Monthly Archive
October 2012
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Detroit papers on Romney’s misleading Jeep ad A campaign ad airs in Ohio but gets a close (sometimes muddled) look from Detroit reporters
By Anna Clark
October 31, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (5)
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The Audit
MSM: port in a storm And social media was not as useful as I’d thought it’d be
October 31, 2012 07:35 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Bloomberg digs up more on Romney’s tax avoidance This loophole used the Mormon church's tax-exempt status to defer bills
By Ryan Chittum
October 31, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (32)
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The Observatory
Sandy’s climate context Why generalizing about extreme weather helps no one
October 30, 2012 04:15 PM Comments (8)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Pundits versus probabilities The misguided backlash against Nate Silver
October 30, 2012 02:50 PM Comments (25)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see Hurricanes and utilities, keeping Time, and delving into the bureaucracy
By Steven Brill
October 30, 2012 11:05 AM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The ‘downright dangerous’ Paul Krugman CNBC's Becky Quick thinks, wrongly, the economist is alone in debunking "fiscal crisis"
By Ryan Chittum
October 30, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (11)
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Behind the News
Newsrooms’ digital Sandy coverage Outlets are pulling out all the stops
October 29, 2012 05:24 PM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
The Frankenstorm exception
October 29, 2012 04:25 PM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Send Candidates for The Best Business Writing 2013 Our 2nd annual compilation of business journalism’s best is closing soon; send us stuff
October 29, 2012 11:19 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: inequality denial, AIG’s CEO, private equity WSJ op-ed pushes the false notion that the rich haven't pulled away from everyone else
By Ryan Chittum
October 29, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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The Observatory
Jenny McCarthy as a Sun-Times columnist? Science writers are skeptical, though McCarthy won't promote a fake link between vaccines and autism there
October 29, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
CNN says women vote with their hormones The Twitterverse goes mental
October 26, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (6)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The most potent spin: lies campaigns tell themselves Plus: is a split between the popular vote and Electoral College really so rare?
October 26, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (4)
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Behind the News
Appending Larry Google's "premature release" spins off another viral meme — and an ethical question
October 26, 2012 02:50 PM
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Behind the News, Campaign Desk
The universality of health reporting Lessons from five European journalists
October 26, 2012 02:50 PM
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Darts and Laurels, Swing States Project
The Ad Wars: a laurel to the Sunlight Foundation Report brings scrutiny to new political ad database
October 26, 2012 01:40 PM
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Behind the News
Journalism ethics in a digital age A Poynter conference this week provoked good discussion but presupposed an old definition of journalism
October 26, 2012 01:13 PM Comments (2)
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The Kicker
Pass the #popcorn
October 26, 2012 12:45 PM Comments (4)
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Behind the News
The 4th Estate corrects its numbers A widely covered infographic released on Thursday didn't quite get its facts straight
By Teo Soares
October 26, 2012 12:20 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The paywall prevents a deeper downturn at the NYT Digital subs keep a weak earnings report from turning into a disastrous one
By Ryan Chittum
October 26, 2012 12:12 PM Comments (10)
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Cancer made Lance Armstrong hard to hate It also made it easy for sports writers to ignore those pesky doping allegations
October 26, 2012 11:45 AM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The momentum behind a misleading narrative Why reporters have been getting the polls wrong in the presidential race
October 26, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Ask Obama This: Will we have to be older to get Medicare? We know about Romney’s vouchers, but the president is quiet on the subject of raising eligibility
October 26, 2012 06:51 AM Comments (1)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: NYT scoop, Freddie’s anti-stimulus, Wired on making stuff Riches for the family of a top Chinese official
By Ryan Chittum
October 26, 2012 06:50 AM
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When McGovern met Mailer Revisiting an unjustly forgotten account of the 1972 political conventions
October 26, 2012 06:50 AM
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The Observatory
Junkets masquerading as prizes To avoid conflicts of interest, read the fine print
October 25, 2012 05:15 PM
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see New election economy, voter fraud billboards, NY skyscrapers 2.0
By Steven Brill
October 25, 2012 03:00 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Ohio, campaign coverage is anti-social Reporting on candidates' social media strategies is largely absent in key battleground
By T.C. Brown
October 25, 2012 03:00 PM
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The Kicker
Imprisoned Ethiopian reporter wins a Courage in Journalism award
October 25, 2012 12:34 PM
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Behind the News
HuffPost launches a platform for user-generated reporting “Firsthand” to premiere “a new type of comment”
October 25, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: dethroning DeMarco, the cult of disruption, China trade The FT reports Obama plans a big housing policy change if re-elected
