United States Project
Primary Night on Elm Street
A nightmare assignment finally draws to a close
By Justin Peters Jan 11, 2012 at 12:44 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Rich Girard, former Manchester alderman, is the host of Girard at Large, a Manchester-based current events talk... More
Twenty-Nine Hours on the Campaign Trail
And all I got was lost. (And, chicken fingers.)
By Justin Peters Jan 10, 2012 at 04:00 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — When covering New Hampshire, as with any primary, the general journalistic strategy is to trail the candidates... More
Political Reporters Must Be “Good Tour Guides”
A Denver Post column takes readers into the weeds
By Mary Winter Jan 10, 2012 at 01:11 PM
COLORADO — “Inside baseball” is a term journalists sometimes toss out when they’re deciding if an idea is story-worthy. “Is... More
Forget the Debates—Focus on the Air War!
Journalists are looking for attacks in all the wrong places
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 10, 2012 at 06:00 AM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Over the weekend, media coverage of the Republican presidential race focused on the lack of conflict in... More
A Night Out with National Review
Watching the GOP debate with the conservative flagship
By Justin Peters Jan 8, 2012 at 04:21 PM
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Last night, finding myself unable to get tickets to the monster truck rally in the downtown... More
Playing the Expectations Game in New Hampshire
The Union Leader creates an arbitrary threshold for Mitt Romney
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 6, 2012 at 03:37 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — After finishing the Iowa caucus in a virtual tie with former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney... More
Assessing the Cordray Coverage in Ohio
Most papers missed a chance to go beyond the partisan rhetoric
By T.C. Brown Jan 6, 2012 at 12:03 PM
OHIO —President Obama visited the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio Wednesday to tout his economic policy, but the press... More
Lackluster Caucus Coverage in Florida
The Tampa Bay Times stands above the field
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 5, 2012 at 10:42 AM
FLORIDA — By the end of this month, the contest for the Republican presidential nomination will move to the Sunshine... More
A Long Day—and Night—Covering the Caucuses
Patriotic popcorn, Google swag, and the ubiquitous Chuck Todd
By Erika Fry Jan 4, 2012 at 04:05 PM
DES MOINES, IOWA — On Tuesday, I spent more than 13 hours in the “official media hub” for the Iowa... More
Scene From Gingrich HQ on Caucus Night
A dozen reporters waited (and, waited)
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Jan 4, 2012 at 10:58 AM
DES MOINES, IOWA — In a ballroom at the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des Moines last night, a dozen... More
You’ve Got (Candidate) Mail(ers)
A look at the direct mail deluge in Iowa
By Erika Fry Jan 3, 2012 at 05:05 PM
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — Perhaps you've heard non-Iowans grumble about the attention lavished on Iowa for its first-in-the-nation caucus. Residents... More
The Post-Iowa Challenge
Providing information or constructing a narrative?
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 2, 2012 at 04:20 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Over the last week, much of the nation's political press corps has headed to Iowa to cover... More
A VIP Pass to Cover the Caucuses
Credentials offer access, amenities for a cost, but some reporters take a pass
By Erika Fry Jan 2, 2012 at 01:57 PM
IOWA — There are a lot of journalists in Iowa right now. But on Tuesday night, when results of the... More
About That Santorum Surge
Let’s cover it with some restraint and self-awareness
By Erika Fry Dec 31, 2011 at 10:07 AM
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — The media has been abuzz about Rick Santorum since Wednesday, when a CNN/Time/ORC International poll showed... More
Local TV News, Meet the Internet
Why are broadcasters trying to block political campaign transparency?
By Steven Waldman Dec 29, 2011 at 06:53 PM
The FCC has proposed an important rule change that could make the political system more transparent. Amazingly, the trade associations... 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?
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
