Monthly Archive
April 2012
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The Audit
The WSJ’s Monster Market Move The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle hits the merger beat with Coca-Cola deal-talks story
By Ryan Chittum
April 30, 2012 07:23 PM
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Campaign Desk
Memo to Joe Nocera Re: your vanishing retirement nest egg
April 30, 2012 02:01 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
On the Media silent on NPR retraction The show should address This American Life's disavowal of its Mike Daisey story
April 30, 2012 01:54 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Network Anchors for Romney? Campaign ads are making greater use of TV news footage. Is that a problem?
By Elizabeth Wilner and Ken Goldstein
April 30, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (7)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
How Adelson’s Cash Could Really Matter And how solid campaign coverage can help voters see past the ad blitz
By Jay Jones
April 27, 2012 03:35 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Two cheers for the FCC
By Mike Hoyt
April 27, 2012 03:28 PM
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Campaign Desk
Report Card on Social Security Trust Fund Coverage An F for the headlines; a C- for the stories
April 27, 2012 02:17 PM Comments (12)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The AP on Student Loan Hell A 2005 law traps borrowers in private debt
By Ryan Chittum
April 27, 2012 02:06 PM Comments (14)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Davies on Murdoch, Banks Eye the Poor for Fees, TARP ROI
By Ryan Chittum
April 26, 2012 08:53 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Obama promises climate talk But reporters will probably have to keep asking
April 26, 2012 05:26 PM
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Behind the News
Murdoch takes a bow If the Leveson Inquiries revealed anything, it was that the News Corp. chief's self perceptions make entertaining viewing
By Emily Bell
April 26, 2012 02:25 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Bloomberg on Cherry-Picking Executive “Peers” to Inflate Pay
By Ryan Chittum
April 26, 2012 02:08 PM
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The Kicker
Nikki Haley Strikes a Pose
By Erika Fry
April 26, 2012 11:09 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
From Etch a Sketch to Hilary Rosen The new Rule Book for reporting on outbreaks of feigned outrage
April 26, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: The ER Boiler Room, Jeremy Hunt, UK Austerity Fails
By Ryan Chittum
April 26, 2012 12:54 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The Journal Misses on Ebooks and Antitrust
By Ryan Chittum
April 25, 2012 07:55 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Reporting that changed history A journalist mines the past to inform the future
April 25, 2012 05:19 PM Comments (2)
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The Kicker
Murdoch vs. Muto
April 25, 2012 03:53 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Covering Ohio’s Changing Economy Can reporters connect the candidates’ rhetoric to on-the-ground reality?
By T.C. Brown
April 25, 2012 12:40 PM
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The Observatory
NYT Obscures Wal-Mart, EDF Link Article overlooks green group’s close ties to Walton Family Foundation
April 25, 2012 06:59 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Murdoch Minister Edition
By Ryan Chittum
April 24, 2012 08:03 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
60 Minutes Revisits Lehman, Valukas, and Repo 105
By Ryan Chittum
April 24, 2012 07:19 PM Comments (22)
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Behind the News
Pulitzer winners donate their prize to their peers The $10,000 prize for investigative reporting will teach more Seattle Times reporters how to uncover stories
By Olivia Smith
April 24, 2012 06:01 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Colorado, Campaign Fundraising Stories Half-Told What campaigns disclose ahead of disclosure deadlines won’t be the full story
By Mary Winter
April 24, 2012 03:22 PM Comments (3)
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The News Frontier
Self-Regulation Done Right How Scandinavia’s press councils keep the media accountable
April 24, 2012 02:21 PM
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see The rebuff to Citi’s board, boxing’s decline, and GSA follow-ups
By Steven Brill
April 24, 2012 10:02 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Blame the Lenders, Government Scandals, Corrections
By Ryan Chittum
April 24, 2012 01:38 AM Comments (10)
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The Audit
The Times’s Extraordinary Wal-Mart Investigation
By Ryan Chittum
April 23, 2012 06:38 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In a Social Campaign, What Role for the Press? A conversation with UNC's Daniel Kreiss
April 23, 2012 04:05 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
A picture is worth a thousand memes Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Matt Wuerker responds to Farhad Manjoo
By Matt Wuerker
April 23, 2012 03:17 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News, Borders & Bylines
Loneliness at the Foreign ‘Bureau’ News organizations exaggerate the size of their overseas newsrooms
April 23, 2012 02:18 PM Comments (5)
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Language Corner
Climate Change Weathering a climax
April 23, 2012 12:57 PM
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The Kicker
ProPublica is fundraising with journo tees
April 22, 2012 05:28 PM
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Feature
The reporter who saw it coming Mike Hudson thought he was merely exposing injustice, but he also was unearthing the roots of a global financial meltdown
