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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
Stories I’d like to see
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
Stories I’d like to see
Hagel’s ignorance, Big Oil in the rain forest, and a drone story
By Steven Brill Feb 12, 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
Lying to the SEC, A-Rod’s contract, everybody gets hacked
By Steven Brill Feb 5, 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
Newt’s new gigs, following the Sandy money, and hedge-fund matchmakers
By Steven Brill Jan 29, 2013 at 11:34 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 next terrorist attack, Obama’s Medicare cuts, and the gun lobby
By Steven Brill Jan 22, 2013 at 11:27 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 working legislature, post informant life and Wal-Mart’s guns
By Steven Brill Jan 15, 2013 at 11:06 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
Medicare meddling, the guns of Westchester, and Al Gore’s payday
By Steven Brill Jan 9, 2013 at 08:00 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
How far can the Chinese firewall stretch?
By Steven Brill Jan 1, 2013 at 09:16 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 NRA playbook, Obama’s pot dilemma, and HSBC’s money laundering
By Steven Brill Dec 18, 2012 at 10:54 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” columnist, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Stories I’d like to see
Athletes’ charities; American lawyers and Bangladesh’s sweatshops; the fate of workplace screwups
By Steven Brill Dec 11, 2012 at 10:53 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” columnist, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... 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.