By Ryan Chittum
October 25, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Managing your archive What to do with the clips from assignments gone by
By Ann Friedman
October 25, 2012 06:50 AM
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A data dream team One example of how academic researchers and journalists can work together on data projects
October 24, 2012 03:15 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Ask Obama This: Can you imagine criminal justice reform? A nearly forgotten topic that impacts the budget, families, and communities
October 24, 2012 03:12 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
‘Pittsburgh is getting pounded’ by ads Top priority race for parties is disturbingly low on local TV news radar
By Ken Knelly
October 24, 2012 11:10 AM
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Swing States Project, The Observatory
Ask Obama and Romney this: What about climate change? Schieffer misses media’s last chance to pop the question on a big stage
October 24, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (3)
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The Audit
Did the financial blogosphere go away? Whither the econobloggers
By Felix Salmon
October 24, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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The Audit
Newsweek and the (relative) health of print mags Not all is dark for the industry
By Ryan Chittum
October 24, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Ad Wars: Obama’s special message in Spanish A review of Obama’s and Romney’s Spanish-language TV ads finds contrasts in style, strategy, and sophistication
October 23, 2012 04:35 PM
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The Kicker
Pulitzer Prize Board announces three new members
October 23, 2012 04:20 PM
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Swing States Project, The Kicker
Let Detroit do what?
By Mike Hoyt
October 23, 2012 12:50 PM Comments (14)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Ask Obama and Romney this: Where is Africa? An enormous opportunity for the US could slip past
October 23, 2012 11:26 AM Comments (5)
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Behind the News
BBC in crisis over a shelved pedophile investigation Newsnight accused of a coverup after they dropped the case
October 23, 2012 11:20 AM Comments (1)
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The Observatory
Debunking the ‘war on coal,’ take two The AP gets it right the second time around
October 23, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (11)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: What’s Social Security worth?, another CNBC ‘poll,’ Greg Smith An excellent personal-finance story from the Journal
By Ryan Chittum
October 23, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Fact-checking at The New Yorker An excerpt from The Art of Making Magazines
By Peter Canby
October 23, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (6)
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The Kicker
‘Hi, Mark!’
October 22, 2012 06:20 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Covering the search for noncitizen voters AP’s Ivan Moreno won well-deserved praise for staying on the (incredible shrinking) story in Colorado
By Mary Winter
October 22, 2012 04:45 PM
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Language Corner
However you want Who’s on first?
October 22, 2012 03:16 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Ask Obama and Romney This: What if China squares off with Japan? An emerging, and little discussed, dilemma
October 22, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Audit Notes: advising Obama, the leverage incentive, Jack Welch The NYT looks at the insider/outsider roles of Anita Dunn
By Ryan Chittum
October 22, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Artists from around the world to report for new site Creative Times Reports will publish dispatches from abroad
October 22, 2012 06:50 AM
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The Kicker
Pass the #popcorn
October 19, 2012 05:41 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Scare-mongering from CBS Bad reporting on Social Security—again
October 19, 2012 02:51 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
How could voters still be undecided? Try asking them Plus, why this veteran campaign correspondent is focused on swing-state polls
October 19, 2012 01:23 PM Comments (9)
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The Observatory
Turner’s turnaround LA Times columnist learns that evaluating electric vehicles is harder than it seems
October 19, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In Florida, debate night isn’t front-page news Editors at Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post defend decision on Senate race coverage
October 19, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Awash in ads in Roanoke At WDBJ, welcome transparency and a commitment to coverage—but room for improvement, too
October 19, 2012 07:00 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
A CEO’s high-flying standards Bloomberg reports on Abercrombie & Fitch's Michael Jeffries
By Ryan Chittum
October 19, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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Covering the candidates on women As Obama and Romney try to secure the female vote, reporting quality varies
October 19, 2012 06:50 AM
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Behind the News
Newsweek is dead … long live Newsweek? The end of its print run may not be all doom and gloom
October 18, 2012 03:48 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The ‘Man in the Middle’ hits a healthcare Catch-22 Å family falls through a gap in Obamacare
October 18, 2012 03:12 PM Comments (4)
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The Audit
Are newspaper audiences really shrinking? A dialogue with Alan Mutter
October 18, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (6)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Laurels to Politico and National Journal For exposing the shady side of the campaign-industrial complex
By Greg Marx
October 18, 2012 11:30 AM
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The Observatory
