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Who Will Be at the Table? Part XII
Did the AMA snooker the press?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 22, 2009 at 05:20 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
Sen. Schumer, Meet Louise Russell
What’s this about preventative care saving money?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Reporters from the New York media, take note! It’s time to tell your state’s senior senator (and the people he... More
Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part IV
The new math, or maybe it’s the old
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Three years ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a far-reaching health reform law that politicians and the media hailed as... More
Gregory A+; Sebelius D-
NBC’s David Gregory bores down on Madame Secretary
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Last week, Campaign Desk urged reporters to start asking Obama tough questions on health care, so we could learn what... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part XI
Center for Medicine in the Public Interest fights against a public plan
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 17, 2009 at 03:01 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
All the President’s Words
Still, when it comes to health reform, what does he stand for?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 15, 2009 at 08:00 AM
On Monday, the media went gaga reporting on President Obama’s fancy health reform rhetoric that flowed alongside his introduction of... More
Groundhog Day
Why this year’s health-care debate sounds like the one in 1993
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 15, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Last fall, soon after Barack Obama was elected president, Sheila Burke was waiting to discuss Obama’s campaign promises, via Webcast,... More
Hospital Disconnect
USA Today offers news you can use, but a little more context, please
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 14, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Walking down the jetway to the 747 in Paris the other day, I spotted a copy of USA Today. One... More
Health Care in France—and in America
A journalist’s observations
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Welcome back to America, I said to myself after a two-week trip to France. Yes, I did think about health... More
Memo to Sen. Barbara Boxer—and Journalists, Too
More skepticism about savings from preventive care, please
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 30, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Sen. Barbara Boxer was defiant. As Campaign Desk reported recently, the gentle lady from California said in no uncertain terms... More
Health Care Flashpoints, Part III
Taxing insurance benefits and health care equity
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 29, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Over the next few months, health reform will succeed or fail based on a few major flashpoints that will shape... More
Excluded Voices
An interview with Wendell Potter
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 24, 2009 at 05:30 AM
This past year’s health discussion has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part X
We finally hear from the business community
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 23, 2009 at 03:02 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
What Journalists Can Learn from Celinda Lake
Wisdom from the Democrats’ wordsmith
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 22, 2009 at 02:59 PM
First there was Frank Luntz. Now, Celinda Lake is trying to do for the Dems what Luntz did for the... More
Baucus Watch, Part XI
The first glimpse of what he has brought forth
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 19, 2009 at 04:00 PM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health care reform; any health care... More
Cost Savings Myopia
Making the numbers fit the script
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 16, 2009 at 12:13 PM
The Hill’s Alexander Bolton gave us a glimpse of the budget games some members of Congress will happily play to... More
Excluded Voices
An interview with Rutgers professor Louise Russell
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 16, 2009 at 09:47 AM
This past year’s health discussion has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down... More
Stephanopoulos A-; Sebelius D
George bests the Secretary of Health and Human Services
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 15, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Campaign Desk was pleased to see This Week’s George Stephanopoulos try to pin down HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday. The... More
Health Care Flashpoints, Part II
The individual mandate—when journalism becomes a lobbying tool
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 12, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Over the next few months, health reform will succeed or fail based on a few major flashpoints that will shape... More
Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part III
Rapidly rising medical costs jeopardize the state’s insurance miracle
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 10, 2009 at 01:16 PM
Three years ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a far-reaching health reform law that politicians and the media hailed as... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
