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Like a Prayer
By Megan Garber Jul 29, 2009 at 01:29 PM
It's an anxious time for journalists, to be sure: layoffs and cost-cutting abound, with many media outlets fighting for their... More
If You Hold It, They Will Come
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I guess the publicly-released 911 tape didn't say it all. "911 caller in Gates case to hold press conference." Well,... More
In My Spare Time? I Scrapbook, Jog, Do a Little Journalism…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Last month, Time's James Poniewozik imagined a future for journalists in the "literary-fiction/poetry model" whereby "a lucky few, best-selling creative... More
President PYT
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 09:45 AM
All that "skittering away from chocolate goodies, as though... a starlet obsessing on a svelte waistline" that Maureen "Gender Twist"... More
Palin and Shatner, on the Beat
By Megan Garber Jul 29, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Because nothing says "Farewell, Sarah" quite like the glorious combination that is William Shatner and Allen Ginsberg... More
Gibbs: “No Formal Agenda Other Than Cold Beer”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 04:22 PM
The White House press secretary previewing the president's plans for his August Martha's Vineyard getaway? No. The White House press... More
The Space-Time Continuum Just Ruptured.
By Megan Garber Jul 28, 2009 at 03:17 PM
Behold, the moment has come. A cable commentator--in this case, Shep Smith--has finally managed to pronounce Sonia Sotomayor's name with... More
Health Care Reform “Not A Journalism-Friendly Story,” Part 2
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 01:44 PM
Per PEJ, health care-related coverage filled one quarter of last week's newshole! Hold your applause. The fine print (emphasis mine):... More
“Sad Hillary” Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Foreign Policy blogger Annie Lowrey describes "How stories about the Secretary of State end up as 'Sad Hillary' anecdrama." Writes... More
CRS sizes up the Future of Newspapers
By Clint Hendler Jul 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Want to see what Congress is reading on the fate of the newspaper industry? Try Congressional Research Service report R40700:... More
Scooped by Seacrest! (TMZFail?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Silverman... out! Ryan Seacrest, American Idol host, Twittered as much yesterday (referring to the NBC co-chairman and friend-of-Seacrest, Ben... More
The Birth Of Politico…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 03:35 PM
...as told by Glenn Greenwald, via Twitter, just now: One day, someone woke up and said: "let's create a perfect... More
What’s The Matter With NJ? NYT Asks, Answers (Kinda)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 03:07 PM
Given last week's news out of New Jersey -- that corruption scheme, per today's New York Times, "which involved three... More
Shep Smith: Newcasting is Not Complicated
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 10:06 AM
The Boston Globe profiles Fox News anchor Shep Smith, who "describes himself as a newscaster," adding: “All we’re really supposed... More
Health Care Not Healthy For Ratings
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Assorted people in journalism explain to Politico's Michael Calderone that health care reportage, in addition to being a challenge for... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
