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Audit Roundup: Newspaper Sales Skyrocket!
For a day on historic election; Consumer credit still under pressure, WSJ says; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 6, 2008 at 09:27 AM
The NYT has a nice story this morning on the overwhelming demand yesterday for… wait for it… newspapers! The election... More
Audit Roundup: Obamanomics
Bloomberg on what’s in store; Challenges galore, says the Times; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 5, 2008 at 09:23 AM
Bloomberg, better than the Journal, Times, or Post, looks ahead to the economic change likely under an Obama administration. The... More
Audit Roundup: Wall Street Baloney
The FT still buys it; WSJ scoops on more bailouts; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 4, 2008 at 09:16 AM
This is one of the most gullible stories I’ve seen in some time. The FT reports that Wall Street says... More
My Foreclosure: Judgment and Empathy
Readers on the story of how I lost my home
By Ryan Chittum Nov 3, 2008 at 10:02 AM
When Audit honcho Dean Starkman asked me if I would write a story about losing my family’s home when I... More
Audit Roundup: WaMu’s Boiler Room
NYT’s Morgenson on bank’s shady mortgage biz; Papers dig into AIG; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 3, 2008 at 09:20 AM
The NYT’s Gretchen Morgenson talks to a former WaMu mortgage underwriter, who dishes on what sure seems to us like... More
Audit Roundup: Deregulate, Sayeth Bush
At least he’s consistent, WaPo reports; WSJ on Wall Street pay; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 31, 2008 at 09:26 AM
The Washington Post is good this morning in reporting that the Bush Administration, which is exiting with the house falling... More
Audit Roundup: Bubble Brains
Press forgets Fed’s easy money sparked the crisis; WaPo good on dividends; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 30, 2008 at 09:25 AM
What a short memory the business press has. Amazingly, neither the Journal nor the NYT in their page-one stories on... More
Audit Roundup: Wall Street Assembly Line
Bloomberg digs into securitization; WSJ on Trump’s latest woes; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 29, 2008 at 09:22 AM
Bloomberg has a nice, long look at securitization (part of a series on Wall Street’s debt-making). Particularly interesting is what... More
Audit Roundup: Crime and Punishment
WSJ’s Berman asks how likely crisis convictions are; A pall in the mall; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 28, 2008 at 09:22 AM
The Journal’s Dennis Berman looks at how difficult it may be to prosecute executives for the financial collapse, despite what... More
Audit Roundup: How Low Can It Go?
NYT asks; Preventing another Depression; Laughs with Laffer; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 27, 2008 at 09:20 AM
The Times is good today in looking at how some prognosticators are racing to outdo each other predicting how far... More
Audit Roundup: Greenspan’s Mea Culpa
One-time press hero faces its wrath; Jobs are scarcer than you think; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 24, 2008 at 09:21 AM
The press, along with everyone else, has finally turned on Alan Greenspan, and it looks like there’s no going back.... More
Audit Roundup: Hank on the Hot Seat
The Times applies a little heat in an interview; Credit raters also grilled; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 23, 2008 at 09:22 AM
The New York Times has an excellent bit of insta-history this morning, scoring an interview with Treasury Secretary Paulson to... More
Audit Roundup: Reeling ‘Em In
NYT good on credit chicanery; Journal looks at housing’s ground zero; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 22, 2008 at 09:21 AM
The New York Times has an excellent story on how banks are luring struggling Americans into ever-more debt by assembling... More
Audit Roundup: Derivative Dilemma
Selloffs creating more selloffs, says WSJ; Blaming boomers for the bust; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 21, 2008 at 09:22 AM
The Wall Street Journal is good this morning in writing that more trouble is brewing in the derivatives markets. One... More
Audit Roundup: Oil Turmoil
WaPo and WSJ on the fallout from falling crude; Watching the swaps market; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 20, 2008 at 09:29 AM
The bust has already sent oil prices tumbling, but here’s a shocking headline from Bloomberg: Options contracts are pointing to... More
Audit Roundup: Working Class Blues
WaPo good on labor’s travails; Hedge-fund hysteria; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 17, 2008 at 09:20 AM
The Washington Post has a solid story this morning on the hardships facing the working class—illustrating them with the story... More
Audit Roundup: Don’t Forget Housing
NYT, WSJ on the rotting root of the crisis; Papers look at troubled hedge funds; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 16, 2008 at 09:29 AM
The Times says the housing rout is far from over, with prices likely to decline for another year. The current... More
A Depressing Look Back
Wapo undresses Rubin, Greenspan, Gramm, Levitt, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 15, 2008 at 02:45 PM
The Washington Post has some enlightening historical reporting today on a series of Clinton Administration battles that left the market... More
Audit Roundup: WSJ on “Tough Guy” Paulson
A little over-dramatic; NYT says watch your shrinking paycheck; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 15, 2008 at 09:24 AM
The Times and the Journal post their behind-the-scenes stories of the meeting where the government told the nation’s top bankers... More
Audit Roundup: WSJ Digs into Hospitals
Paper continues to be great on the issue; Journal’s other smart angles today; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 14, 2008 at 09:18 AM
The Journal has some smart stories today, including the continuation of its excellent reporting on nonprofit hospitals acting like for-profit... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
