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School Lessons from Obama
By Alexandra Fenwick Sep 8, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Any minute now, President Barack Obama will address the nation's schoolchildren in a planned televised speech that caused a partisan... More
The Health Care Debate: A Resource for Journalists
By The Editors Sep 4, 2009 at 05:02 PM
Far too many Americans have no health insurance or are underinsured. And, meanwhile, far too large a percentage of America’s... More
Sex, Newspapers and Defamation, Italian-style
By Alexandra Fenwick Sep 4, 2009 at 11:21 AM
The New York Times picks up on the Silvio Berlusconi newspaper wars in Italy today with a follow up on... More
Whose photo is it?
By Clint Hendler Sep 4, 2009 at 10:32 AM
This week, an interesting behind the scenes debate played out between the Associated Press, a deceased Marine's parents, and the... More
“Which Is Presented as an Essay By [Levi] Johnston…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 3, 2009 at 10:43 AM
The Anchorage Daily News reports today on Levi Johnston's Vanity Fair piece, and goes out on a limb to suggest... More
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
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”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