April 22, 2012 03:33 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: The Pentagon’s Privatized Propaganda, Chesapeake, Inequality
By Ryan Chittum
April 20, 2012 10:43 PM Comments (20)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The NYT Goes Backward on Digital Ads
By Ryan Chittum
April 20, 2012 05:14 PM
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Behind the News
The Forward sits down with a Hamas official It's a first for the 115-year-old Jewish newspaper, but audiences are slow to respond
April 20, 2012 04:28 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In PA Primary, Television News is Late to the Game An ad barrage, but little context, depth to local on-air reporting
By Ken Knelly
April 20, 2012 12:19 PM
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The News Frontier
The Kickstarter Chronicles Conflict in Afghanistan, Occupy Brooklyn, and Star Wars figurines
By Alysia Santo
April 20, 2012 12:03 PM
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Behind the News
Looking beyond Kony Coverage of Africa needs to go beyond the sensationalistic, three experts said at a panel talk on Thursday
By Erika Fry
April 20, 2012 08:59 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Luskin and Krugman, Bailouts, Minimum Wage,
By Ryan Chittum
April 20, 2012 02:18 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Excellent Reuters Probe Uncovers a CEO’s Billion-Dollar Loans
By Ryan Chittum
April 19, 2012 07:51 PM Comments (6)
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The News Frontier
Online News Startups Struggle to Break Even in Western Europe A viable business model remains as elusive overseas as it is in the U.S.
April 19, 2012 07:04 PM Comments (2)
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The Authentic Mexican Cookoff Gustavo Arellano, Rick Bayless, and the media’s quest for purity in ethnic cuisine
April 19, 2012 02:14 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
When Ads Blur the Truth, Will Coverage Fight Back? Clarity within news stories can correct dubious claims
April 19, 2012 01:35 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News, Video
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April 19, 2012 01:30 PM
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The Audit
Audit TV: Dean Starkman at the Narrative Arc Conference
By Ryan Chittum
April 19, 2012 12:12 PM Comments (8)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Bank Run, Silicon Valley Small-ball, Anti-Free
By Ryan Chittum
April 19, 2012 12:00 AM Comments (4)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The New York Times Company in 2015 Trendlines--as of right now--don't point to its demise
By Ryan Chittum
April 18, 2012 07:17 PM Comments (8)
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The Observatory
Equivocal Efficiency? Some articles fail to stress bottom line of electric-vehicles report
April 18, 2012 12:30 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit
What the Loebs Can Learn From the Pulitzers
By Felix Salmon
April 18, 2012 12:04 PM
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Campaign Desk
How the Media Has Shaped the Social Security Debate The press plays a dubious role
April 18, 2012 11:55 AM Comments (46)
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Behind the News
Nobody wins, again For the ninth time, the Pulitzer Board can't agree on a winner for editorials
April 18, 2012 11:16 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Campaign-Finance Stories That Don’t Get Written Consultants and insiders feed the fundraising frenzy. How much do they make, anyway?
April 18, 2012 10:19 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: French Capital, French Economists, Hulu’s Paywall
By Ryan Chittum
April 18, 2012 02:21 AM
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Language Corner
Viva La Difference Comparatively speaking
April 17, 2012 04:27 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
EXTRA Unpacks the Media’s Medicare Coverage Are journalists writing for doctors or for patients?
April 17, 2012 04:09 PM
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The News Frontier
Teletext Lives On in Scandinavia The pre-Internet digital news service shuts down in the UK, but survives in Northern Europe
April 17, 2012 01:09 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See Cheney’s heart, CVS and privacy, and Walmart’s guns
By Steven Brill
April 17, 2012 12:14 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Freelancers on the Front Lines Safety for foreign correspondents is an issue the media needs to address
By Erika Fry
April 17, 2012 12:06 PM
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The Audit
The Value of Prizes
April 16, 2012 09:55 PM Comments (7)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Carr on Amazon, Muni Broadband, Too Big to Fail
By Ryan Chittum
April 16, 2012 07:49 PM Comments (12)
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Cover Story
Six degrees of aggregation How The Huffington Post ate the Internet
April 16, 2012 05:15 PM Comments (15)
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The Observatory
Titanic Proportions The 100th anniversary of one of the world’s most-covered stories
April 16, 2012 03:00 PM
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The Kicker
Katie Roiphe’s Click Bait Win is a Discourse Fail
April 16, 2012 02:53 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Q&A: Dennis Myers, news editor of Reno News & Review On “inch-deep” campaign coverage and “manufactured” candidates
By Jay Jones
April 16, 2012 10:30 AM
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The Kicker
Super PACs at the State Level: A Different Story
By Mary Winter
April 16, 2012 06:00 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Top Campaign Finance Tools for Local News Sites And how can smaller newspapers and TV stations get this info before their audiences?
