United States Project
Seeking Truth in the Digital Storm
Colorado’s reporters search for ways to keep up with empowered campaigns
By Mary Winter Dec 29, 2011 at 08:25 AM
COLORADO — Reporter Patrick Malone answers quickly when asked to identify the hardest part of covering politics for his newspaper,... More
Examining Gingrich’s ‘Radical’ Rhetoric on Courts
National press, Iowa editors weigh in, but in-state reporters are mostly quiet
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Dec 26, 2011 at 03:57 PM
IOWA — As Newt Gingrich seeks to shore up his standing with Republican voters here in advance of the first-in-the-nation... More
Snapshot: Where Conservative Iowans Get Campaign News
A media diet heavy on talk radio and Fox News
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Dec 20, 2011 at 12:34 PM
IOWA — You heard it last week from an Iowa transplant: Iowans eat meatloaf, casserole and Jell-O molds. This was... More
Don’t Have a Cow, Iowa
State’s reaction to Atlantic piece forgets its ironic tradition
By Erika Fry Dec 16, 2011 at 05:08 PM
Oh, there's nothing halfway About the Iowa way to treat you, When we treat you Which we may not... More
The Atlantic Gets Iowa Wrong
And in the process, urges national readers to ignore those hicks in the Heartland
By Kirsten Scharnberg Hampton Dec 16, 2011 at 02:40 PM
IOWA — With less than three weeks until the Iowa caucuses, the country is beginning to lock its political gaze... More
For Whom Are Iowa’s Reporters Writing…
…If likely caucus-goers don’t trust (or even read) their campaign coverage?
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Dec 15, 2011 at 03:35 PM
IOWA — Here in the Hawkeye State, as in many other places, conservative skepticism about—if not outright distrust of—the “mainstream... More
Frozen Out in Florida
Campaign reporters face reduced access, reduced budgets
By Brian E. Crowley Dec 15, 2011 at 01:34 PM
FLORIDA — Florida’s political reporters are a lonely bunch. Presidential candidates avoid them. Senior campaign staffers rarely return their calls... More
‘Stingy’ Campaigning Brings Reporting Opportunities
For now, Nevada’s political reporters aren’t running from rally to rally
By Jay Jones Dec 14, 2011 at 02:15 PM
NEVADA — Asphyxia is often fatal, so it’s probably not a good idea for political reporters in Nevada to hold... More
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
#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?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
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.
