With Graduation Series, NPR’s Anecdotes Tell Only Part of the Story

By Holly Yeager   Jun 2, 2010 at 01:18 PM

NPR is marking graduation season with a series on recent grads and “the frustrations and fears they face as they... More

Audit D.C. Notes: WaPo on the Debt Dilemma, CAP Previews the FinReg Conference, Rachman on Happy Warriors, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Jun 1, 2010 at 04:01 PM

The Washington Post does well today with a nice plain-English look at a contemporary conundrum: The U.S. government debt is... More

Sequestered in Memphis

The NYT does strong reporting on blacks’ vanishing gains

By Holly Yeager   Jun 1, 2010 at 01:38 PM

The New York Times continues its excellent series on The New Poor with a look at Memphis, and the socioeconomic... More

The Times Takes a Timely Look at Migration

By Holly Yeager   May 28, 2010 at 02:55 PM

The New York Times has a fascinating look at an angle of the immigration story that often goes unnoticed: international... More

Jobs Bill Jumble

Competing narratives and conflicting theories as Congress delays action

By Holly Yeager   May 26, 2010 at 03:20 PM

The news today is that Democratic leaders in the House delayed a vote on a jobs bill. But good luck... More

Reading Between the Rescission Lines

By Holly Yeager   May 25, 2010 at 02:34 PM

The White House proposal to give presidents new power to cut spending got plenty of media attention. But despite all... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Crook on Broken Labour Markets, Bartlett Notices That We’re Getting Old, WSJ Notices Fannie and Freddie

By Holly Yeager   May 24, 2010 at 06:32 PM

We’ve been complaining that the long-term unemployment problem isn’t getting enough attention from the business press. But Clive Crook’s latest... More

WaPo Gives Dodd the Tick-Tock Treatment

By Holly Yeager   May 24, 2010 at 01:15 PM

Washington newsrooms don’t generate too many tick-tocks these days, and that’s too bad. As a bare-bones version of the form... More

Audit D.C. Notes: WaPo on Where the Lobbyists Are, NYT on Whistleblower Buyouts, a Senator Says Too Much

By Holly Yeager   May 20, 2010 at 03:10 PM

A wise editor once told me that good journalism is the stuff that readers cut out and stick on the... More

Is Washingtonpost.com Forgetting About Its Congress Page?

By Holly Yeager   May 20, 2010 at 12:53 PM

If you woke up Thursday wondering what was happening with the financial regulation reform bill in the Senate, the Congress... More

Judis Delivers a Tea Party History Lesson

Paul’s Kentucky victory prompts new coverage of the movement

By Holly Yeager   May 19, 2010 at 03:34 PM

Rand Paul’s victory in Kentucky has brought new energy to the Tea Party crowd—and prompted a flurry of coverage of... More

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs?

As press coverage falters, the Washington conversation keeps shifting

By Holly Yeager   May 18, 2010 at 02:43 PM

The stubborn unemployment rate may be the biggest economic issue facing the country. But the business press’s coverage hasn’t kept... More

A Times Profile of Bernanke is Too-Decorous By Half

By Holly Yeager   May 17, 2010 at 02:05 PM

The New York Times put Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke front and center on Sunday. But in this long, long profile,... More

NYT vs. NYT on the Big Fat Greek Question

By Holly Yeager   May 14, 2010 at 07:10 PM

It’s New York Times columnist vs. New York Times columnist, again. Back in April, it was Paul Krugman and Andrew... More

Deploying Journalism on Unemployment

By Holly Yeager   May 13, 2010 at 03:09 PM

The New York Times does good reporting today on an under-examined bit of the unemployment story: those many jobs lost... More