United States Project
Medicare ‘bankruptcy’: CNN gets it right
The network fact-checks a frequent talking point, and does it well
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 11, 2012 at 07:10 AM
Hooray for CNN.com, for fact checking the often-heard claim of Medicare’s “impending” bankruptcy. CNN’s contribution sets a high bar, and... More
Et tu, Ryan?
Ryan Lizza’s dubious Bill Clinton quote
By Todd Gitlin Sep 11, 2012 at 07:00 AM
Ryan Lizza is one of the most perceptive political journalists going. His reporting on Barack Obama’s White House thinking, earlier... More
Keeping facts at the forefront
The Detroit News walks readers through Romney’s “new message” on the auto bailouts
By Anna Clark Sep 10, 2012 at 03:30 PM
DETROIT — Political rhetoric about the 2008-2009 federal loans to the auto industry has ratcheted up in recent days. At... More
Medicare spending: Do Obama and Romney see eye-to-eye?
Matthew Yglesias has a flawed but useful argument
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Several days ago, Matthew Yglesias dug deeply into the Medicare weeds, arguing in Slate that Obama and Ryan basically agree... More
A reporter in Ohio goes on the attack over drones
Fox 19’s Ben Swann makes waves with tough questions for president about kill list
By T.C. Brown Sep 7, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — While it’s rare for a local television reporter to score a one-on-one interview with the president of the... More
At home with the PPL in Charlotte
The grassroots and the establishment create a media workspace at the convention
By Andria Krewson Sep 7, 2012 at 12:07 PM
CHARLOTTE — On the top floor of Packard Place, a 1920s-era building five blocks from the site of the Democratic... More
After Charlotte: baffled by the horse race
A provocative NYT article prompts an extra dose of journalistic humility
By Walter Shapiro Sep 7, 2012 at 10:54 AM
CHARLOTTE — During Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, I was simultaneously live-blogging for Yahoo News, tweeting my reactions (“The Lincoln line... More
When factcheckers get trigger-happy
A checklist to help journalists decide when to take aim
By Brendan Nyhan Sep 6, 2012 at 04:10 PM
Is there such a thing as too much factchecking? Factcheck.org described former President Bill Clinton's speech to the Democratic convention... More
To follow the political money: a wonderful tool
And Virginia’s newsrooms are under-using it
By Tharon Giddens Sep 6, 2012 at 03:29 PM
VIRGINIA—It might have been overwhelming for any newsroom to try to track the political advertising cash flowing into the Commonwealth... More
The word on the street: disillusioned
Listening to voters talk Medicare in Pennsylvania
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 6, 2012 at 06:54 AM
Over the weekend, I visited an Italian festival in Scranton, PA, where the crowd, mostly older and white, had gathered... More
Stupid hat tricks
In which CJR’s Justin Peters wears a crown to the convention to see if he can get interviewed
By Justin Peters Sep 5, 2012 at 04:40 PM
CHARLOTTE — The DNC, like the RNC before it, is a locus for stupid hats. As the convention proceedings kicked... More
Democratic convention swag: Who’s paying?
A look into the tote bag offers some clues
By Andria Krewson Sep 5, 2012 at 03:20 PM
CHARLOTTE — In the spirit of CJR’s 2008 list of swag from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota,... More
Oft-kicked Charlotte kicks off right
Swing State Project’s NC correspondent considers the view of her home city from the inside and out
By Andria Krewson Sep 4, 2012 at 04:00 PM
CHARLOTTE — This wasn’t the plan. Just about ten weeks ago, the Democratic National Convention organizers still planned to kick... More
Speeding up the factcheck cycle
The response to Paul Ryan’s misleading speech was swift and stern—except in the next morning’s front-page stories. Can journalists change that?
By Justin Peters Sep 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM
On Wednesday night, at the Republican National Convention, vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan gave a speech that was eloquent, exciting,... More
Kasich, out of context
After HuffPost’s story makes the Ohio governor’s words appear inflammatory, an update won’t do
By T.C. Brown Sep 4, 2012 at 12:26 AM
OHIO — A side story with an Ohio connection at last week’s GOP convention set off a brief crossfire in... 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?
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The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
