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Losing the Virginia Way
Bob McDonnell’s gifts scandal offers an opportunity for in-depth reporting on ethics reform
By Corey Hutchins Jul 18, 2013 at 03:14 PM
COLUMBIA, SC -- At this point, if you're paying attention at all to politics in Virginia, you've heard at least... More
Last week Texas, this week North Carolina?
When NC GOP legislators quietly added abortion restrictions to a bill banning Sharia Law, Raleigh’s WRAL was (and is) on it
By Corey Hutchins Jul 3, 2013 at 11:30 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- Last night, Senate Republicans in North Carolina stunned their Democratic colleagues--and observers and media--when they quietly tacked... More
The Post and Courier, in transition
Charleston’s paper is getting a makeover. Will State House coverage be central to its future?
By Corey Hutchins Jun 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- The Charleston Post and Courier, South Carolina's oldest and largest daily, is a newspaper in transition. A... More
Live from Corruption County!
A Charleston TV station reports on an investigation in southern West Virginia, and a local paper goes on the attack
By Corey Hutchins May 24, 2013 at 02:06 PM
On Thursday, the Williamson Daily News in southern West Virginia unleashed a spirited and somewhat bizarre attack on an unnamed... More
A hat tip to The State in South Carolina
The paper offers a solid opening salvo in a new series, “SC State House for Sale”
By Corey Hutchins May 20, 2013 at 03:15 PM
COLUMBIA, SC -- The State newspaper, South Carolina's capital city daily in Columbia, gave uncharacteristically prominent play Sunday to the... More
Busted bet: AP reveals sweepstakes industry’s cash-o-matic in North Carolina
Reporters discuss a series of scoops uncovering possible campaign-finance violations
By Corey Hutchins May 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- Last Wednesday, the newly-appointed State Board of Elections in North Carolina convened for the first time. Following... More
Right fast in Raleigh
With an aggressive GOP agenda quickly reshaping North Carolina, the press must explain how it happened and what it could mean
By Corey Hutchins Apr 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM
COLUMBIA, SC ― Maybe you've seen some of the eye-catching headlines bouncing out of North Carolina's capitol over the last... More
Tar Heel reporters can look south for lessons on ‘sweepstakes’ story
Says The State’s Cindi Ross Scoppe: “We fell into the trap of I already said that.”
By Corey Hutchins Mar 28, 2013 at 03:15 PM
COLUMBIA, SC -- North Carolina's Republican governor, Pat McCrory, this week found himself giving back campaign contributions tied to so-called... More
Insult to injury: stolen wages, weak enforcement
A Laurel to In These Times for a solid expose
By Corey Hutchins Mar 18, 2013 at 11:16 AM
On the cover of this month's issue of In These Times, a progressive magazine based out of Chicago, is... More
A laurel to WLTX meteorologist Jim Gandy
For tackling climate change science in a red state where politics can polarize it
By Corey Hutchins Mar 7, 2013 at 03:00 PM
COLUMBIA, SC -- Four years ago, an academic climate change researcher and a Washington, DC-area meteorologist were looking to... More
Sen. Manchin’s ‘no gun questions’ Q&A
A West Virginia paper lands a sit-down with its senator—with conditions
By Corey Hutchins Mar 5, 2013 at 06:50 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- On Sunday, The Journal in Martinsburg, WV, published a question-and-answer interview with Democratic US Sen. Joe Manchin,... More
Guns and public records: The Cherokee Scout’s saga (UPDATED)
Another newspaper gets wounded—and an editor resigns—in the fight over weapons and privacy
By Corey Hutchins Feb 26, 2013 at 02:05 PM
UPDATE (5pm, February 26, 2013): This afternoon, the Cherokee Scout announced that its editor, Robert Horne, resigned. Horne originally made... More
VA background checks, WVA bar checks
A roundup of notable coverage on politics & policy from the southeast
By Corey Hutchins Feb 19, 2013 at 06:50 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- With the national gun control debate now focused on the proposed expansion of background checks to private... More
In Virginia, voter ID coverage disappoints
Reporting on Tuesday’s voter ID bills fed into—rather than clarified—the partisan debate
By Corey Hutchins Feb 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- In the run-up to the November presidential elections, skirmishes over voter ID requirements, among other voting rules,... 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”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
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.
