Desks

The Audit Business

• Audit Notes: Facebook IPO edition
• The Chicago Tribune lights up the flame-retardant industry An outstanding investigation show how chemical companies preserve a toxic cash cow

The Observatory Science

• The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
• USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’

Campaign Desk Politics & Policy

• The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early
• Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman Will a half-truth still work for the GOP?

Behind the News The Media

• Murdoch may sell his British papers The British press asserts the embattled mogul may ditch the papers under phone hacking scrutiny
• The future of media is social It’s also shared, viral, and free from banner ads