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WSJ on the Russian Oligarchy’s Survival
By Ryan Chittum Jan 6, 2010 at 09:53 AM
The Wall Street Journal this morning profiles an aluminum tycoon on what he reveals about the Russian oligarchy's symbiotic relationship... More
Tuesday Links: The Great Ambiguity, ARMs Crisis, Bailing Out
By Ryan Chittum Jan 5, 2010 at 07:46 PM
The New York Times handles the economic-stats news well today with a story that points out the bright spots in... More
The Real Dow
The press almost never reports stock prices in context. It should.
By Ryan Chittum Jan 5, 2010 at 05:16 PM
You rarely see anyone, much less the press, report stock returns in inflation-adjusted terms. As we pointed out in October... More
NYT PINs Visa on Transaction Fees
By Ryan Chittum Jan 5, 2010 at 10:05 AM
How screwed up does an industry have to be for competition to increase prices? That's the smart question at the... More
Monday Links: The Busted Decade, Hearst’s Skiff, Apple’s Tablet
By Ryan Chittum Jan 4, 2010 at 08:32 PM
The Washington Post puts the economic disaster that was the 2000's into proper context with a story and some good... More
Tall Tales from Dubai
By Ryan Chittum Jan 4, 2010 at 03:47 PM
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is a quarter-mile taller than any other office or residential tower in the world. It's... More
The Post Spotlights Secret-Chemicals Law
By Ryan Chittum Jan 4, 2010 at 09:52 AM
The Washington Post has an eye-opening story this morning on "secret chemicals" concealed from everyone but a few EPA officials... More
Best of 2009: Ryan Chittum
Chittum picks his top stories from 2009
By Ryan Chittum Dec 31, 2009 at 12:37 PM
1. Audit Interview: Mark Pittman "This is not business journalism’s finest hour. But it is our biggest opportunity ever." 2.... More
GQ Revisits Murdoch’s Snatching of the Journal
By Ryan Chittum Dec 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM
GQ has the story of the day in the business press—and not just because Audit Chief Dean Starkman and I... More
About That Journal Citi Story
By Ryan Chittum Dec 23, 2009 at 09:32 AM
Yesterday, I praised The Wall Street Journal for its fortitude in running a story saying hackers had stolen tens of... More
Tuesday Links: Donations, WSJ Short-Arm, Goldie’s Corporate Welfare
By Ryan Chittum Dec 22, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Steve Outing, like me, likes the idea of asking readers for donations. He just thinks The Miami Herald is going... More
Sorkin Is Good on TARP Payback Fees
By Ryan Chittum Dec 22, 2009 at 02:08 PM
Andrew Ross Sorkin has a good column in the Times today looking at how bankers are making money off their... More
The Journal’s Citigroup Hacker Story
By Ryan Chittum Dec 22, 2009 at 09:52 AM
The Wall Street Journal's fascinating scoop this morning on Russian hackers stealing tens of millions of dollars from Citigroup is... More
Monday Links: Brass Replica, CDFI Funding, Reuters Caves?
By Ryan Chittum Dec 21, 2009 at 06:46 PM
The Wall Street Journal's Greg Zuckerman, with a new book out on a guy who made billions betting against subprime,... More
The Post on Where the Fed Went Wrong
By Ryan Chittum Dec 21, 2009 at 03:53 PM
It's good for Ben Bernanke that his re-confirmation as Federal Reserve chief is all but assured, because the Washington Post... More
LAT’s Kristof Keeps an Eye on the Overdraft Racket
By Ryan Chittum Dec 21, 2009 at 01:07 PM
The press too often loses interest in a story once some change is done to appease the restive, however incomplete... More
Bloomberg Scoop on Twitter’s Search Engine Payday
By Ryan Chittum Dec 21, 2009 at 09:57 AM
We finally know how much Twitter got paid by Google and Microsoft's Bing to index its content: $25 million. Bloomberg... More
Friday Links: Under the TARP. WaPo Results, Shadow Space
By Ryan Chittum Dec 18, 2009 at 05:19 PM
The Wall Street Journal does some solid reporting on the machinations behind the TARP exits. This is interesting: Some Citigroup... More
Walk the Line or Walk Away?
By Ryan Chittum Dec 18, 2009 at 03:28 PM
Blogworld's got an interesting back-and-forth going on about the morality of walking away from a mortgage. I've got to admit,... More
Going Beyond Glass-Steagall II
By Ryan Chittum Dec 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM
John McCain is getting all mavericky again. He's now on board for the reinstatement of Glass-Steagall and the breakup of... 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.
