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In the Beginning
From a consumer movement to consumerism
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 25, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Last year, New York’s state legislature, which has historically led the nation in passing pro-consumer credit legislation, approved a pair... More
A Laurel to the Columbus Dispatch
A newspaper gets real with real people
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 24, 2008 at 09:31 AM
We at CJR have long urged news outlets to consider at how the candidates’ proposals will affect real people. To... More
Health Care on the Mississippi, Part VII
Real people and the candidates’ plans
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM
This is the seventh in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people who live... More
Health Care on the Mississippi, Part VI
Real people and the candidates’ plans
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 17, 2008 at 03:07 PM
This is the sixth in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people who live... More
McCain Under the Microscope
A major news outlet takes a look at his health plan—finally!
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 16, 2008 at 05:41 PM
In his column Tuesday, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert peered into John McCain’s health plan, something we have been... More
Which Little Piggy Got Left Out?
What Elizabeth Edwards said about John McCain’s health plan
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 11, 2008 at 10:21 AM
The big question of the campaign yesterday: Was Barack Obama referring to Sarah Palin or the policies of John McCain... More
A Laurel To NPR
Strong coverage on health care issues
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 10, 2008 at 11:31 AM
NPR has done some fine health reporting recently, the kind that we hope will spur others to do similar stories.... More
Health Care on the Mississippi, Part V
Real people and the candidates’ plans
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 8, 2008 at 12:45 PM
This is the fifth in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people who live... More
Bad News, Bad Story
How about some clarity from the AP?
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 8, 2008 at 09:46 AM
I know news stories are getting shorter. But an Associated Press health care story last week did a disservice to... More
Dissing Elizabeth Edwards
The media miss the real story—her health care message
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 3, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Charlotteobserver.com ran a piece Sunday written by a reporter at the Raleigh News & Observer that criticized Elizabeth Edwards. Her... More
McCain Surrogates Take To The Press
Shame on the Dallas Morning News
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 2, 2008 at 09:33 AM
The Dallas Morning News should have known better than to run a news story last week that was essentially an... More
Postscript on Harry and Louise
Health reform takeaways from the convention
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 28, 2008 at 01:10 PM
On Monday, I mentioned the latest television commercial featuring Harry and Louise—the infamous TV couple who periodically take to the... More
The Obamas and the Chicago Hospital Controversy
What it really says about health care
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 26, 2008 at 02:34 PM
As excitement mounted for the Democratic convention at the end of last week, The Washington Post published one of those... More
Harry and Louise Are Back Again
But the media miss the important subtext
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 25, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Fred Mogul, a health reporter at WNYC, called to discuss the latest Harry and Louise comeback. The infamous duo appeared... More
Health Care on the Mississippi, Part IV
Real people and the candidates’ plans
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 25, 2008 at 09:36 AM
This is the fourth in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people who live... More
Health Care on the Mississippi, Part III
Real people and the candidates’ plans
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 21, 2008 at 01:30 PM
This is the third in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people who live... More
Health Care on the Mississippi, Part II
Real people and the candidates’ plans
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 15, 2008 at 01:54 PM
This is the second in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people and how... More
Health Care on the Mississippi
Real people and the candidates’ plans, Part I
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 15, 2008 at 10:07 AM
This is the first in a series examining how the candidates’ health care proposals will affect ordinary people and how... More
Unhealthy Alliances Between Hospitals and TV Stations
SPJ award goes to a courageous news director
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 12, 2008 at 03:17 PM
We were pleased to see that the Society of Professional Journalists has given an ethics award to Glen Mabie, the... More
McCain’s Health Proposals Under the Microscope, Part V
Does he really have a way to control costs?
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 8, 2008 at 10:51 AM
This is the fifth and final entry in a series examining John McCain’s health proposals and how they have been... 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.
