| Conflict and Conflation of Race and Gender | Obama could have been speaking for journalists when he spoke of choosing between "division, and conflict, and cynicism" or a new way. But not all reporting on how race and gender is playing a role -- and taking its toll -- is quite getting it. |
| A Cartoon and Me | An original Marlette editorial cartoon that adorns our offices was drawn a generation ago about race and another presidential race. But it still speaks volumes about politics and the power of editorial illustration. |
| Down with the War, Up with the Campaign | Two stories with decidedly different trajectories -- the Iraq war and "the earliest-starting campaign in U.S. history" -- dominated the headlines in 2007, according to the 2008 Project for Excellence in Journalist State of the Media report. |
| Mark Carter Named CCJ Executive Director | Mark Carter, a 20-year veteran media executive, strategist, reporter and executive producer, has been named Executive Director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and the Goldenson Chair in Community Broadcasting at the Missouri School of Journalism. |
| Washington Post Ombud Rips 'Women are Stupid' Piece | A lot of people thought the Washington Post opinion piece by Charlotte Allen – you remember, the one where she riffed on how women are weak and stupid after all -- was outrageous. Well, so does the Post ombud. |
| When is a Citizen Journalist not a Citizen Journalist? | That's 'community journalist' to you. |
| Anonymous Sources Ruling 'Draconian and Perhaps Unprecedented' | A judge has ordered a USA Today reporter to reveal the names of confidential sources or pay more than $45,000 out of her own pocket – without help from others, including the newspaper – and to do so immediately, even pending appeal. |
| Scotsman Reporter Stands By 'Monster' Quote Decision | Gerri Peev, the Scotsman reporter who quoted Samantha Power as calling Hillary Clinton 'a monster,' said she could not 'in good conscience' have agreed to keep the remark off the record. |
| Reporting the Truth May Cost Florida Paper $18 Million | Florida’s Pensacola News Journal is fighting an $18 million jury award won by a man who alleged that its reference to an unflattering but true incident in his past violated the legal concept of 'false light.' |
| Bank Drops Wikileaks.org Lawsuit | The Swiss bank which obtained an injunction that 'shut down' wikileaks.org – before the judge reversed himself for probably violating the First Amendment – has now withdrawn the case. |
| Memory Sticks Revolutionize Cuba | The New York Times is reporting that despite heavy-handed attempts by the Cuban government to put an air gap between the Internet and its citizens -– the better to cripple the crowd -- technological disruption is winning again. |
| Take Me Out of the Ballgame | Like a modern-day land grab, news organizations and professional sports leagues are fighting over who gets to do what online with the sights and sounds captured by reporters covering games. While this may appear to be a crass battle over money, it does affect freedom of the press in a meaningful way. |
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