A Nice Get On Stanford From the Chronicle

By Dean Starkman   Feb 23, 2009 at 02:44 PM

This Houston Chronicle story from last week contains an interesting interview with a pair of ex-employees, who describe how... More

NYT on WSJ

By Dean Starkman   Feb 23, 2009 at 08:54 AM

The New York Times does a nice job keeping an eye on its downtown rival this morning, reporting interesting details... More

WSJ Widens Lead On Citi

By Dean Starkman   Feb 23, 2009 at 07:55 AM

The Journal breaks the news that the erstwhile subprime leader is asking the government for more help with an idea... More

FOIA Score: Fox 1 - Bailout Secrecy 0

FBN chalks up key win in documents case

By Dean Starkman   Feb 20, 2009 at 03:16 PM

Fox Business News scored an important victory in the WOBS (War On Bailout Secrecy), when a federal judge in Manhattan... More

Happy Presidents Day

By Dean Starkman   Feb 16, 2009 at 07:41 AM

Ryan Chittum is off touring the Lincoln and Washington monuments in search of answers to the great economic questions of... More

Eisinger on Wilke

A Portfolio editor defends a former WSJ colleague

By Dean Starkman   Feb 13, 2009 at 03:39 PM

Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos created a stir in journalism circles last week when he testified that he approached one of... More

Attention Is Paid

Fortune’s fine unemployment cover

By Dean Starkman   Feb 11, 2009 at 01:25 PM

Sometimes it’s better just to keep it simple, and in that spirit I give Fortune credit for profiling several unemployed... More

The Journal’s Citi Scoop—Don’t Bet Against It

Having learned a lesson, I certainly won’t

By Dean Starkman   Feb 3, 2009 at 01:57 PM

The WSJ's David Enrich and colleagues Matthew Futterman and Damian Paletta uncork another valuable scoop from deep inside Citigroup's boardroom... More

Madoff-ed in Ventura County

The Star’s source blames a Madoff-linked firm for a fund-raising fiasco, disappears

By Dean Starkman   Feb 2, 2009 at 10:58 AM

Audit Financial Journalism Ethics Quiz: Advanced Placement Final. 1. A newspaper that accurately quotes someone saying something that is almost... More

Ken Lewis in Black and White

By Dean Starkman   Jan 26, 2009 at 04:06 PM

I don't know how Ken Lewis the man is holding up under the pressure, but I can tell you his... More

Portfolio’s Trivial Pursuit

Instead of investigating Goldman, it mocks the idea

By Dean Starkman   Jan 26, 2009 at 10:28 AM

I am still not understanding a certain strain of business-press culture that seems inclined to run interference for investment banks... More

Vindication for the Journal

By Dean Starkman   Jan 22, 2009 at 09:15 AM

With the dispatching of Sir Win Bischoff from the chairmanship of Citigroup, following the dismantling of its financial supermarket model... More

Unsettling News From Liberty Street

By Dean Starkman   Jan 21, 2009 at 12:25 PM

The WSJ reports: The Wall Street Journal has received more than a dozen envelopes containing an unknown white powder, and... More

Fortune’s Forgiving Instincts

The magazine chooses not to see

By Dean Starkman   Jan 16, 2009 at 08:49 AM

A Fortune piece this week shows how editorial tastes can differ, to say the least. When it chooses to explore... More

“What Is Financial Journalism For?”

A timely academic study asks the right questions

By Dean Starkman   Jan 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM

"The current crisis in global banking, markets and economies has reminded us all of the importance of financial and business... More

Finally, Somebody Says It

By Dean Starkman   Jan 9, 2009 at 09:21 AM

Economist, author and Audit pal Jeff Madrick has a piece on the Daily Beast that I've been hoping someone would... More

A Bit of Data to Back Our Thesis

By Dean Starkman   Jan 9, 2009 at 07:57 AM

Survey says: Maybe The Audit isn't the only one to wonder whether the business press has some thinking to do... More

Bloomberg Tears the TARP

By Dean Starkman   Jan 9, 2009 at 07:05 AM

Bloomberg News continues to show the way on Treasury Department coverage this morning with a hard-hitting piece that shows what... More

Deep Journal Resources On Display in India

By Dean Starkman   Jan 8, 2009 at 11:45 AM

The upside of the WSJ’s evolving journalism model is on display in a well-executed account this morning of the scandal... More

Eisinger On Regulators

By Dean Starkman   Jan 8, 2009 at 08:35 AM

We were big fans of Portfolio’s Jesse Eisinger even before our Audit interview with him last month (a must-read for... More