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‘I am alive at the Plain Dealer…’
On “PD-D Day,” layoffs at Cleveland paper claim some 50 experienced journalists
By Anna Clark Jul 31, 2013 at 04:40 PM
DETROIT, MI -- More than one-third of the editorial staffers at the venerable Cleveland Plain Dealer lost their jobs on... More
Michigan’s ‘free-market’ media machine
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a major player in state media. What to make of it?
By Anna Clark Jul 16, 2013 at 06:50 AM
DETROIT, MI -- In a time of upheaval for both politics and media, state-level think tanks sit at a peculiar... More
How Wisconsin’s watchdogs kept their home
Investigative newsroom drew on a network of allies in successful bid for governor’s veto
By Anna Clark Jul 1, 2013 at 07:00 AM
DETROIT, MI -- The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism scored a big win over the weekend, as Gov. Scott Walker,... More
Detroit News noses out a school reform ‘skunk works’
But the wider education story is hardly black and white. How can news outlets do more for readers on this critical issue?
By Anna Clark Jun 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
DETROIT, MI -- Education policy in Michigan and the debates around it have become a tangled thicket for reporters (and... More
Watch out, watchdogs
GOP-led Wisconsin legislature moves to push investigative journalists off campus
By Anna Clark Jun 5, 2013 at 03:46 PM
DETROIT, MI -- At the conclusion of a marathon overnight session, Wisconsin legislators early this morning added a provision to... More
In Pittsburgh campaign, ad buy files prove mayor’s involvement
Post-Gazette reporter: online access to records was “huge”
By Anna Clark May 22, 2013 at 02:50 PM
DETROIT, MI -- About three weeks before the May 21 mayoral primary in Pittsburgh, an attack ad against a leading... More
StateImpact makes its mark, but won’t expand
As NPR exits the ambitious project, director says, “we changed the way reporting is done”
By Anna Clark May 9, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Two years ago, with statehouse bureaus taking huge cuts in a contracting media landscape, National Public Radio designed the StateImpact... More
Q&A: Afi-Odelia Scruggs of PD Now What?
A former Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter on the “too big to ignore” paper and its place in the city
By Anna Clark Apr 17, 2013 at 11:15 AM
DETROIT, MI -- Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs was one of the last hires of the Cleveland Plain Dealer during its hiring... More
Plain Dealer announces reduced print delivery, creation of new digital company
No layoffs—yet—at Advance’s paper in Cleveland
By Anna Clark Apr 4, 2013 at 01:11 PM
DETROIT, MI -- Ever since owner Advance Publications notified staff at the Cleveland Plain Dealer of looming layoffs late last... More
Expand Ohio’s Medicaid expansion story
Keep people at the fore, but dig into the private insurance angle
By Anna Clark Apr 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM
DETROIT, MI -- While reporters across the country are tackling the Medicaid expansion story as the Affordable Care Act takes... More
A close watch on Scott Walker’s jobs pledge
For PolitiFact Wisconsin’s “Walk-o-meter,” the key innovation is sustained attention
By Anna Clark Mar 21, 2013 at 02:50 PM
DETROIT, MI -- When Scott Walker campaigned to become the governor of Wisconsin in 2010, there was one promise that... More
Behind The Detroit News’s deep dive on property taxes
Lead reporter Christine MacDonald discusses how the investigation came together
By Anna Clark Feb 28, 2013 at 04:57 PM
DETROIT, MI -- Word came this afternoon: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will announce Friday whether he intends to name an... More
A puzzling parade of projections in PA
As debate on Medicaid expansion continues, can reporters point the way to credible figures?
By Anna Clark Feb 22, 2013 at 03:45 PM
DETROIT, MI -- Would a Medicaid expansion in Pennsylvania cost the state millions? Billions? Or will it actually bring in... More
At The Plain Dealer, a shrinking staff delivers some solid work
But how will statehouse and politics coverage hold up once layoffs take effect?
By Anna Clark Feb 8, 2013 at 02:47 PM
DETROIT, MI -- There will be many rich politics stories to follow in Ohio in 2013. But when the subject... More
Gun control coverage in the Great Lakes
How did the region’s reporters tell the story of Obama’s January 16th proposal?
By Anna Clark Jan 22, 2013 at 04:30 PM
Anna Clark followed campaign coverage in Michigan during the 2012 election for CJR's Swing States Project. This year, she will... More
In Michigan, a look back on the 2012 campaign
A veteran journalist and a young reporter talk about lessons learned
By Anna Clark Nov 23, 2012 at 10:45 AM
MICHIGAN — It was hard. That’s how Marisa Schultz, political reporter for The Detroit News, sums up the experience of... More
A missed connection on Michigan’s ballot questions?
Bridge battle draws the attention, but Props 1 and 2 could lead to future conflict
By Anna Clark Nov 5, 2012 at 06:50 AM
MICHIGAN — On Tuesday, voters will here sift through six ballot initiatives that could transform the state’s policies on a... More
At Michigan’s edge, global warming emerges as campaign issue
But spotty local coverage of House race is sometimes too soft on climate denialism
By Anna Clark Nov 2, 2012 at 06:50 AM
MICHIGAN — Climate change is one of the great disappearing issues of the 2012 campaign. Though President Obama made climate... More
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 Oct 31, 2012 at 03:00 PM
MICHIGAN — Over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney began running a new 30-second ad in Ohio in which... More
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 Oct 17, 2012 at 03:00 PM
MICHIGAN — Reporters covering the US congressional campaign for Michigan’s 11th district have a truly unusual story on their hands.... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
