United States Project
The new media narrative: ‘no-policy’ Romney
Three things reporters should remember as they press Romney for policy details
By Greg Marx Jun 27, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Lately, Mitt Romney is losing his reputation in the media as a politician who constantly flip-flops from one policy position... More
Another recommended LAT read on campaign finance
The paper offers a timely look at the disclosure fight
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 26, 2012 at 05:15 PM
Last month, The Swing States Project singled out the good work of the Los Angeles Times’s Matea Gold and Joseph... More
Explaining how Ohio ‘really works’
Columnist Thomas Suddes works in the political “lab” that is the Buckeye State
By T.C. Brown Jun 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM
During the somewhat less frantic months of the presidential campaign season—between the primaries and the nominating conventions—the Swing States Project... More
Romney’s ‘job killer’ narrative: time for an X-ray
Some reporters are asking: Does Obamacare really destroy jobs?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM
ONNtv.com, which bills itself as Ohio’s channel for news, is one of the latest media outlets to casually pass along... More
Driving the discourse in Detroit
As a region’s media landscape shifts, a public radio program fills a void
By Anna Clark Jun 22, 2012 at 11:27 AM
During the somewhat less frantic months of the presidential campaign season—between the primaries and the nominating conventions—the Swing States Project... More
Whaddya know—advertising works!
The Times continues the conversation about Obamacare and public opinion
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM
If anyone ever doubted that advertising works, the latest example of its persuasive power, documented in The New York Times... More
In Colorado Springs, inconsistent coverage of a colorful campaign
Gazette’s webcast interview demands follow-up, while KOAA’s “truth checks” deliver
By Mary Winter Jun 22, 2012 at 07:43 AM
COLORADO — One of the most colorful and competitive GOP primary battles is being waged in the conservative bastion of... More
Embracing the myth of the campaign wizard, again
The Jim Messina profile industry is part of a long tradition
By Walter Shapiro Jun 21, 2012 at 05:18 PM
Maybe it began with the lionization in the press of the Irish Mafia that helped elect John Kennedy in 1960.... More
Harrisburg’s Patriot-News sits down with Romney
There are lessons here for campaign reporters and editors along future bus tour routes
By Ken Knelly Jun 20, 2012 at 05:30 PM
PENNSYLVANIA — While campaigns and aligned PACs are raising and spending hundreds of millions of dollars, old-school, retail politics has... More
A laurel to WaPo’s debunking of ‘EPA drones’
David Fahrenthold chronicles the “life cycle of a falsehood”
By Liz Cox Barrett and Greg Marx Jun 20, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Starting today, we’ll be bringing a venerable CJR tradition, Darts & Laurels, to The Swing States Project. Each Wednesday,... More
The failure to explain health reform
The public doesn’t understand it. Whose fault is that?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 20, 2012 at 06:51 AM
If the Supreme Court rules the health reform law or its central feature—the individual mandate requiring people to have health... More
When ads attack in Virginia
Roanoke’s WSLS-TV, Hampton Roads’ Daily Press did more than repeat claims and counter-claims
By Tharon Giddens Jun 19, 2012 at 04:45 PM
VIRGINIA — Turn on a local morning television newscast on any given day in Virginia and you’ll likely get a... More
Why Romney looks more ‘confident’ in reporters’ eyes
It’s journalism-speak for “seeming more likely to win”
By Brendan Nyhan Jun 19, 2012 at 12:05 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — One of the most frequent problems with campaign reporting is the way that journalists construct candidate-centric narratives... More
Beyond TV sound bites in the Silver State
There is a plethora of public affairs programming on Jim Rogers’s three Nevada TV stations
By Jay Jones Jun 18, 2012 at 11:15 AM
During the somewhat less frantic months of the presidential campaign season—between the primaries and the nominating conventions—the Swing States Project... More
The brave new world of health insurance exchanges
It’s time to take a look at how they are working in Massachusetts and beyond
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 18, 2012 at 11:05 AM
New York Times reporter Abby Goodnough’s piece last week about the health insurance exchange in Massachusetts is instructive—especially since other... 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?
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
Elizabeth Spiers on launching media brands
What do news publications need to do to adapt to digital? Any publication you see doing it really well?
Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters
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.
