http://www.cjr.org/ Columbia Journalism Review: Strong Press, Strong Democracy en Copyright 2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:43:07 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss By The Editors Next time someone asks you to write or broadcast something for free, send them this. http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/harlan_ellison_says_pay_the_da.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/harlan_ellison_says_pay_the_da.php The Kicker Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:43:07 -0500 By Erika Fry Last week, I wrote about the trend in political reporters confessing their bias for an exciting, close primary race; a few of them accordingly professed the media’s affection for Newt Gingrich, whose colorful, unconventional candidacy—propelled by bombast and Sheldon Adelson—has made the race exciting and, for a period, close. Were reporters rooting for a race over... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/pew_on_gingrichs_receding_stor.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/pew_on_gingrichs_receding_stor.php The Kicker Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:06:25 -0500 By Erika Fry Earlier today, I posted this story about the number of political journalists who have recently admitted to having a “rooting interest” in the Republican primary—favoring an extended campaign, and specifically an extended campaign involving Newt Gingrich. I compared this bias to an umpire having an interest in calling the game to keep the underdog close. And I... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/dana_milbank_was_right.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/dana_milbank_was_right.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:27:47 -0500 By Alysia Santo Rebecca MacKinnon, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, visited Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism on Wednesday to talk about her new book, Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. In it, she delves into how our technologies and cyberspace should be governed to support the liberties of Internet users around the world.... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/rebecca_mackinnon_discusses_ne.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/rebecca_mackinnon_discusses_ne.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:59:56 -0500 By Mike Hoyt In April 2004, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier named Jonathan Keith Idema started shopping a sizzling story to the media. He claimed terrorists in Afghanistan planned to use bomb-laden taxicabs to kill key U.S. and Afghan officials, and that he himself intended to thwart the attack. Shortly thereafter, he headed to Afghanistan, where he spent the next two months... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/rip_jonathan_jack_idema_media.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/rip_jonathan_jack_idema_media.php The Kicker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:32:35 -0500 By Ann Cooper So here’s a partnership we might have seen coming: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will host a TV talk show that debuts in March on RT, the Kremlin-funded, English-language twenty-four-hour news channel. The Kremlin created Russia Today (later shortened to just RT) in 2005, to counter what it believes is relentlessly negative western media coverage of Russia. How... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/julian_assanges_new_platform_r.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/julian_assanges_new_platform_r.php The Kicker Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:12:18 -0500 By Erika Fry Remember that ugly incident back in October when Republican candidates Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum pledged to boycott Univision’s Republican debate? (We reported the back story here). Funny, it does not apply to forums moderated by Jorge Ramos. http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/about_that_univision_debate_bo.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/about_that_univision_debate_bo.php The Kicker Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:55 -0500 By Erika Fry Yesterday, under the headline, "Huntsman could bring us back together," The State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper, endorsed Jon Huntsman: We need a president who can work within our poisonous political environment to solve our nation’s problems, not simply score partisan points. Someone who understands that negotiation is essential in a representative democracy, and that there are good ideas... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_state_endorses_huntsman_fo.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_state_endorses_huntsman_fo.php The Kicker Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:38:31 -0500 By Mike Hoyt The story, "The Times and the Jews" in our January/February issue is a fascinating, nuanced, and important read. We’re proud of it. It has come to our attention that some readers are not reading the piece, however, because they’re stopped cold by the art, shown here, which got a full page in the magazine. Those readers see the... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/an_image_reconsidered.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/an_image_reconsidered.php The Kicker Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:23:07 -0500 By Erika Fry It’s beginning to look a lot like a Stephen Bloom reprise. Not even a month after Bloom, a New Jersey native-cum-University of Iowa journalism professor went into hiding(!) after riling Iowans with a brave?/satiric?/not-so-nice essay on The Atlantic’s website (Bloom emerged from hiding only to land in the scary-eyed... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/ag_sulzberger_is_getting_chewe.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/ag_sulzberger_is_getting_chewe.php The Kicker Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:44:32 -0500 By Liz Cox Barrett Last month, on the occasion of the passing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, I reviewed the 1983 Pyongyang-published book, The Great Teacher of Journalists, which chronicled the Dear Leader’s tireless contributions to (and benevolent corrections of) the North Korean press. Perhaps my favorite of Kim Jong-il’s counsel to his country’s journalists was this: Comrade... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/north_korean_newspaper_goes_en.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/north_korean_newspaper_goes_en.php The Kicker Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:05:00 -0500 By Trudy Lieberman Romney’s remark Monday about firing your insurance company apparently harmed him little yesterday in the New Hampshire primary. But as the quote has rocketed around, it might be misleading some into thinking that the Massachusetts health care reforms that Romney signed into law made it so people can willy-nilly get rid of an insurer that doesn’t pay their... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/firing_your_insurance_in_romneys_massachusetts.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/firing_your_insurance_in_romneys_massachusetts.php The Kicker Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:59:15 -0500 By Greg Marx How far has Rick Santorum come to his place in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney at the Iowa Republican caucuses? Back in June, when Santorum formally announced his candidacy, I rounded up the coverage and noted that more-or-less nobody was taking him seriously. The general tone was captured by GOP strategist Curt Anderson, in a quote reported... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/ricks_relevant_now.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/ricks_relevant_now.php The Kicker Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:46:53 -0500 By Alysia Santo A digitally focused company has purchased an old media standard. Sun-Times Media Holdings, owner of The Chicago Sun-Times and over forty other media ventures, has been sold to a newly formed investment group called Wrapports LLC. The announcement was made late Wednesday evening, and while details of the arrangement have not yet been revealed, it’s been reported that the price... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/new_investment_company_buys_ch.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/new_investment_company_buys_ch.php The Kicker Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:01:10 -0500 By Liz Cox Barrett Early today, Politico's Ben Smith announced that he will be "giving up this blog" (the recently renamed and relaunched "Ben Smith on Politics and Media" blog at Politico) to join BuzzFeed, which the The Atlantic Wire describes as a site that "is better known for flagging shareable content (like this... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/hints_of_ben_smiths_buzzfeed_m.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/hints_of_ben_smiths_buzzfeed_m.php The Kicker Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:53:15 -0500