The vilification of electric vehicles Media botch full explanation of the latest research
October 18, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (17)
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The tweet life How journalists can reap the benefits of Twitter without falling into its traps
By Ann Friedman
October 18, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (5)
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Behind the News
Study shows UK newspapers are still sexist 78 percent of front-page articles are written by men
October 18, 2012 06:50 AM
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More than a photograph The best data visualizations aren't always online
October 17, 2012 05:00 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
In MI-11, a candidate ducks, but can’t avoid coverage Detroit Free Press digs in to Bentivolio's background, though local outlets can do more on the money beat
By Anna Clark
October 17, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Hey, big spender Virginia’s Senate race is drawing major outside spending—Bob Perry’s million bucks included. Reporters here have more to do
October 17, 2012 12:10 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
When factchecking goes ‘gray’ Two Denver news outlets made similar dissections of an attack ad but arrived at not-so-similar conclusions
By Mary Winter
October 17, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Technology gives deaf journalists more options It's easier than ever to interview sources, says freelance journalist Lisa Goldstein
October 17, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
Fisching for attention
October 16, 2012 05:30 PM Comments (26)
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The Audit
Tuesdays with Andrew Changing up a Dealbook ritual
October 16, 2012 04:54 PM Comments (1)
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The Observatory
The good news about organics And why the media tend to ignore it
October 16, 2012 04:00 PM Comments (6)
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Behind the News
CMJ hosts a panel on ‘Music Journalism Exploded’ Editors from Billboard, MTV, and SPIN contribute
October 16, 2012 03:50 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see Electoral legal minefields, baseball contracts, and airline woes
By Steven Brill
October 16, 2012 03:38 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Ad Wars: Is the IRS throwing in the towel on political nonprofits? Politico identifies thirteen "social welfare" groups misleading the IRS
October 16, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Nevada media pillory Oceguera attack ad An "outrageous" ad in a House race raises questions—including whether starting a controversy was the aim
By Jay Jones
October 16, 2012 02:50 PM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
All good debate coverage is local? Failings of the national press not mirrored in NH
October 16, 2012 11:00 AM
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Language Corner
Career advice On the fast track to ‘careen’
October 16, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Santa Barbara is getting a nonprofit investigative newsroom A Knight grant is funding the launch of a new journalism initiative
October 16, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The word on the street: worried In New Hampshire voters are fretting about everything
October 15, 2012 03:11 PM
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Behind the News
MSN.com launches news service MSN News is built for Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10
October 15, 2012 11:00 AM
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The Audit
Audit Notes: a missing foreclosure figure, Denton, Brookes How many "boomerang" buyers are there again? Gawker's secret sauce, etc
October 15, 2012 07:05 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Google antitrust, the NYT on entrenched elites
By Ryan Chittum
October 15, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (8)
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Covering BSA’s anti-gay stance In the most recent incident, quality of media coverage drastically differed
October 15, 2012 06:50 AM
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The Kicker
Pass the #popcorn
October 12, 2012 06:05 PM Comments (5)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Ad Wars: how to expose a dishonest ‘Social Welfare’ group Telling the IRS one thing, then doing another
October 12, 2012 03:34 PM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
As ads flood Ohio House race, will coverage keep up? A review finds some solid work, but there's room for more enterprising journalism
By T.C. Brown
October 12, 2012 03:14 PM
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The Observatory
TNR causes trouble for coal baron Exposé on pressuring employees to make campaign contributions stirs inquiry
October 12, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
LinkedIn launches a new blogging platform Contributors include Obama, Romney, and Arianna Huffington
October 12, 2012 11:00 AM
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Hey coach, lighten up! Steve Spurrier and his coaching cohorts get pissy with the press
October 12, 2012 07:00 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
The NYT unseals a private-equity scoop Emails between executives look like antitrust smoking guns
By Ryan Chittum
October 12, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Does Cuba matter? Not to national media But some reporters in South Florida find stories that go beyond clichés
October 12, 2012 06:49 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
A Web survey isn’t a poll, CNBC The network's tweet creates a misleading media narrative on the veep debate
By Ryan Chittum
October 12, 2012 03:57 AM Comments (23)
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The Kicker
Burying the lede
October 11, 2012 04:40 PM Comments (11)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Denver Post ducks the $716 billion question Real-time factchecking is hard, but coverage of House debate was just too thin
By Mary Winter
October 11, 2012 03:20 PM
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The Observatory
Jackpot lost Is a $75K prize or better training more likely to improve environmental coverage?
