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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
‘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.
