Boy, Look Who National Journal’s Been Hiring

So far only 20% of high-profile hires are women; not good

By Holly Yeager   Sep 8, 2010 at 01:58 PM

The National Journal Group has been generating a lot of buzz lately with big-name hires like Major Garrett, Matt Cooper,... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Revisiting Bai on Blumenauer, Cato Purge, Labor Day Lesson

By Holly Yeager   Sep 3, 2010 at 05:14 PM

Last week I grumbled about a New York Times portrait of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) written by Matt Bai. There... More

New Job, Less Pay

The NYT looks at wages in the recovery

By Holly Yeager   Sep 1, 2010 at 02:14 PM

The New York Times does good work today, looking at an issue that hasn’t received enough attention: “the quality of... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Kurtz Conflicted, Citizens United Reconsidered, Privatization Debated

By Holly Yeager   Aug 30, 2010 at 04:02 PM

Howard Kurtz’s dual roles as Washington Post media writer and CNN host have come under plenty of scrutiny before. But... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Maddow on Katrina, WaPo on Mystery Dems, What Dodd Didn’t Ask

By Holly Yeager   Aug 27, 2010 at 03:45 PM

It’s good to see all the coverage of New Orleans five years after Katrina. But Rachel Maddow’s show Thursday night... More

NYT Blurs the Debt Debate

How lonely is the bow-tied Blumenauer?

By Holly Yeager   Aug 26, 2010 at 03:46 PM

The New York Times poses an interesting question today: “Is there a strong liberal argument to be made for attacking... More

Tug of War at the Fed

Journal pulls back the curtain

By Holly Yeager   Aug 24, 2010 at 12:52 PM

The Wall Street Journal does good work today with a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the August 10 meeting of the... More

Audit D.C. Notes: The End of the Affair, Stimulus Situation, Cantor on the Trail

By Holly Yeager   Aug 23, 2010 at 05:06 PM

The August lull is giving The New York Times a chance to point out just how much our economic lives... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Going Against the Meme, Mortgage Madness, Summer Reading

By Holly Yeager   Aug 5, 2010 at 02:30 PM

Christopher Beam does a nice job at Slate, throwing cold water on the anti-incumbency meme that’s been dominating election coverage.... More

Audit D.C. Notes: State Stats, Jobs Plan, Card Clues

By Holly Yeager   Aug 4, 2010 at 02:40 PM

USA Today does good work with its own state-by-state analysis of the stimulus program and the relationship between state unemployment... More

The Peterson Dilemma

A funded fellow wrestles with a funder’s influence

By Holly Yeager   Aug 3, 2010 at 11:42 AM

A story in The Fiscal Times recently caught my eye. But even before I could decide whether to write about... More

It’s All About Us

WaPo’s Story Lab experiment fizzles

By Holly Yeager   Jul 30, 2010 at 12:52 PM

It seemed like a questionable allocation of resources when The Washington Post dispatched seven reporters to local coffeehouses one day... More

NYT Goes to the Numbers

Economists’ analysis brings welcome data to stimulus debate

By Holly Yeager   Jul 28, 2010 at 12:42 PM

The New York Times has a good early look at something that’s much in demand—an analysis of where the economy... More

WSJ’s Stimulus-Debate Story is Debatable

A page-one piece says economists question whether stimulus makes things worse but can’t find any who actually do

By Holly Yeager   Jul 27, 2010 at 03:59 PM

The Wall Street Journal goes big with a story on the debate over stimulus spending. But the piece doesn’t deliver... More