United States Project
Narrowcasting the 2012 Election
Why media polls that slice and dice the electorate could miss the big picture
By Brendan Nyhan Apr 6, 2012 at 12:55 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — With Mitt Romney’s hold on the GOP nomination becoming too obvious to deny, horse race enthusiasts in... More
Filling the Gaps in the Tar Heel State
Nonprofit news sites offer alternative views, more depth to North Carolina’s residents
By Andria Krewson Apr 6, 2012 at 09:47 AM
NORTH CAROLINA — In August 2010, Sarah Ovaska took a big chance. Ovaska, a city hall reporter at The News... More
Detroit News Offers Smart Take on Family Planning Feud
But reporters should have talked to, not just about, women
By Anna Clark Apr 4, 2012 at 04:38 PM
MICHIGAN—The latest USA Today/Gallup poll of presidential swing states, released over the weekend, shows President Obama with his first lead... More
Who Got The Fox News Vote?
In hours of pre-primary coverage, Rick Santorum was hard to find
By Walter Shapiro Apr 3, 2012 at 03:35 PM
Judging from the lopsided tenor of most of the coverage during the broadcast day on Fox News on the Monday... More
Pittsburgh-Area Reporters Tested in Ad War
Incumbent clash requires more outlets to move beyond he-said, she-said to what isn’t said
By Ken Knelly Apr 3, 2012 at 10:06 AM
PENNSYLVANIA—The battle of big dogs scrapping for presidential votes ahead of the April 24 primary is drawing much of the... More
Does Fact-Checking Work? False Statements are Wrong Metric
By naming and shaming worst offenders, reporters can make a difference
By Brendan Nyhan Mar 30, 2012 at 09:41 AM
Politics today seemingly has more fact-checking than ever before. As a result, reporters are asking a new question: Does fact-checking... More
The Plain Dealer on a Potential Senator’s ‘Estrangement’ from Truth
Mandel says he won’t be swayed by fact-checks; reporter promises to stay ‘vigilant’
By T.C. Brown Mar 29, 2012 at 04:07 PM
OHIO — When a candidate for office declares his intention to repeat falsehoods, what’s a reporter to do? That’s the... More
A Strong Veepstakes Story from the Tampa Bay Times
Focus on Rubio’s deeds—not words—brings new insights
By Brian E. Crowley Mar 29, 2012 at 01:46 PM
FLORIDA — Whenever Sean Hannity interviews Marco Rubio, he gushes like 12-year old smitten with the girl next-door. Hannity’s beating... More
Why is the Press So Ready to Count Santorum Out?
Voters think their primary choices still matter
By Walter Shapiro Mar 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM
The front-page story in the March 18th New York Times seemed a case of political life imitating art. A revival... More
Little Context for Obama Energy Speech in Ohio
Local reports present a war of words without much fact checking
By Curtis Brainard Mar 27, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Unchecked accusations about gas prices and oil production defined local coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech at Ohio State University... More
News Organizations That Lobby Against Their Own Reporters’ Interests
Media companies are fighting political transparency while their reporters demand it
By Steven Waldman Mar 27, 2012 at 01:09 PM
The battle playing out over a new government transparency proposal has taken a turn that should concern journalists. Many of... More
The Etch-a-Sketch Press
How the media constructed another Romney gaffe—and why it is unlikely to matter
By Brendan Nyhan Mar 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, Etch-a-Sketch became the media’s favorite metaphor for Mitt Romney’s ideological flexibility. But the iconic children’s toy... More
Michigan’s Bad Integrity Report Card
A close look at coverage in the “Trust Us State”
By Anna Clark Mar 21, 2012 at 04:16 PM
MICHIGAN — It looks bleak: Michigan gets an “F” on a “corruption risk report card” released this week by the... More
Inspecting Local TV’s “Public Inspection Files”
CJR explores the filing cabinets in five states
By The Editors Mar 20, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Regular readers may recall that a few months ago, CJR published a pair of columns by Steven Waldman—the lead author... More
Sun’s Damon Discusses How She Got the Goods on NV Lawmakers
Exposé on spending disclosures all started with a source
By Jay Jones Mar 16, 2012 at 02:38 PM
NEVADA — Some recent stories by, and about, Las Vegas Sun political reporter Anjeanette Damon point out the veracity of... 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?
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
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?”
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.
