United States Project
When Newt Isn’t Newsworthy
The problems with news pegs in campaign coverage
By Brendan Nyhan Dec 13, 2011 at 03:18 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, former House speaker Newt Gingrich returned to New Hampshire for a foreign policy debate with former... More
In Iowa, an ‘Openly’ Inflammatory Perry Ad
Coverage offers incomplete picture of rules around expressions of faith
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Dec 9, 2011 at 12:03 PM
IOWA — Since Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry’s latest TV ad hit the airwaves, national reporters and those based here... More
In Iowa, Covering a New Breed of Campaign
Reduced access to candidates, more Twitter, fewer town halls
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Dec 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM
IOWA — The rise of social media and the increasing prominence of cable news is making coverage of the 2012... More
Fact-checking Versus Strategy
When reporters go meta on misleading ads, readers lose
By Brendan Nyhan Nov 29, 2011 at 10:53 AM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — In Sunday's Boston Globe, reporter Michael Levenson warned of a coming "year of mudslinging." This "rough, negative,... More
Covering a “National Campaign” for New Hampshire Readers
How should state press adapt to a world in which candidates bypass early primary states in favor of national debates and TV coverage?
By Brendan Nyhan Nov 22, 2011 at 05:15 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Both the Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Politico’s Maggie Haberman have argued that the 2012 GOP primary... More
Over-the-Top Coverage of Cain’s Gaffe in Florida
His ignorance of ‘wet-foot, dry-foot’ may have said something about Cain. But the way it was covered said as much about the media
By Brian E. Crowley Nov 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM
FLORIDA — Eleven seconds. That’s how long the exchange lasted between Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and Miami Herald political... 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.
