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What the WaPo’s Ombud Wrote about Today*
By Megan Garber Aug 2, 2009 at 06:37 PM
*hint: It doesn't rhyme with "bad witch"... On Friday, two Washington Post political reporters caused a firestorm when they aired... More
Mouthpiece Theatre off the Air
By Greg Marx Aug 1, 2009 at 11:57 AM
The Washington Post “Mouthpiece Theater” video in which columnists Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza suggested that Hillary Clinton drink “Mad... More
Your Move, CNN
By Megan Garber Jul 31, 2009 at 06:05 PM
Media Matters for America touts itself as "a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring,... More
He’s Just Not That Into (Getting Into) It
By Megan Garber Jul 31, 2009 at 05:16 PM
Question-evasion is a time-honored tradition among White House press secretaries; the terms used to avoid commenting, however, vary by occupant... More
Why the Twitter Absence? Keller’s Toothsome Response
By Megan Garber Jul 31, 2009 at 02:41 PM
Bill Keller has been, of late, an absentee Twitterer: his most recent tweet was posted on May 14. What's up... More
The Washington Post’s Priorities, Beer Goggles Edition
By Megan Garber Jul 31, 2009 at 11:45 AM
By my count, the people mocked in the latest episode of "Mouthpiece Theater"--the Washington Post Web series starring Dana Milbank... More
“The Coalition of the Swilling,” or, “The Audacity of Hops”
By Megan Garber Jul 31, 2009 at 09:21 AM
Yesterday's so-called "Beer Summit" did not feature: screaming matches; fist fights; heartfelt hugs; apologies. Thus, cable pundits deemed the thing... More
Another One on the Block
By Megan Garber Jul 31, 2009 at 09:14 AM
The latest magazine to be put up for sale? Publisher's Weekly. More
Birthers: Bad for Business?
By Megan Garber Jul 31, 2009 at 09:06 AM
For Lou Dobbs, they may be, anyway. Reports the New York Observer: Mr. Dobbs' first began reporting on Obama birth... More
“Sudan ‘Trousers Trial’ Adjourned…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 03:14 PM
...is not a headline from an American news source (if the first word didn't give that away -- Sudan?!-- surely... More
A Seat at the (Picnic) Table For Fox News?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 02:08 PM
Is there space for Team Fox & Friends at that presidential picnic table for tomorrow night's "teachable moment" with beer?... More
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
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.
