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The Journal Gets Inside Citi’s Boardroom
By Ryan Chittum Nov 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM
The WSJ scoops this morning that Citigroup's board is considering firing its chairman, Sir Win Bischoff. Some directors have grown... More
Stewart on Fixing the Economy
By Ryan Chittum Nov 13, 2008 at 09:52 AM
James B. Stewart, always worth reading, has some good thoughts in his Journal column on what Obama needs to do... More
FT’s New Site Is Big. Really Big.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 13, 2008 at 09:39 AM
The Financial Times has redesigned its Web site, and on first impression, it’s just awful. Why are its Web readers,... More
Shop Till Your Bubble Pops
By Ryan Chittum Nov 13, 2008 at 09:15 AM
This Times story on customers returning more merchandise to retailers (because of the bad economy) reads more like a story... More
Bloomberg Beats the Drums
By Ryan Chittum Nov 13, 2008 at 08:43 AM
Bloomberg continues to push the government to disclose who it’s handing $2 trillion. Today it writes that five Republican congressmen,... More
WSJ: New York Investigates Swaps
By Ryan Chittum Nov 13, 2008 at 08:25 AM
The Journal has an interesting story on an investigation into the credit-default swaps market. New York Attorney General Andrew (Spitzer’s... More
Paulson Pile-on
By Ryan Chittum Nov 13, 2008 at 07:58 AM
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s credibility continues to dwindle—not a good thing, considering the markets and the economy need to believe... More
WSJ: Banks Hit a “Home Run” with AIG Bailout
By Ryan Chittum Nov 12, 2008 at 09:45 AM
The WSJ is good here in looking at how the newly expanded AIG bailout is basically a backdoor bailout to... More
Consumer Crash
By Ryan Chittum Nov 12, 2008 at 09:24 AM
David Leonhardt has some interesting numbers in his column in the Times today and makes the case that the talked-about... More
Yes, It’s This Bad
By Ryan Chittum Nov 12, 2008 at 08:58 AM
Barry Ritholtz over at his newly redesigned (like ours, hope you noticed) site, does a good deed posting the information... More
Rockin’ in the Fee World
By Ryan Chittum Nov 12, 2008 at 08:35 AM
Here’s a good, newsy personal-finance story. The Journal reports that banks are turning the screws on their customers, pushing those... More
Glass of Milk with Your “Bailout Pie”?
By Ryan Chittum Nov 12, 2008 at 08:09 AM
The New York Times takes a good look at the feeding frenzy of Washington lobbyists trying to get a piece... More
Audit Roundup: Underwater in California
NYT on a town where 90 percent have negative equity; Journal is good on retail jobs evaporating; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 11, 2008 at 09:33 AM
The New York Times finds a place where 90 percent of the mortgages are underwater, the most in the country.... More
Audit Roundup: Bloomberg Fights the Fed
Calling for disclosure of trillion-dollar government loans; The Times on the the new pitch business; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 10, 2008 at 09:18 AM
Bloomberg has been excellent in watchdogging the Federal Reserve’s various bailouts, even suing the government last week for the information.... More
Audit Roundup: Shopper Shock
Papers’ language differs a bit; Musty WSJ hedge-fund story; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Nov 7, 2008 at 09:26 AM
The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal employ different tones on the terrible retail sales reports yesterday. The... More
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
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”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
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.