By Mary Winter
April 16, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News, Borders & Bylines
Statistics and Moral Sense A dialogue about Justin Martin’s “Which Countries Jail the Most Journalists Per Capita?”
April 16, 2012 05:25 AM Comments (8)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Ebooks, Amazon, and Apple Edition
By Ryan Chittum
April 13, 2012 08:05 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Bloomberg Scrutinizes JPMorgan Chase
By Ryan Chittum
April 13, 2012 06:58 PM Comments (1)
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The News Frontier
The Kickstarter Chronicles Investigating a mysterious illness, Zelda's Christian ties, and small-town basketball
By Alysia Santo
April 13, 2012 04:45 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Charlotte Journalists Tell Their City’s Story Four local experts flesh out the political scene in North Carolina
April 13, 2012 02:20 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Dangers of Silly Season How bored reporters and social media can hype fake controversies and spread misinformation
April 13, 2012 12:09 PM Comments (3)
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The Kicker
NYT Gives a (Very Reluctant) Kudos to Al Jazeera
By Ron Howell
April 13, 2012 08:42 AM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk
The War of the Dentists and their Competitors A shout-out to Kansas Public Radio
April 13, 2012 06:15 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The Minimum Wage in Context
By Ryan Chittum
April 13, 2012 02:18 AM Comments (9)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
On the Trail of Maddow’s Michigan ‘Scoop’ The MSNBC host botched the story in important ways. She should still stay on it
By Anna Clark
April 12, 2012 04:58 PM Comments (8)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Ohio, a Good Look at Oil and Gas Influence After strong work from Dispatch, Plain Dealer notes lawmaker’s sudden fundraising success
By T.C. Brown
April 12, 2012 09:50 AM
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The Audit
Ebooks and Antitrust The Justice Department sues Apple and five book publishers for fighting Amazon
By Ryan Chittum
April 11, 2012 07:56 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Energy Ad War Revs Up in Battleground States Brace yourselves, reporters, and revisit our toolbox and chat
April 11, 2012 04:38 PM
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The Kicker
Video of Pre-60 Minutes Mike Wallace
By Sang Ngo
April 11, 2012 04:14 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
As Santorum Moves On, So Does the Coverage Some quick, quality analysis in Pennsylvania mixes with lack of links, context
By Ken Knelly
April 11, 2012 03:08 PM
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Behind the News
Mike Wallace, Reluctant Newsman A new biography of the late "60 Minutes" reporter reveals how he changed broadcasting while besting inner demons
April 11, 2012 02:24 PM Comments (1)
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Farm to Table Tracie McMillan reports on the American way of eating
By David Riedel
April 11, 2012 12:21 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
The AOL-HuffPost Show: Who’s Really in Control? Not the media.
By Erika Fry
April 11, 2012 12:10 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Heartbeat-Away Derby is Under Way Treating the veepstakes like another political horse race produces lame conclusions
April 11, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Dodger Money, Social News Apps, U.S. Mowing Bills
By Ryan Chittum
April 11, 2012 01:26 AM
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Behind the News
Working With Mike Wallace A producer remembers collaborating with the late journalist shortly before he started on "60 Minutes"
By Gordon Hyatt
April 10, 2012 06:08 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Where to Turn When Tackling Money-in-Politics Stories A wealth of watchdog sites make campaign-finance data accessible, easy to work with
By Mary Winter
April 10, 2012 04:46 PM
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See Hoop academics, judging the GSA, Latin healthcare
By Steven Brill
April 10, 2012 11:52 AM Comments (7)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The Seattle Times Takes On Hometown Amazon A tough series on the dark side of the booming local company
By Ryan Chittum
April 10, 2012 11:37 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Wells Bells, Nontaxpayers, Facebook Apps and Privacy
By Ryan Chittum
April 10, 2012 01:28 AM Comments (12)
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Language Corner
Locution, Locution, Locution Fewer words take up less real estate
April 9, 2012 03:54 PM Comments (3)
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The Observatory
Nutrition Coverage Under Fire From red meat to white rice, not enough skepticism of observational studies
April 9, 2012 02:30 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News, The Water Cooler
Q & A: Lucy Dalglish and Jennifer Lynch Two open government experts talk about the year’s top FOIA issues
By Erin Siegal
April 9, 2012 01:13 PM
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The News Frontier
Unpublishing Requests Are on the Rise As more content shifts from print to web, journalists are seeing rising requests from sources to remove stories
By Dan Watson
April 9, 2012 11:37 AM Comments (7)
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Review
Brief Encounters Short reviews of Ghost of the Ozarks, News for All the People and After the Fall
By James Boylan
