Hey Arianna Huffington! Did You Hear About …

By Katia Bachko   Jun 19, 2009 at 01:41 PM

One for the record books, folks: A Huffington Post headline that distills the very essence of the aggregator's click-mongering: "Hey... More

More From Berkeley on Iran

By Katia Bachko   Jun 19, 2009 at 01:12 PM

For more thoughts on covering Iran from Bill Berkeley, who spoke with CJR earlier this week, check out Berkeley's appearance... More

The Economy Today: Weatherizing Amidst The Storm

Headlines from California, Tennessee, Utah, North Carolina, and elsewhere

By Katia Bachko   Jun 19, 2009 at 09:58 AM

Support is divided on the hill for the new financial regulation plan announced yesterday that would give more regulatory power... More

Talking Shop: Bill Berkeley

Thoughts on covering Iran from a reporter who’s done it

By Katia Bachko   Jun 17, 2009 at 03:17 PM

For insight on covering the protests in Iran, we spoke with veteran foreign correspondent Bill Berkeley, who has reported four... More

The Economy Today: Airport Projects Ready for Takeoff

Headlines from North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and elsewhere

By Katia Bachko   Jun 16, 2009 at 10:35 AM

Stimulus skepticism is the name of the game this morning. The Los Angeles Times gives big play to a report... More

Going Digital Today

By Katia Bachko   Jun 12, 2009 at 12:04 PM

Today is the day that TV stations cut analog signals, and American television goes fully digital. For those unclear about... More

The “Save or Create” Debate

Keeping track of the White House’s job numbers

By Katia Bachko   Jun 11, 2009 at 11:04 AM

The stimulus is a complex, unwieldy piece of legislation, and measuring the bill’s effects has been devilishly difficult. This week,... More

The Economy Today: Czar 21, Where Are You?

Headlines from California, Pennsylvania, and Maryland

By Katia Bachko   Jun 11, 2009 at 10:40 AM

Yet another indicator that the economy still hasn’t quite finished its downswing: USA Today reports that the national free and... More

Hand Crafted

Can a return to manual labor fix our ailing economy?

By Katia Bachko   Jun 10, 2009 at 06:00 AM

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work | By Matthew B. Crawford | The Penguin Press... More

The Economy Today: It’s Wild Out There

Headlines from California, Colorado, New Jersey, Maryland, and elsewhere

By Katia Bachko   Jun 8, 2009 at 08:31 AM

In national news, we learn that some banks may be ready to repay the government funds that bailed them out.... More

Talking Shop: Yvonne Wenger

The Post and Courier’s statehouse reporter talks about covering South Carolina

By Katia Bachko   Jun 4, 2009 at 12:20 PM

Nowhere in the country is the fight over the stimulus bill more heated than in South Carolina. Governor Mark Sanford’s... More

The Economy Today: Who Will Lead?

Headlines from Colorado, Massachusetts, Oregon, and elsewhere

By Katia Bachko   Jun 4, 2009 at 10:06 AM

The government has extended a massive economic safety net to Americans, USA Today reports this morning. Benefits like Social Security,... More

The Economy Today: Hope Floats

Headlines from Texas, Idaho, North Carolina, Hawaii, and elsewhere

By Katia Bachko   Jun 3, 2009 at 08:32 AM

As the GM bankruptcy dominated headlines, President Obama asserted that the Chrysler bankruptcy offered a good blueprint for success. But... More

More on the Fat Beat

How could is the enemy of fact

By Katia Bachko   Jun 2, 2009 at 04:48 PM

In April, I complained about Newsweek’s assertion that the recession was making us fat. The problem with the piece was... More

Idle Wor$hip

The media’s love affair with celebrity economists and financiers

By Katia Bachko   Jun 2, 2009 at 03:21 PM

Ours is a media culture obsessed with celebrities. We care what celebrities think about politics: witness Alec Baldwin writing about... More