The Kicker
OffTheBus takes a ‘breather’
New technologies and partnerships in the works
By Alysia Santo May 9, 2012 at 03:10 PM
OffTheBus, The Huffington Post’s citizen journalism program for campaign coverage, hasn’t posted new content in almost a month. But the... More
The Observatory
Biotech bogeymen
The San Francisco Chronicle’s muddled swipe at GE crops
By Curtis Brainard May 9, 2012 at 02:30 PM
If you’re worried about pesticides, then the San Francisco Chronicle has a sweeping indictment of genetically engineered (GE) crops to... More
Online News Startups
Missouri Scout
Subscription-based niche political news from a stockbroker turned political junkie
By Jason Rosenbaum May 9, 2012 at 02:13 PM
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — Dave Drebes didn't take the most conventional path into journalism. Originally a stockbroker, the St. Louis... More
The Kicker
9 newsroom buyouts at the Hartford Courant (updated)
This is the latest in a series of departures since Tribune’s 2008 bankruptcy filing
By Kira Goldenberg May 9, 2012 at 12:31 PM
First, a disclosure: I have a soft spot for the Hartford Courant. It’s my hometown daily. I interned there twice... More
Language Corner
No fun
Noun? Verb? Yes. Adjective? Well …
By Merrill Perlman May 9, 2012 at 12:00 PM
The journalism professor was not having much “fun” explaining things to her feature-writing students: “I know so fun is wrong... More
Swing States Project
A (blurry) snapshot of influence peddling
Finding out who paid $10,000 to party with Congress members remains a reporting challenge
By Mary Winter May 9, 2012 at 11:15 AM
COLORADO—A CBS News undercover video of a Republican fundraiser earlier this year gave viewers a tantalizing glimpse of a $10,000-a-head... More
Magazine: Editorial
Aggregated assault
Whose work is it, anyway? A plea for standards.
By Cyndi Stivers May 9, 2012 at 07:00 AM
“There’s nothing new under the sun.” Thus spake my high-school teacher, then nearing retirement, and if I remembered nothing... More
Magazine: Letters to the Editor
Notes from our Online Readers
Readers weigh in on Ron Howell’s “The New York Times Goes to the Dogs”
By The Editors May 9, 2012 at 07:00 AM
In a March piece, Ron Howell wrote about the increase in stories about dogs in The New York Times since... More
The Audit
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s Influence, Reuters’s Chesapeake drumbeat
A sweeping indictment of the corruption of British politics by News Corp.
By Ryan Chittum May 9, 2012 at 06:10 AM
The News Corp. scandal is so massive and so sprawling that it's just about impossible to bring all the pieces... More
Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see
Homeland loses focus, ditching the filibuster, unions that own big business
By Steven Brill May 8, 2012 at 12:11 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Swing States Project
Obama ‘evolves,’ Romney ‘flip-flops’
As the candidates’ positions change, reporters construct differing narratives
By Brendan Nyhan May 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE—Are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney so different after all? Despite the media’s portrayal of Romney as a uniquely... More
Swing States Project
Reporting on the hand that feeds
In North Carolina, TV news reporters find stories in their stations’ political ad buy data
By Andria Krewson May 8, 2012 at 11:30 AM
NORTH CAROLINA—On April 27, the Federal Communications Commission made what CJR called “a good step toward transparency in the realm... More
The reporter who saw it coming - Mike Hudson unearths the roots of a global financial meltdown
Obama ‘evolves,’ Romney ‘flip-flops’ - Reporters construct differing narratives
The Bo scandal: how we got that story - Follow the money online
The reporter who saw it coming (23)
Obama 'evolves,' Romney 'flip-flops' (17)
Ben Huh says journalistic objectivity is a trap
The LOLcat king weighs in on weightier topics
Media blows hot air about dinosaur flatulence
“[W]e don’t know whether they farted at all”
Mexican crime reporters risk becoming the story
Reporters continue to be in the cross hairs for their work, NPR reports
Capital New York on the new, iPad-only publication
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