October 11, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Google exec, AllThingsD team discuss journalism’s future The trio spoke at a 92Y event
October 11, 2012 02:50 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: fraud without fraudsters edition Wells Fargo and JPMorgan shareholders, not executives, held accountable
By Ryan Chittum
October 11, 2012 12:21 PM Comments (4)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Time to head to the track With voting underway, there's nothing wrong with providing the horse race coverage readers crave
October 11, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (5)
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Essential tools of the trade Here's a quick, crowdsourced guide to the most useful everyday tools for the modern journalist
By Ann Friedman
October 11, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (5)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Ask Obama This: What about housing? What went wrong with the administration's mortgage policies
By Ryan Chittum
October 11, 2012 06:50 AM
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The politics of data Data visualizations can have agendas
October 10, 2012 07:50 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Conspiracy Jack Welch, fleeing Fortune and Reuters, takes his nonsense to the WSJ editorial page
By Felix Salmon
October 10, 2012 05:15 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Ask Romney This: What will you do about
the Middle East? Vague slogans won't do the job. What about specifics?October 10, 2012 11:47 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see Hiding the debate rules, a tin cup for wounded vets, and the Bear Stearns legacy
By Steven Brill
October 10, 2012 11:30 AM Comments (14)
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The Kicker
Columbia J-school dean stepping down
October 10, 2012 07:07 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Healthcare—reform in Great Britain vs. the USA:
part two A conversation between CJR's Trudy Lieberman and Chris Smyth, health reporter for The Times of LondonOctober 10, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: The FT’s prospects, another victimized billionaire, Bain & Co.
By Ryan Chittum
October 10, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (4)
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Behind the News
U-T San Diego CEO accused of threatening city official over vote Voice of San Diego reports on the daily paper’s “uncomfortably strident stance”
October 9, 2012 02:39 PM Comments (4)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Neutron Jack: ‘I quit!’ Welch ends Fortune and Reuters contracts after tough coverage
By Ryan Chittum
October 9, 2012 01:51 PM Comments (10)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: BLS BS, another print turnaround forecast, deficits The LAT and CNBC let Jack Welch frame the jobs numbers
By Ryan Chittum
October 9, 2012 12:15 PM Comments (5)
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Currents
The Lower Case Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors
October 9, 2012 11:15 AM Comments (1)
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The Observatory
The value of skepticism Why science reporters should question research
October 9, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (22)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Healthcare in Great Britain vs. healthcare in the USA: part one A conversation with Chris Smyth, health reporter for The Times of London
October 9, 2012 07:00 AM Comments (3)
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Language Corner
Forward-looking Ways of telling the future
October 9, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The debate: Some healthcare ‘facts’ that
shouldn’t stand Reporters did good fact checking, but also left falsehoods on the tableOctober 8, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (9)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Covering the role of coal in Virginia Coal is central to the campaign message war and money story here—but reporting has not kept up
October 8, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Enabling the jobs report conspiracy theory The consequences of careless coverage of Friday's unemployment numbers
October 8, 2012 12:15 PM Comments (6)
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The Audit
Facing up to the high cost of free news Is there a quality argument to support the digital ads-only model?
October 8, 2012 11:27 AM Comments (20)
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Darts and Laurels
Darts and Laurels That's sick
October 8, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Ad Wars: The strange silence on foreign policy In presidential campaign ads, there have been 22 mentions of jobs for every reference to Iraq and Afghanistan wars
October 8, 2012 10:45 AM Comments (1)
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The Kicker
New Yorker writers dish about their craft An event with The Moth saw writers telling "tales out of school"
October 8, 2012 06:50 AM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Jack Welch and anti-business sentiment The former GE CEO, still a business press hero
By Ryan Chittum
October 8, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (10)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
How to cover the horse race? Ohio’s press-watchers weigh in on the contest between campaigns and reporters
By T.C. Brown
October 5, 2012 03:00 PM
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Bleacher Report and the race to the bottom SF Weekly rips Turner Broadcasting's nearly $200 million purchase
By Ryan Chittum
October 5, 2012 01:32 PM Comments (3)
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Currents
Parting Shots Death, where is their sting?