April 9, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Paul Ryan’s Very Serious Budget, The London Whale
By Ryan Chittum
April 6, 2012 06:14 PM Comments (6)
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The Audit
The Ethics of Social News Apps
By Ryan Chittum
April 6, 2012 04:02 PM Comments (10)
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The News Frontier
The Kickstarter Chronicles Comics journalism, drone aircraft, and a tea partier’s personal tale
By Alysia Santo
April 6, 2012 02:20 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Narrowcasting the 2012 Election Why media polls that slice and dice the electorate could miss the big picture
April 6, 2012 12:55 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk
WellPoint Raises Rates Again And the national press looks the other way
April 6, 2012 12:24 PM Comments (8)
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The Kicker
A Belated Hat-Tip to the Herald’s Trayvon Tick-Tock
By Greg Marx
April 6, 2012 11:01 AM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Filling the Gaps in the Tar Heel State Nonprofit news sites offer alternative views, more depth to North Carolina’s residents
April 6, 2012 09:47 AM Comments (2)
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The Lower Case
The Lower Case Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors
April 6, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (8)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Sky News Hacking, JPMorgan Fined, False Balance
By Ryan Chittum
April 6, 2012 01:59 AM Comments (4)
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The Audit
NYT Examines Chris Christie’s Corporate Welfare Machine
By Ryan Chittum
April 5, 2012 07:55 PM Comments (9)
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The News Frontier
Seven Years of New West Experiments in regional reporting, the pro-am model, and a multi-pronged business plan
By Alysia Santo
April 5, 2012 01:58 PM Comments (1)
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Review
Reading Room An illustrated review of the New York Post's app
By Ted Rall
April 5, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Shareholder Revolution Edition
By Ryan Chittum
April 5, 2012 01:39 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
All You Can Eat Magazines Ken Doctor reports on a promising venture from five major publishers
By Ryan Chittum
April 4, 2012 07:51 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Detroit News Offers Smart Take on Family Planning Feud But reporters should have talked to, not just about, women
By Anna Clark
April 4, 2012 04:38 PM Comments (5)
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Behind the News, Campaign Desk
Title of Story subhed
By Sang Ngo
April 4, 2012 03:08 PM
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Language Corner
Flat Out Writers are "prone" to use the more familiar word
April 4, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: NBC’s Selective Edits, Bloomberg Clickbait, Secrecy
By Ryan Chittum
April 4, 2012 12:34 AM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
What Do I Owe You? Don't ask Bank of America
By Ryan Chittum
April 3, 2012 07:18 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Who Got The Fox News Vote? In hours of pre-primary coverage, Rick Santorum was hard to find
April 3, 2012 03:35 PM Comments (2)
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The Audit, The News Frontier
What McClure Said: “The Story is the Thing” Clearing space for the agenda-setting narrative in digital journalism
April 3, 2012 11:51 AM Comments (5)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d Like to See Cable conflicts, BlackBerry’s demise, and China’s millionaires
By Steven Brill
April 3, 2012 11:47 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Pittsburgh-Area Reporters Tested in Ad War Incumbent clash requires more outlets to move beyond he-said, she-said to what isn’t said
By Ken Knelly
April 3, 2012 10:06 AM
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The News Frontier
Orlando Startup Covers the Trayvon Martin Story When the national news is local
By Alysia Santo
April 3, 2012 09:42 AM Comments (2)
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Currents
Sree Tips Social-media etiquette for journalists
April 3, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Goldman’s CDOs, Too Big to Fail Consensus, Need to Know
By Ryan Chittum
April 3, 2012 01:34 AM
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Behind the News, Borders & Bylines
Which Countries Jail the Most Journalists Per Capita? Taking the CPJ data one step further
April 2, 2012 03:17 PM Comments (36)
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Behind the News
Reporting Trayvon A CJR guide to some helpful articles
By CJR Staff
April 2, 2012 02:02 PM Comments (12)
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Language Corner
Not Just Desserts How “junket” became a bad word
April 2, 2012 01:29 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
The Case of the Disappearing Benefits Statements A good piece from the Los Angeles Times
April 2, 2012 11:46 AM Comments (4)
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The Observatory, The Water Cooler
Q&A: The NYT’s Justin Gillis The recent Oakes Award winner talks about how to keep climate on the front page
April 2, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (23)
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The Research Report
Link Think News organizations and their hyperlinking choices
By Michael Schudson and Katherine Fink
April 2, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (1)
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