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Who Will Tell the People?
Social Security is the third rail for the MSM
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 8, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Ohio congressman John Boehner’s recent interview in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review touched on all the red hot stones—health care, BP, Afghanistan,... More
The Passing of Dr. Robert Butler
And what he meant for journalists and journalism
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 7, 2010 at 12:34 PM
I always thought Bob Butler would live forever. After all, he was Mr. Live A Long Life, and preached the... More
A Tip of the Hat to The Oregonian
For finding health reform’s forgotten people
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 30, 2010 at 12:16 PM
We often thought nobody was paying attention when, during the health reform debate, we urged the press to investigate the... More
Welfare, Entitlements, and Sharron Angle
What sayeth she now?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 28, 2010 at 01:53 PM
It’s fair to say that Sharron Angle is controversial. She’s the former Nevada state legislator who is running against Harry... More
The Docs and the Press
What a little help from their friends will do
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 25, 2010 at 07:30 AM
Well, what do you know? Congress may finally be giving the doctors what they want—sort of. As Campaign Desk has... More
More Words of Wisdom from Alan Simpson
Just who are the “lesser people” he had in mind?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 21, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Alan Simpson is quickly taking on the persona of the Energizer bunny—his mouth just doesn’t stop. We know about seniors... More
A Laurel to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For keeping the spotlight on the doctors’ shenanigans
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 18, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Fauber deserves kudos for his dogged reporting on some unsavory practices in the medical profession.... More
Are All Americans Living Longer?
CNBC didn’t ask the right questions
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 16, 2010 at 04:54 PM
A few days ago, CNBC’s Squawk Box turned its show over to a gab-fest between two VIPs in the Social... More
Of Death Panels and Rationing
Don Berwick’s messy confirmation
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 14, 2010 at 04:46 PM
For awhile it looked like Don Berwick was the perfect candidate to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services... More
Sebelius Watch, Part III
Schizophrenia over Medicare Advantage plans
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 10, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as the person to watch as the Obama administration scrambles to... More
The Small Business Angle, Part II
The Boston Globe discovers the fine print
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 8, 2010 at 10:53 AM
One of the best stories I’ve seen in the post-health reform media era comes from the Boston Globe. Health reporter... More
The Small Business Angle
A gutsy health reform piece from Colorado Public Radio
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 7, 2010 at 04:27 PM
Eric Whitney, Colorado Public Radio’s health reporter, did a good job recently on a story that more and more in... More
A Conversation with KQED’s Sarah Varney
How do you keep a story fresh?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 4, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Now that the great health care reform effort is over—or just beginning, depending on your point of view—the media face... More
Another Take on the Times’s Memphis Piece
And the Social Security connection
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 2, 2010 at 11:10 AM
The New York Times’s excellent piece Sunday—already praised by our Holly Yeager—ended with an unsettling conclusion: Blacks in Memphis are... More
What Congress Giveth, It Also Taketh Away
Farewell, COBRA extensions?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 1, 2010 at 08:53 AM
Much of the health news coverage of late has tracked the topics that administration officials, notably HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius,... More
Secrecy at the Deficit Commission
Note to the media: It’s past time for a little sunshine here
By Trudy Lieberman May 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM
The President’s Deficit Commission held an end-of-the month meeting yesterday, and among the attendees was a woman representing the disability... More
William Greider on Social Security
A superb take on Obama’s deficit commission
By Trudy Lieberman May 25, 2010 at 11:42 AM
William Greider, writing in The Nation, didn’t mince words when it came to explaining what’s at stake in the looming... More
Good Coverage at USA Today
Some smart takes on problems with health and financial reform
By Trudy Lieberman May 24, 2010 at 12:22 PM
The other day, on a plane from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong, a flight attendant thrust a copy... More
Everyone Knows the Troubles They’ve Seen
The press pays attention to WellPoint
By Trudy Lieberman May 5, 2010 at 12:13 PM
If any group can claim responsibility for breaking the logjam on health reform, you might say it was WellPoint. Just... More
More Words of Wisdom from Alan Simpson
Geezers vs. Gen X-ers vs. millenials, etc, etc.
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Former Sen. Alan Simpson’s interview on Fox Sunday was a doozy. His usual outspoken, outrageous, colorful self shined through, perhaps... 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 (19)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