By The Editors
October 5, 2012 11:33 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Romney and taxes, prison phone racket, WSJ The Atlantic eyes the Republican's corporate tax plan
By Ryan Chittum
October 5, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Ask Obama This: Where’s your short-term jobs plan? A missed chance at the debate creates an important opportunity for reporters on the trail
By Greg Marx
October 5, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (5)
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The Observatory
No debate about environment Hopes for questions about climate, public lands fall flat
October 4, 2012 04:00 PM Comments (1)
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Balancing the personal and the professional Make yourself into a brand
By Ann Friedman
October 4, 2012 11:14 AM Comments (1)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The Ad Wars: From every source, a different number What should reporters do to provide the best information to their audience?
October 4, 2012 11:00 AM
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Currents
Beyond ‘Deep Throat’ Reporters find themselves in odd situations
October 4, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (2)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Mansion, inequality and the crash, FT on Schneiderman
By Ryan Chittum
October 4, 2012 06:50 AM
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Behind the News
Social media fails the ‘47 percent’ video taper Did the anonymous source need Mother Jones?
October 4, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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Behind the News
Newsweek’s latest blunder "Transcription error" mars special commemorative issue
October 4, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (3)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Forbes’s myth of the Reagan boom A columnist's misleading economic history
By Ryan Chittum
October 3, 2012 06:40 PM Comments (10)
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Darts and Laurels, Swing States Project
Medicare costs: Are electronic records the solution—or the problem? A Laurel to the Center for Public Integrity for an expose on "upcoding"
October 3, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (1)
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Elementary data Even for small news outlets, creating data visualizations can be as easy as learning the ABCs
October 3, 2012 03:00 PM
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The Observatory
BPI’s beef with ABC News ‘Pink slime’ defamation suit a long shot, media report
October 3, 2012 12:00 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Breaking the pack journalism paradigm What would happen if reporters covered debates without access to the spin?
October 3, 2012 11:10 AM Comments (3)
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Currents
Last lick? A fudgsicle fan can't escape his past
By The Editors
October 3, 2012 10:49 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Debate advice: Turn off Twitter To hear like a voter you have to listen
October 3, 2012 06:55 AM Comments (4)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: Insert hospice joke here, Web pagination, too big to value The Washington Post diversifies its business into end-of-life care
By Ryan Chittum
October 3, 2012 06:50 AM
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Michigan media on voter fraud The story in the state so far—and what’s missing from it
By Anna Clark
October 2, 2012 03:00 PM Comments (2)
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Behind the News
Covering Occupy and the Tea Party Dig in and dive deep, Todd Gitlin says
By Jared Malsin
October 2, 2012 02:50 PM Comments (3)
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Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see Tales of a TARP built to benefit bankers, and waiting for CEOs to pay the price
By Steven Brill
October 2, 2012 11:11 AM Comments (2)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
Protecting the polls in North Carolina As voter fraud allegations swirl, North Carolinians need deep, focused reporting
October 2, 2012 11:00 AM
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The Research Report
TMI How are we managing the daily flood of information?
By Michael Schudson and Katherine Fink
October 2, 2012 10:52 AM Comments (1)
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The Audit
Romney’s gift to reporters A Bloomberg investigation details yet another aspect of the candidate's tax avoidance
By Ryan Chittum
October 2, 2012 07:50 AM Comments (13)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: wincing with WSJ, Golden Dawn, energy-market manipulation Treasury candidates and Journal art
By Ryan Chittum
October 2, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (5)
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The Kicker
Mayhem porn
October 1, 2012 05:25 PM Comments (3)
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Campaign Desk, Swing States Project
The word on the street: Divided Massachusetts voters talk about Medicare, and their Senate race
October 1, 2012 03:26 PM Comments (7)
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Language Corner
‘They’ said so Pronouns without sex
October 1, 2012 03:02 PM Comments (5)
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Behind the News
Tributes pour in for Sulzberger Here are places to read about the former New York Times publisher, whose death was announced last weekend
October 1, 2012 02:01 PM
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Currents
Hard Numbers Who do you trust?
October 1, 2012 11:13 AM
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The Observatory
Press digs into anti-GMO study Reporters thwart scientists’ attempt to prevent scrutiny
October 1, 2012 11:00 AM Comments (4)
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Economic Crisis, The Audit
Audit Notes: inside the Fed, few use Twitter, entitled ‘job creators’
By Ryan Chittum
October 1, 2012 06:50 AM Comments (1)
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The Bo scandal: how we got that story Thanks to the web, you can follow the money online—even in China
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Liz Cox Barrett picks her top stories from 2011 Best of 2011: Liz Cox Barrett
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A VIP pass to cover the Iowa presidential caucuses Access and amenities for a cost
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How the media has shaped the Social Security debate The press plays a dubious role
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