United States Project
A laurel to FlackCheck.org
For its new guide to video factchecking on air and online
By Greg Marx Sep 14, 2012 at 05:50 PM
The recent journalistic debate about factchecking has prompted some compelling discussion about different strategies, different methods, and what works... More
In Iowa, a ‘flag flap’ flop?
A controversy over handling of the flag draws coverage in Cedar Rapids
By Erika Fry Sep 14, 2012 at 02:50 PM
IOWA — Appearances by President Obama have become a bit old-hat in Iowa, one of the nation’s most contested swing... More
How super are the super PACs?
A decades-old rule will give more clout to official campaign cash over the next two months, but reporters have barely noticed
By Walter Shapiro Sep 14, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Like a crime boss in a pinstriped suit who is now hailed as a pillar of the community, super PACS... More
‘Serious, point-of-view journalism’?
A look at the most ambitious conservative news organization you’ve never heard of
By Justin Peters Sep 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM
At 4:45 on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Kevin Palmer stands in the lobby of the Charlotte... More
What a higher Retirement Age really means
A Social Security mini-primer
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 13, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The idea of raising the age at which workers can collect benefits from Social Security is very much in play.... More
ProPublica ‘pull[s] back the curtain’
Justin Elliott shines light on a dark money group in Ohio; reporters there should take note
By T.C. Brown Sep 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM
OHIO — Shadowy outside groups dropping cash into political races has been a recurrent theme this year in Ohio, as... More
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
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Rolling Stone remembers Michael Hastings, dead at 33
The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los Angeles
On the journalistic value of being “a dick”
Buzzfeed’s statement on the death of its reporter
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
