The Kicker
Farewell, Kind Uncle Charlie
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 3, 2009 at 09:50 AM
Charles Gibson, in a word? LA Times: ... the abrupt end of the Bob Woodruff-Elizabeth Vargas pairing that led the... More
“If Michael Jackson Hadn’t Died…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2009 at 03:52 PM
In an online Q&A, Vanity Fair special correspondent Maureen Orth explains what might have been this summer for "The Craigslist... More
Advice for Diane Sawyer
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Advice for Diane Sawyer for her inaugural outing, reportedly to take place in January, as the new anchor of ABC's... More
Ling and Lee on Their Detention in N. Korea
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee write, for the first time, about their reporting, capture, and detention in... More
“Free-For-All Internet Media Culture” is a Euphemism For…
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2009 at 09:50 AM
..., apparently, the Washington press corps. The New York Times's Peter Baker today writes about the rumored "nuptials that never... More
Today’s Number 1 and Number 2 Headlines…
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 1, 2009 at 04:46 PM
... thematically, anyway. From the Wall Street Journal: "In Paris, Behavior Brigade Battles to Make Oui-Oui a Non-Non" And, from... More
Breaking: Bernie Madoff’s Beach House Has (Ew!) “Formica Countertops”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 1, 2009 at 01:59 PM
Reporters have been given a video walk-through of Bernie Madoff's Montauk, New York beach house. And? Not so impressed. This... More
DePaul U. Delivers On McSweeney’s “Internet-Age Writing Syllabus?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 1, 2009 at 11:58 AM
At McSweeney's back in April, Robert Lanham unveiled his "Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview" for (wink, wink) "ENG 371WR:... More
WaPo Develops Visual Commenting System
By Megan Garber Sep 1, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Conversation on the Web can be a tricky little thing for news outlets to facilitate. At their best, stories' commenting... More
“The Strangulation of the Sri Lankan Press”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 1, 2009 at 10:55 AM
From a profile of Sri Lanka's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, written for The (UK) Independent by a "special correspondent," "a Sri... More
Sex on Skates Newsstands
By Megan Garber Sep 1, 2009 at 09:07 AM
Gotta hand it to Levi Johnston: the dude has leveraged. He took a random and semi-awkward moment in the political... More
Blame Reporters, Bloggers And Readers…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 31, 2009 at 04:21 PM
Yesterday, Washington Post ombud Andrew Alexander wrote about readers' requests for "more explanatory journalism" on health care reform (and less... More
Sri Lankan Journalist Found Guilty of “Creat[ing] Communal Disharmony”
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 31, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Via AP: A Sri Lankan reporter singled out by President Barack Obama as an example of persecuted journalists around the... More
NYT Mag’s $400K Story: A Cost Breakdown
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 31, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Clara Jeffery at Mother Jones got the New York Times Magazine's editor, Gerald Marzorati, to break down, via email, the... More
“A First Television Job on Today Is” Like…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 31, 2009 at 11:04 AM
President Bush's daughter, Jenna (Bush) Hager, has been hired as a "special correspondent" for NBC's Today show (my money would... 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.
