Monthly Archive
May 2012
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: the rise of circulation, LAT’s Facebook trend, mobile ads
By Ryan Chittum
May 31, 2012 08:05 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Election 2012 coverage: another gender gap
By Erika Fry
May 31, 2012 04:04 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Class, warfare
By Daniel Luzer
May 31, 2012 03:44 PM
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Behind the News
Scandinavian public media fight for their right to grow Potential regulatory changes spell an uncertain future
May 31, 2012 03:11 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Journalists: do no harm! If you must cover the birthers, here's an annotated how-to
May 31, 2012 01:19 PM Comments (6)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Things that go Trump in the night The Donald's birther circus recalls McCarthy's "card-carrying Communists"
May 31, 2012 12:02 PM Comments (19)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Amazon’s California tax squeeze A WSJ follow story waters down an LAT scoop from two weeks ago
By Ryan Chittum
May 31, 2012 11:18 AM Comments (25)
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Talking back to Alan Simpson
May 31, 2012 10:57 AM Comments (3)
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Behind the News, The Audit
WaPo must transform to survive Clay Shirky disputes The Audit's take on the Washington Post's financial future
By Clay Shirky
May 31, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (20)
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Language Corner
Language Corner Basis Points
May 31, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Google’s stonewalling, Moody’s spin clinic, USDA mortgages An NYT story on how the company tried to stymie investigators of its Street View program
By Ryan Chittum
May 30, 2012 09:48 PM Comments (2)
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The Kicker
Turning users into supporters
By Alysia Santo
May 30, 2012 05:30 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
LA Times tries to unmask dark money donors But story's greatest virtue may be its look at where campaign cash goes
By Greg Marx
May 30, 2012 04:11 PM
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Behind the News
Denmark launches new public radio network Radio24syv hopes to challenge old stalwart DR
May 30, 2012 03:00 PM
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The Kicker
Welcome to the blogosphere, Mischiefs of Faction
By Greg Marx
May 30, 2012 12:29 PM Comments (1)
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Language Corner
That’s that, part two Keeping a reader on the right path
May 30, 2012 11:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Facebook IPO edition Why the flop matters
By Ryan Chittum
May 30, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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Currents
Sree Tips Social-media etiquette for journalists
May 30, 2012 06:50 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
What did we learn from coverage of Romney’s Philly school visit? More reporters should have used Romney’s charter school stop as a teaching moment
By Ken Knelly
May 29, 2012 04:40 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
A Grand Bargain on entitlements? The press is sending signals about Simpson-Bowles. How about explaining it?
May 29, 2012 02:35 PM Comments (6)
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Borders & Bylines, The Observatory
From SOS to SMS Mobile journalism service aims to protect Indonesian forests, connect villages
By James Fahn
May 29, 2012 01:25 PM
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Behind the News
On Journatic, and making it in Hyperlocalville Success depends on the company bringing Tribune a savings/quality balance, says Patch's former editor in chief
May 29, 2012 11:03 AM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see The Kennedys and Caro, Facebook IPO suits, the Edwards trial judge
By Steven Brill
May 29, 2012 10:57 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
It’s 2012 already: why is opinion writing still mostly male? Byline counts are better, but not much. How come?
By Erika Fry
May 29, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (13)
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Currents
Open Bar The Press Room
By The Editors
May 29, 2012 06:50 AM
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Review
Brief Encounters Short reviews of Hitlerland and Yazoo
By James Boylan
May 28, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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The News Frontier
The Kickstarter Chronicles Community radio, burning-man culture, and a crowd-funded movie about crowdfunding
By Alysia Santo
May 25, 2012 03:00 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
When a ‘birther’ story comes knocking After congressman's comments, a Denver TV station doesn't let go
By Mary Winter
May 25, 2012 02:50 PM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The private-equity problem with Romney and GS Technologies (UPDATED) Loading up a company with debt to ensure Bain's own profits
By Ryan Chittum
May 25, 2012 02:26 PM Comments (30)
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The Observatory
Evolved for exhibitionism? Wired column makes weak claims about human behavior, psychology
May 25, 2012 02:21 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, on the Times-Picayune cuts
By David Simon
May 25, 2012 11:09 AM Comments (92)
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Behind the News
Dial back the outrage Repealing a ban on showing international broadcasts is not the same as allowing propaganda
May 25, 2012 10:57 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Sorkin’s Glass-Steagall straw man Of course its repeal contributed, directly and indirectly, to the financial crisis
By Ryan Chittum
May 25, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (24)
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Darts and Laurels
Darts and Laurels Not going the distance
By The Editors
May 25, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (15)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Buffett on newspapers, Times-Picayune, SEC lets Lehman go A vow to invest in newspapers and protect them from interference
By Ryan Chittum
May 24, 2012 05:59 PM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Herald’s Caputo dives deep on diverging polls Do other news organizations undermine their credibility when they don’t do the same?
