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Behind the News
Remembering the Rocky
February 27, 2009 12:02 PMWatching a friend die, as those who have shared this intensely emotional experience know, doesn't get easier with practice. The helplessness of knowing the end is near—and nothing can be done—is overwhelming. And so it is for me in watching... Continue reading
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Desks
The Audit Business
- Audit Notes: Facebook IPO edition
- The Chicago Tribune lights up the flame-retardant industry An outstanding investigation show how chemical companies preserve a toxic cash cow
The Observatory Science
- The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
- USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early
- Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman Will a half-truth still work for the GOP?
Behind the News The Media
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Mon 3:17 PM
- The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
- A game of telephone fools the Times
- What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
- Don’t take my traditional Internet away!
- Why China ejected Melissa Chan
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Wed 2:13 PM
- Missouri Scout Subscription-based niche political news from a stockbroker turned political junkie
- Eye on Annapolis Unadorned, up-to-the-minute news for Maryland’s capital city
