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The Top Campaign Finance Tools for Local News Sites
And how can smaller newspapers and TV stations get this info before their audiences?
By Mary Winter Apr 16, 2012 at 06:00 AM
COLORADO — In my post last week on the emerging network of watchdog sites that document the role of money... More
Where to Turn When Tackling Money-in-Politics Stories
A wealth of watchdog sites make campaign-finance data accessible, easy to work with
By Mary Winter Apr 10, 2012 at 04:46 PM
COLORADO—Edwin Bender knows the value of a good follow-the-money story. Bender is the executive director of the National Institute on... More
Tracking Campaign Cash in Colorado
An interview with Denver Post reporter Karen Crummy
By Mary Winter Mar 16, 2012 at 12:49 PM
COLORADO — As the campaign finance landscape shifts, and more cash from more sources flows into politics at every level,... More
It’s Caucus Day in Colorado: Where’s the Content?
Campaign presented as theater in the Denver Post
By Mary Winter Feb 7, 2012 at 10:46 PM
COLORADO — It’s caucus day here in Colorado, and recent campaign coverage from the state’s largest paper has been disappointingly... More
The Colorado Columnist on the Bus
A look at the Denver Post’s choice to send a liberal columnist (only) to cover a GOP primary
By Mary Winter Jan 25, 2012 at 01:15 PM
COLORADO — The Denver Post’s decision to send just one writer, Mike Littwin, to cover the New Hampshire GOP presidential... More
On Bain Claims, Will Local Press Rise to the Challenge?
Connecting regional audiences to the national story is hard work. It’s also important.
By Mary Winter Jan 19, 2012 at 06:00 AM
COLORADO — When a big national story breaks, job one for a city or metro editor is to make it... More
Political Reporters Must Be “Good Tour Guides”
A Denver Post column takes readers into the weeds
By Mary Winter Jan 10, 2012 at 01:11 PM
COLORADO — “Inside baseball” is a term journalists sometimes toss out when they’re deciding if an idea is story-worthy. “Is... More
Seeking Truth in the Digital Storm
Colorado’s reporters search for ways to keep up with empowered campaigns
By Mary Winter Dec 29, 2011 at 08:25 AM
COLORADO — Reporter Patrick Malone answers quickly when asked to identify the hardest part of covering politics for his newspaper,... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