May 24, 2012 04:25 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Many stations don’t factcheck super PAC ads: survey Conference highlights difference in attitudes between industry, watchdog groups
May 24, 2012 03:37 PM Comments (1)
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The News Frontier
Chicago police respect public’s right to record Despite Illinois’s draconian wiretapping law
By Alysia Santo
May 24, 2012 03:00 PM
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The Research Report
Guiding Starr Freedom of expression is not freedom of the press
By Michael Schudson and Katherine Fink
May 24, 2012 11:35 AM
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Behind the News, The Kicker
The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs
May 24, 2012 11:20 AM
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Behind the News
The new medical-credit racket The Record uncovers how patients are getting shafted—medically and financially
May 24, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: No more daily in New Orleans, McClatchy, private equity The NYT reports the Times-Picayune will print two or three times a week
By Ryan Chittum
May 24, 2012 12:21 AM Comments (12)
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The Observatory
Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
May 23, 2012 05:20 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Outrage angle covered—now how about those gas price claims? Here's how the Denver Post and other battleground outlets can do better on the energy debate
May 23, 2012 05:10 PM
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The Audit
Facebook fiasco The well connected made out while retail investors got hosed
By Ryan Chittum
May 23, 2012 01:04 PM Comments (4)
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The Audit
How Gawker wants to monetize comments Denton’s vision for Gawker Media’s editorial product moves away from posts
By Felix Salmon
May 23, 2012 11:03 AM
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Nonfiction’s ‘meta’ moment Reviewing an anthology of “writings about the writings”
By David Riedel
May 23, 2012 06:50 AM
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Review
A master’s missteps Fixated on Kapuscinski’s flaws, a new biography misses the point
By Ted Conover
May 23, 2012 06:50 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Facebook disclosure, Facebook value, soft corruption
By Ryan Chittum
May 22, 2012 05:58 PM
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The Kicker
Broadcasters sue to keep political ad buy data offline
May 22, 2012 04:51 PM Comments (4)
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Behind the News
When big data is bad data The press and standardized testing numbers: a cautionary tale
May 22, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
What’s the swingiest state of them all? By any measure, Colorado is at the center of the action in 2012
By Mary Winter
May 22, 2012 03:00 PM
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Behind the News
The Ford Foundation’s unprecedented grant to The Los Angeles Times And what for-profit/ nonprofit partnerships mean in the age of Sam Zell
May 22, 2012 01:53 PM Comments (7)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see Drachma redux, Hoffa’s killers, besting JPMorgan
By Steven Brill
May 22, 2012 10:52 AM
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Language Corner
That’s that, part one A word used too often, or not enough
May 22, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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Q and A
Exit Interview C-SPAN’s maestro exits the stage
By Erika Fry
May 22, 2012 06:50 AM
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The Audit
Audit Notes: Facebook IPO edition
By Ryan Chittum
May 21, 2012 05:03 PM Comments (2)
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The Kicker
The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
May 21, 2012 03:17 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit
The Chicago Tribune lights up the flame-retardant industry An outstanding investigation show how chemical companies preserve a toxic cash cow
By Ryan Chittum
May 21, 2012 11:07 AM Comments (10)
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The Observatory
The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
May 21, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be "defined" early
May 21, 2012 10:50 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman Will a half-truth still work for the GOP?
May 21, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (25)
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Review
The re-entry problem America’s tough-on-crime policies didn’t work. Now what?
May 21, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Murdoch may sell his British papers The British press asserts the embattled mogul may ditch the papers under phone hacking scrutiny
By Emily Bell
May 19, 2012 07:45 AM Comments (2)
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The News Frontier
You have a right to remain recording Carlos Miller’s crusade for freedom of photography
By Alysia Santo
May 18, 2012 04:10 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
The future of media is social It's also shared, viral, and free from banner ads
May 18, 2012 03:15 PM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit, The Kicker
A game of telephone fools the Times And the newspaper-of-record short-arms the correction
By Ryan Chittum
May 18, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (6)
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The Kicker
What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
May 18, 2012 01:26 PM Comments (7)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The entirely predictable failure of Americans Elect A little poli-sci—or just recent history—would have helped pundits avoid the hype
May 18, 2012 11:03 AM Comments (6)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Obama camp serves up a Bain story Some local outlets take the bait, while others offer a closer look
By Jay Jones
May 18, 2012 07:31 AM
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Currents
Title Search User Experience (UX) Designer
By Jay Woodruff
May 18, 2012 06:50 AM
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The Kicker
Don’t take my traditional Internet away!
