United States Project
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
Packing up and shipping out in Tampa
Jeb Bush gives reporters one last local news hook on RNC’s final night
By Brian E. Crowley Aug 31, 2012 at 03:00 PM
TAMPA — On Friday morning, Florida reporters and editors attending the Republican National Convention were packing their laptops and video... More
Parsing Romney on healthcare
Chris Wallace gets a C minus
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 31, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Before Chris Wallace got to the soft stuff of his Fox News Sunday interview last week with The Family Romney... More
The Wall Street Journal lets Paul Ryan go all but unchecked
Misleading claims get ignored or given he said-she said treatment
By Ryan Chittum Aug 31, 2012 at 11:07 AM
The Wall Street Journal's coverage of Paul Ryan's speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday, which was packed with one... More
A dart to the AP—and a laurel!
Good work on fact-checking speeches; on Social Security, not so much
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Dart The Associated Press misled its many readers, unfortunately, about what is a Social Security benefit cut and what... More
One last night on the outskirts in Tampa
Welsh cakes, a protest that wasn’t, and the rest of the scene from the RNC
By Justin Peters Aug 31, 2012 at 08:48 AM
This post has been updated. TAMPA — It's 6:30 p.m. on the final night of the Republican National Convention, and... More
Read? Listen? Who has the time?
At political conventions, journalists get preliterate
By Walter Shapiro Aug 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
TAMPA—Sitting in my motel room Thursday on the fringes of Tampa, maybe 20 miles and three weather systems away from... More
How ‘half true’ happens
Our correspondent sits in as PolitiFact editors rate Nikki Haley’s claim
By Justin Peters Aug 30, 2012 at 04:09 PM
TAMPA — “Perhaps if we all ignore PolitiFact, they'll eventually go away," went the lede of a Weekly Standard story... More
Checking the foundation of ‘We Built It’
In many Virginia papers, coverage of McDonnell’s convention speech is a let-down
By Tharon Giddens Aug 30, 2012 at 03:00 PM
VIRGINIA — The Republican National Convention may be happening in Tampa, but the theme for the gathering’s opening Tuesday night—“We... More
Ignored factchecks and the media’s crisis of confidence
Whatever campaigns may do, aggressive truth-telling is the right approach for reporters
By Brendan Nyhan Aug 30, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Can the media stop politicians from misleading the public? That's the question on the minds of many journalists and commentators... 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 completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
