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Excluded Voices
An interview with Jonathan Oberlander
By Trudy Lieberman May 21, 2009 at 10:05 AM
This past year’s health discussion has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down... More
Where Will the Money Come From Redux
Maybe not from us, say health care special interests
By Trudy Lieberman May 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM
The president scored a big one last week when he appeared on national TV with representatives of six big stakeholders... More
Where Will the Money Come From?
And who will be left out of health reform?
By Trudy Lieberman May 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM
This week, The Economist zoomed in on an issue that the press has overlooked of late: the details of where... More
Baucus Watch, Part IX
The senator ejects single-payer advocates—again
By Trudy Lieberman May 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health care reform; any health care... More
Will Health Care Providers Really Reduce Spending?
The press exhibits some skepticism—but more is needed
By Trudy Lieberman May 12, 2009 at 02:49 PM
Yesterday, six protagonists in Washington’s unfolding health care drama sent a letter to the President saying they have “joined together... More
What Journalists Can Learn from Frank Luntz
Wisdom from the Republican wordsmith
By Trudy Lieberman May 11, 2009 at 03:10 PM
Frank Luntz reappeared last week when a tipster slipped Politico a twenty-eight-page document called “The Language of Healthcare 2009” that... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part VIII
Baucus evicts single-payer advocates from his hearing
By Trudy Lieberman May 8, 2009 at 11:56 AM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
Memo to Journalists: Move Beyond the Beltway Babble
Men (and women) on the street are foggy about health reform
By Trudy Lieberman May 7, 2009 at 10:49 AM
At this point in any debate over health reform, journalists inevitably get lost in all the wonk talk, the economic... More
Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part II
Does an individual mandate work? Depends on who’s talking
By Trudy Lieberman May 4, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Three years ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a far-reaching health reform law that politicians and the media hailed as... More
Baucus Watch, Part VIII
What kind of public plan is the senator talking about?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 28, 2009 at 02:45 PM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health care reform; any health care... More
A Laurel to the Eagle-Tribune
Paper gets Astroturfed and smells a rat
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 24, 2009 at 12:51 PM
The grassroots army is on the march. On Wednesday, Campaign Desk reported that health insurers have called up the grassroots... More
A Dart to the Buffalo News
Paper confuses Medicare Advantage news with insurance marketing tactics
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 24, 2009 at 12:47 PM
The Dewey Square Group must have been pleased as punch to see the Buffalo News’s coverage of its Medicare Advantage... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part VII
WellPoint brings forth voices from the grassroots
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 22, 2009 at 12:29 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
60 Minutes and The Nation Shine on Health Care
Two good stories that expose health care’s holes
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 14, 2009 at 02:41 PM
Politicians and journalists take note. In the last several days, a segment on 60 Minutes and a personal story in... More
Hiding the Messenger
What’s Lewin’s pedigree anyway?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM
The big news in health care last week, at least for the cognoscenti, came from the Lewin Group. Lewin reported... More
Laurel to the Tampa Tribune
For adding a fresh dimension to the Medicare Advantage story
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 10, 2009 at 08:26 AM
We were pleased to see the Tampa Tribune publish a smart, enterprising story that took a different angle on an... More
Excluded Voices
An interview with Marilyn Moon
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 8, 2009 at 01:05 PM
The past year’s health discussion has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down... More
Obama AWOL on Health Reform?
Times tackles the President’s “light touch”
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 6, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Robert Pear of The New York Times, who almost always can be counted on to let the world know the... More
Sick Around America
What exactly was Frontline trying to say?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 1, 2009 at 02:39 PM
It is not clear what message Frontline wanted to deliver in last night's Sick Around America documentary. The show, conceived... More
Some Big Dots to Connect
Which could tell who really will pay for health reform
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 30, 2009 at 09:26 AM
In the past week or so, the media—at least those outlets that still cover health reform somewhat regularly—offered up some... 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.
