM
Per Kevin Drum, it seems that The Washington Post, at least, has not heeded Megan's plea. Drum's comparison of the... More
New York Times to CNN: We’re better than you
By Alexandra Fenwick Sep 11, 2009 at 02:52 PM
More on CNN's false alarm over a Coast Guard training exercise in the Potomac earlier today. The New York Times's... More
“Sept. 11: O’Donnell and Geist inspect ‘male model’ Louis’ hair”
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 02:27 PM
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CNN and the Case of the Missing Phone Call
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 01:59 PM
Over at Politico, Michael Calderone has a good summary of the tumult of events that led Matt Drudge, on the... More
Examples of “Crankery” That Really Weren’t
By Greg Marx Sep 11, 2009 at 01:40 PM
In continuing Joe Wilson coverage, Andie Collier has a story at Politico about the increasing prominence of Republican “cranks.” The... More
The Graphic Explainer
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 01:30 PM
Ever wonder what would happen if, one evening, Explanatory Journalism met Comic Book, and they kinda hit it off, and... More
“Nothing Short of a Declaration of War”
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Watching the "living history" coverage of 9/11/01 on MSNBC, I am struck repeatedly by the language journalists used to describe... More
#whereiwas
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Today is a day for remembering. MSNBC, as it has every September 11 since 2001, is re-airing, in full, its... More
So is the “You Lie!” Guy a Liar?
By Greg Marx Sep 10, 2009 at 03:56 PM
As you might have heard, there was a little interruption during the president’s address last night. But was Rep. Joe... 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)
Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes
Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration’s attacks on press freedoms emerges
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
Court documents in the Kim case reveal how deeply investigators explored the private communications of a working journalist — and raise the question of how often journalists have been investigated as closely as Rosen was in 2010
Reporter deemed ‘co-conspirator’ in leak case
The Reyes affidavit all but eliminates the traditional distinction in classified leak investigations between sources, who are bound by a non-disclosure agreement, and reporters, who are protected by the First Amendment as long as they do not commit a crime
“At some point you have to say, a law that people don’t obey is a bad law”
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.
