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In the Globe’s Crystal Ball? Paid Content
By Megan Garber Aug 7, 2009 at 04:36 PM
The management of the Boston Globe has informed its union bosses that the paper will soon begin charging for its... More
Ben Stein’s Money
By Megan Garber Aug 7, 2009 at 01:33 PM
Call it* "VOOdoo economics." Ben Stein, who has employed the peculiar mixture of his Ivy-educated intellect and verging-on-Godfreyesque voice to... More
So a Horse Walks into a (Stimulus Progress) Bar…
By Megan Garber Aug 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
The Knight Foundation's blog has a great rundown of the early findings of the Stimulus Progress Bar, ProPublica's new tracker... More
The AP Registry: How It Will (and Won’t) Work
By Megan Garber Aug 7, 2009 at 09:08 AM
Poynter contributor Megan Taylor has a helpful and clear-headed breakdown. More
Globe-al Warming
By Megan Garber Aug 6, 2009 at 05:43 PM
It's official: the Times Company has put the Boston Globe up for sale. More
It’s Meant to be Seabiscuit, After All
By Greg Marx Aug 6, 2009 at 02:10 PM
Over at Politico, Michael Calderone has a post up noting that Washington Post TV critic Lisa de Moraes’s piece on... More
Vlad’s Vacay: Virile, Viral
By Megan Garber Aug 6, 2009 at 11:56 AM
It's not just cable. The international media, say what else you will about their commitment to covering the intricacies of... More
Target: Twitter
By Megan Garber Aug 6, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Unable to access Twitter this morning? This is why. More
Note to Dylan Ratigan: Don’t Piss Off Jonathan Capehart’s Mom
By Megan Garber Aug 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM
So: Bagelgate. In which an impish producer, during a recent episode of Dylan Ratigan's Morning Meeting, filmed the preternaturally-composed-and-always-immaculately-garbed Jonathan... More
CNN Grade Grubs
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 6, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Still recovering from coverage of Obama's First 100 Days? Brace yourself. It's time for the media to assess Obama's Second... More
Not All “Media Workers” Can Do That
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 6, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Time Out New York's Matt Schneiderman suggests five lines of work unemployed journalists might pursue -- publicist, editorial strategist, project... More
That “Stirring Scene” on the Burbank Tarmac…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2009 at 04:51 PM
...No, not this one, you Beltway rube: This one: Per the New York Times's Adam Nagourney: It was a stirring... More
Not Everything “Happening Now” is News
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2009 at 04:09 PM
Via County Fair: (Though President Obama might want to keep this in mind when he heads off to the Vineyard... More
The Puppetry of the President
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2009 at 02:12 PM
From a particularly animated bit of President Obama's speech in Elkhart, Indiana earlier today (emphasis mine): ...energy and innovation, health... More
As The Media Circles Speculate (Weekdays, 4pm, Only On…)
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Last week, I linked to Annie Lowrey's observation on Foreign Policy's Passport blog of "How [News] Stories About the Secretary... 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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It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
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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.