By Greg Marx
May 17, 2012 07:10 PM Comments (4)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Questions for JPMorgan, hindsight journalism, Ticketmaster Jesse Eisinger asks what and when Dimon & Co. knew about the bank's big loss
By Ryan Chittum
May 17, 2012 06:11 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Out of the living room, onto the trail To gauge what’s really happening in the TV ad war, reporters need to talk to voters
May 17, 2012 03:14 PM
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Behind the News, The Kicker
Why China ejected Melissa Chan
May 17, 2012 01:15 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
‘This is my paper. This is my town’ One year after a devastating tornado, The Joplin Globe feels stronger
May 17, 2012 11:15 AM
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The Audit
The Facebook frenzy Retail investors prepare to jump on a richly valued IPO
By Ryan Chittum
May 17, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (2)
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The Observatory
USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
May 17, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (4)
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Currents
Hard Numbers Retracting "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory"
By The Editors
May 17, 2012 06:50 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Debating Amendment One in North Carolina Faced with an opportunity to lead civic discussion and take a stand, some papers fare better than others
May 16, 2012 03:30 PM Comments (9)
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The Audit
What’s the right price for ebooks? (updated) It's probably not 99 cents
By Ryan Chittum
May 16, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (6)
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Language Corner
Logue jam A catalog of dialogues
May 16, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (5)
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Currents
How I got that story RealRural
By The Editors
May 16, 2012 06:50 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Commercialization, GM and Facebook, Saverin’s taxes
By Ryan Chittum
May 15, 2012 11:15 PM Comments (8)
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Campaign Desk
Health costs: Is Mass. the only model? What about Vermont? (Not to mention Maryland)
May 15, 2012 03:19 PM Comments (4)
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The Observatory
Attachment parenting, detached debate Time’s titillating cover overshadows article’s substance
May 15, 2012 02:15 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see Press-dinner proceeds, cat-and-mouse China reporting, testing the testers
By Steven Brill
May 15, 2012 08:41 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project, The Audit
For TV, campaigns create big winners, (relative) losers Political ads may not be all "gravy" for local stations—but they're still an awfully good deal
By Erika Fry
May 15, 2012 06:50 AM
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Review
The astroturf Cassandra Why hacks like Andrew Keen really fear the social Web
May 15, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk
What it takes to win the White House A review of Samuel L. Popkin’s The Candidate
May 14, 2012 03:00 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Pushing back, making connections Michigan political reporters have a job to do
By Anna Clark
May 14, 2012 11:29 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The business press embarrasses Jamie Dimon London Whale, sighted one month ago, knocks billions off JPMorgan's worth
By Ryan Chittum
May 14, 2012 11:04 AM Comments (15)
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The Kicker, The News Frontier
Seattle news site PubliCola is out of business
By Alysia Santo
May 14, 2012 06:50 AM
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Feature
Postage due The USPS is running out of money. Where does that leave magazines?
May 14, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (6)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Chesapeake woes, the Untaxable, Reuters on HSBC
By Ryan Chittum
May 11, 2012 07:34 PM
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The Kicker
Poynter chat: How to mine TV stations’ political files
By The Editors
May 11, 2012 04:22 PM
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The Observatory
The ice melt cometh But flawless coverage about happenings in Antarctica has been rare
May 11, 2012 03:45 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Nevada, a candidate’s fecklessness on full display Some sharp interview questions leave a congressional hopeful squirming
By Jay Jones
May 11, 2012 03:42 PM Comments (3)
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The Kicker
So you think you can dance?
