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

Too Easy on TARP

By Dean Starkman   Jan 8, 2009 at 06:16 AM

A word about a story in yesterday’s WSJ, which calculates that the Treasury Department has earned $8 billion, or 4... More

In the Crisis, the Journal Falls Short

The newspaper is missing the moment

By Dean Starkman   Dec 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM

"...The last great newsman. He may be the greatest newspaper man of all time"—Michael Wolff, author of The Man Who... More

Bloomberg Rakes Muck

Another stellar entry pops out of the box

By Dean Starkman   Dec 1, 2008 at 10:10 AM

Bloomberg continues to turn in business journalism at its muckraking best, now with this superb/nauseating story of the hosing of... More

Access Uber Alles

NYT story on Krawcheck shows perils of business-press sourcing

By Dean Starkman   Nov 19, 2008 at 03:15 PM

If business journalism can be said to have structural problems—and I think it does—the biggest one, in my view, its... More

Fox Business Is Next to File a FOIA

News Corp.’s biz news channel unit says without disclosure it will sue in 20 days

By Dean Starkman   Nov 13, 2008 at 06:08 PM

Fox Business News appears to get the bailout transparency picture. The News Corp. business news cable network, home of beautiful... More

About “Joining” That Bloomberg Suit…

Turns out other news orgs can’t. But wait…

By Dean Starkman   Nov 13, 2008 at 05:48 PM

The other day I urged other news organizations to "join" the Bloomberg suit in federal court seeking bailout records under... More

A Letter from Goldman Sachs

The bank takes issue with The Audit; we reply

By Dean Starkman   Nov 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM

Recently, I've written posts denouncing the secrecy surrounding the government bailout of American International Group—secrecy that. among other things, has... More

Let’s Go to Court!

A call to news organizations: Join Bloomberg’s suit vs. Fed

By Dean Starkman   Nov 11, 2008 at 12:35 PM

There will time later to assess who’s ahead and who’s behind in the coverage of the financial crisis and the... More