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Stories I’d like to see
The cushy world of academia, surveillance 2.0 and $200 million to tear down a building
By Steven Brill Jul 30, 2013 at 11:15 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
TV’s campaign ad addiction, Obamacare outsourced to Canada, and a Romney aide’s new role
By Steven Brill Jul 23, 2013 at 04:00 PM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Teflon Tim Geithner, and profiling the Center for Responsive Politics
By Steven Brill Jul 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Selling artificial knees, analyzing the Trayvon Martin trial, and Random House cancels Paula Deen’s cookbook
By Steven Brill Jul 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
The mysterious farm bill, sequestration’s virtues, and the death of airport newsstands
By Steven Brill Jun 25, 2013 at 11:03 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Vetting the Syrian rebels, stock gyrations, A-Rod’s return
By Steven Brill Jun 18, 2013 at 10:20 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Booz Allen’s liability, Europe and the NSA, and Obamacare as stimulus
By Steven Brill Jun 10, 2013 at 04:30 PM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
More questions for Bloomberg and Angelina Jolie
By Steven Brill Jun 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Justice Department overreach, and a rudderless IRS
By Steven Brill May 28, 2013 at 12:45 PM
In his "Stories I'd Like to See" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
The commencement speech market, Obamacare job bonanza, and recess appointment gridlock
By Steven Brill May 14, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
The compensation racket, Al Jazeera’s plans, and Boston health costs
By Steven Brill May 7, 2013 at 11:49 AM
In his "Stories I'd Like to See" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Lawsuits from tragedy, ubiquitous security cameras, and IRS torpor
By Steven Brill Apr 23, 2013 at 11:10 AM
In his "Stories I'd Like to See" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
A New York Times home run, piggyback journalism, and hospital TV ads
By Steven Brill Apr 16, 2013 at 04:48 PM
In his weekly "Stories I'd Like to See" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Stories I’d like to see
The revealing Rutgers report, job number revisions, and Trayvon, Inc
By Steven Brill Apr 9, 2013 at 10:56 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Steve Cohen’s frustrated PR machine; unlikely lobbyists; and the $600 million train station
By Steven Brill Apr 2, 2013 at 11:45 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Obamacare and hospital costs, sourcing Leno stories, and firing civil servants
By Steven Brill Mar 26, 2013 at 10:57 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Presidential aloofness, a patent rush, and disclosing Washington corruption
By Steven Brill Mar 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
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Congress’s friendly skies, and battle of the dumb lawyers
By Steven Brill Mar 12, 2013 at 11:18 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see: crafting ‘A Bitter Pill’
Since this is supposed to be a column about good story ideas, I’ll use it to explain the genesis of my Time cover story in more detail
By Steven Brill Mar 5, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
America’s lobbying abroad, and following a wonder drug’s money trail
By Steven Brill Feb 26, 2013 at 11:15 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... 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.