By Erika Fry
May 11, 2012 11:56 AM Comments (1)
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Currents
What’s in My… Dean Takahashi from GamesBeat unpacks
May 11, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The Washington Post Co.’s Self-Destructive Course Dividends, share buybacks, and an anti-paywall stance help bleed the paper dry
By Ryan Chittum
May 11, 2012 06:10 AM Comments (21)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: WSJ dings austerity, Weisenthal, The Global Mail
By Ryan Chittum
May 10, 2012 07:58 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map… A glut of "swing-state" stories risks inspiring false certainty about the coming election
May 10, 2012 12:07 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
How an anti-tax HIT squad employs the press "We’re pitching things and hope people run it. We’re not paying for ads”
May 10, 2012 11:42 AM Comments (1)
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Second Read
Laboratory confidential The Double Helix’s warts-and-all portrayal of scientific pursuits shook up the formal world of science writing
May 10, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Blodget’s anonymous Zuck fans, Ongo no-go, social news apps New York cover story dispenses with named sources
By Ryan Chittum
May 10, 2012 02:12 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Clearly, Quartz wants to help elites go optimize themselves The Atlantic’s new business site enters a crowded field catering to the 0.1 percent
By Ryan Chittum
May 10, 2012 12:58 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Ohio, political money gets around Dayton Daily News shows how local lawmakers shuffle campaign donations to cash-strapped colleagues
By T.C. Brown
May 10, 2012 12:20 AM
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The Kicker
OffTheBus takes a ‘breather’
By Alysia Santo
May 9, 2012 03:10 PM Comments (1)
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The Observatory
Biotech bogeymen The San Francisco Chronicle’s muddled swipe at GE crops
May 9, 2012 02:30 PM Comments (3)
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The Kicker
9 newsroom buyouts at the Hartford Courant (updated)
May 9, 2012 12:31 PM
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Language Corner
No fun Noun? Verb? Yes. Adjective? Well ...
May 9, 2012 12:00 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, 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 11:15 AM Comments (2)
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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 07:00 AM
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Editorial
Aggregated assault Whose work is it, anyway? A plea for standards.
May 9, 2012 07:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, 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 06:10 AM
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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 12:11 PM Comments (11)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Obama ‘evolves,’ Romney ‘flip-flops’ As the candidates’ positions change, reporters construct differing narratives
May 8, 2012 12:00 PM Comments (36)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Reporting on the hand that feeds In North Carolina, TV news reporters find stories in their stations’ political ad buy data
May 8, 2012 11:30 AM
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Campaign Desk, The Kicker
Who you calling ‘working-class’?
May 8, 2012 10:36 AM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Watch: CJR’s panel on digital press freedoms
May 8, 2012 06:55 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: News Corp.’s board, Lehman’s hubris, Awards and Slideshows David Carr eyes Rupert Murdoch's crony-filled board of directors
By Ryan Chittum
May 8, 2012 12:55 AM
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On the Job
An unflinching witness Long Island native Marie Colvin spent her career chronicling the horrors of war and oppression, from Sri Lanka to Syria. She wanted the world to see what she saw.
By Jon Swain
May 8, 2012 12:10 AM Comments (1)
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Readers respond to our March/April issue
By The Editors
May 8, 2012 12:10 AM
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The Kicker
Thank you, Mr. Trillin …
May 7, 2012 11:53 AM
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The Kicker
Beyonce’s no Girl Friday
May 7, 2012 11:43 AM
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Campaign Desk
Healthcare: Do Americans get too much—or too little? A shout-out to Remapping Debate
May 7, 2012 11:00 AM
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The News Frontier
Staying Safe CPJ’s “Journalist Security Guide” is a must-read
By Alysia Santo
May 7, 2012 11:00 AM
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Feature
Encryption is your friend Four easy ways to protect yourself and your sources
May 7, 2012 07:00 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
The housing market at an inflection point The Journal explains why bidding wars are starting to bubble up again
By Ryan Chittum
May 7, 2012 07:00 AM
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Feature
Beyond encryption Hold the phone! And other security strategies…
By Dan Gillmor
May 7, 2012 07:00 AM
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Feature
Meanwhile, in the land of the free… In the US, you can still say almost anything, but someone just may be listening in
By Dan Gillmor
May 7, 2012 07:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Still pro-euro, foreclosures, privatized parking meters An FT contributor says the UK doesn't want to miss out on that Europe thing
By Ryan Chittum
May 4, 2012 05:24 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Rubio romance For the national press, a harder look is in order
May 4, 2012 04:05 PM Comments (6)
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The Audit
Facebook’s low, low ad rates The Journal reports on the site's problems with advertisers
By Ryan Chittum
May 4, 2012 04:00 PM Comments (2)
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The News Frontier
The Kickstarter Chronicles China’s green technology, a call-girl confesses, and the running world’s Tim Tebow
By Alysia Santo
May 4, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
What’s Slate been up to?
May 4, 2012 12:32 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
New rules on political ads: how to mine them Finding gold may require a group effort
May 4, 2012 11:48 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The most important journalist in business news Fox Business stakes a gilded claim for Neil Cavuto
By Ryan Chittum
May 4, 2012 10:56 AM Comments (4)
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The Kicker
NYT’s hockey series gets Dart Award
May 4, 2012 10:16 AM
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The Kicker
National Mag Awards announced
May 4, 2012 06:56 AM
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Feature
Censory overload How a reluctant journalist used his software skills to aid the Arab Spring
May 4, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Dollar dictator, the SEC’s small fry, Americans go Swiss The Federal Reserve doesn't answer solely to Ben Bernanke
By Ryan Chittum
May 4, 2012 02:21 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
What’s the right way to cover Joe the Plumber? Reporters in northern Ohio bring scrutiny to bear on an unusual candidate
By T.C. Brown
May 3, 2012 05:21 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk
Memo to Kevin Drum Mediocre stories about Social Security are not okay
May 3, 2012 04:55 PM Comments (13)
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The Observatory
Mad cow, sane coverage Most media treat BSE discovery with appropriate concern
May 3, 2012 12:35 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In an age of walled-off candidates, longing for LBJ Caro's latest opus offers a strong case for the enduring value of journalistic access
May 3, 2012 10:13 AM Comments (9)
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Feature, The Audit
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
May 3, 2012 10:05 AM Comments (24)
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Feature
The spy who came in from the code How a filmmaker accidentally gave up his sources to Syrian spooks
May 3, 2012 09:56 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
3 things big media can do to save independent journalism This is adapted from Rebecca MacKinnon's 2012 Hearst New Media Lecture, given at Columbia's J-school on April 19
By The Editors
May 3, 2012 06:00 AM
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Behind the News
Collateral damage: news organizations, free speech, and the Internet This is the text of this year's Hearst New Media Lecture, given April 19 at the Columbia Journalism School
May 3, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes: Murdoch and the Conservatives, M&A, ESPN fail Tantalizing but thinly sourced info on Rebekah Brooks's texts to David Cameron
By Ryan Chittum
May 2, 2012 07:20 PM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Reuters uncovers Chesapeake CEO’s other day job Second probe in two weeks deals gas tycoon Aubrey McClendon another big headache
By Ryan Chittum
May 2, 2012 05:35 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News, Economic Crisis
Fewer journo arrests at latest OWS push But some reporters at the nationwide May 1 Occupy protests were targeted by protestors
By Jared Malsin
May 2, 2012 03:18 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
The Bo scandal: how we got that story Thanks to the Web, you can follow the money online—even in China
May 2, 2012 06:30 AM Comments (1)
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Feature
Sino the times Can China’s billions buy media credibility?
May 2, 2012 06:00 AM Comments (4)
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Opening Shot
Opening Shot The Instagram campaign
By The Editors
May 2, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit notes Murdoch Mauled by MPs Edition
By Ryan Chittum
May 2, 2012 12:13 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The coverup culture of News Corp. A damning report from Parliament and Rupert Murdoch's revealing response to it
By Ryan Chittum
May 1, 2012 07:01 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
28 hours of political ads (and a few minutes of news) Tallying the ad buys at six local TV stations for one Pennsylvania primary race
By Ken Knelly
May 1, 2012 01:32 PM
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The Observatory
Brain waves Articles about neuroscience push ideology, inflame divisions, study says
May 1, 2012 12:13 PM Comments (1)
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Language Corner
Organically Grown The DNA of new words
May 1, 2012 10:49 AM Comments (5)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see Military movers, insuring a pitcher’s arm, and lobbyists against federal travel caps
By Steven Brill
May 1, 2012 10:34 AM
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Editorial
Editor in Chief’s Note CJR's 50th birthday party continues
May 1, 2012 06:00 AM
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Feature
Muscovy pluck How long can Ekho Moskvy radio get away with pooh-poohing Putin?
May 1, 2012 06:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s Lobbyists, Reuters on Chesapeake, Shadow Space (UPDATED)
By Ryan Chittum
May 1, 2012 01:40 AM
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The Audit Business
- Audit Notes: pyramid people, Disney and ABC, no USA Today paywall Roddy Boyd digs into a diet-shake pyramid scheme
- Hot air Rises Above on CNBC An anchor pins a minor dip in stocks on the TV appearance of a minor politician
The Observatory Science
- Dull news from Doha UN climate summit a ho-hum affair for the press
- Highway to the danger zone Following Sandy, HuffPo and NYT dig into the folly of coastal development
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- NBC News sets good example for Medicare reporting People perspective leads to clear explanation of impact of proposed changes
- In Pennsylvania, a niche site with wide reach PoliticsPA drives political conversation in Keystone State
Behind the News The Media
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The Kicker last updated: Fri 3:00 PM
- Must-reads of the week
- The media news cycle is bananas
- Pass the #popcorn
- Must-reads of the week
- Tom Rosenstiel leaving Pew
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Thu 10:24 AM
- TRVL A free iPad travel magazine
- TheDigitel A small chain of local news sites/ aggregators in South Carolina
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How the media has shaped the Social Security debate The press plays a dubious role
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