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When big data is bad data
The press and standardized testing numbers: a cautionary tale
By LynNell Hancock May 22, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Disks of never-before-released data from the Department of Education landed with a befuddling thud in New York City’s newsrooms at... More
Tested
Covering schools in the age of micro-measurement
By LynNell Hancock Mar 8, 2011 at 06:00 AM
Eleven New York City education reporters were huddling on e-mail last October 20, musing over ways to collectively pry... More
Waiting for Substance
A high-profile documentary shortchanges the education debate
By LynNell Hancock Oct 27, 2010 at 02:55 PM
I sobbed alongside my graduate students as we watched the ending of Waiting for Superman, the heat-seeking documentary that has... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
