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Opening Bell
Oil shocks; Wachovia bites its own leg off; ChiTrib on Countrywide’s skeletons, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 25, 2008 at 08:03 AM
The New York Times leads its front page with an interesting report that inflation is causing (um, more) turmoil in... More
Opening Bell
One in ten homes underwater: NYT; Microsoft; perils of dried fruit; more gloom, doom
By Ryan Chittum Feb 22, 2008 at 07:51 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports on its Money & Investing cover that derivatives are predicting a collapse in the commercial... More
The Opening Bell
Stagflation; a run on anti-panic insurance; “that Armageddon feel,” etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 21, 2008 at 07:52 AM
Stagflation fears lead the front pages of the business press today after the Federal Reserve sharply cut its growth estimates... More
The Opening Bell
There will be triple-digit oil; NYT scores with MBIA; Suisse aftershocks, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 20, 2008 at 08:08 AM
Crude oil closed above $100 a barrel on Tuesday for the first time, a nominal record only about $3 away... More
The Opening Bell
A Swiss credit bombshell; shaky Rock in the UK; Bay Area housing, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 19, 2008 at 07:18 AM
There’s breaking news this morning out of Europe: big subprime write-downs at Credit Suisse, which, unlike its Swiss competitor—and let’s... More
Opening Bell
Spitzer turns the tables; WSJ scoops; renting in Dallas; FT on shaky LBOs, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 15, 2008 at 08:07 AM
The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times report this morning that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is stoking the... More
The Opening Bell
The Audit’s new daily column chimes in on new credit problems, Zell’s latest moves, bad Chinese drugs, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 14, 2008 at 08:15 AM
Editor's note: Welcome to the formal launch of Opening Bell, a critical review of the morning's business news written by... More
The Opening Bell
The Audit’s new daily column chimes in on monolines, cars, Paulson, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Feb 13, 2008 at 08:13 AM
Editor's note: Welcome to the first Opening Bell, a daily look at the morning's business press written by Ryan Chittum,... More
Free Tunes! Not
Business press stampedes into Qtrax blunder
By Ryan Chittum Feb 7, 2008 at 11:24 AM
A penny-stock company called Brilliant Technologies Corporation made several business-news desks look silly recently when they credulously reported an announcement... More
Or What?
Business reporters need to finish the thought on bailouts
By Ryan Chittum Jan 30, 2008 at 08:45 AM
The financial press’ coverage of the “bailouts” on Wall Street by foreign and other investors has left out a critical... More
Can’t Get Any Worse?
Newspaper companies’ wildly inflated balance sheets
By Ryan Chittum Jan 16, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Newspapers are quick to tell us bad news about the war, the economy, and the local politician. Newspaper companies aren’t... More
Job Well Done
WSJ shines light on Wall Street ‘hairball’
By Ryan Chittum Jan 8, 2008 at 01:26 PM
Even the most diligent readers of the business press can be forgiven for not understanding what a collateralized debt obligation... 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.
