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Faces Congress doesn’t see
The “chained CPI” debate needs to step out of wonkland
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This week The Washington Post reported results from its December poll with ABC, which took the public pulse on a... More
Meet the Debt Fixers
A laurel to New York magazine
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM
For weeks on end the dominant financial story has been: (A) the consequences of falling off the fiscal cliff;... More
The media discover the ‘chained CPI’
And the more they dig, the rougher it looks
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 17, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Except for Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik, and a few stray media outlets here and there—The Providence Journal, The... More
The making of a meme
Journos get on board the Let’s-Whack-Entitlements train
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 11, 2012 at 03:04 PM
Shortly after the election, the MSM quickly turned from the presidential horse race to the “fiscal cliff.” And soon, news... More
Healthcare expert for sale
The Guardian follows the saga of Liz Fowler, healthcare lobbyist extraordinaire
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 6, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Leave it to the Brits to tell us Americans about our healthcare system. In this case the telling is done... More
A magazine editor shops for health insurance
And offers lessons for reporting on the stuff
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Frank Lalli, the long-time editor of Money, undoubtedly edited a health insurance piece or two during his career. But... More
NBC News sets good example for Medicare reporting
People perspective leads to clear explanation of impact of proposed changes
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 30, 2012 at 02:50 PM
As tax and spending talks grind on in Washington, The New York Times tells us Friday that in his latest... More
Can people afford to lose their Social Security COLA?
So far, the press has given this public policy concern the brush off
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM
This post is the first of several primers on Social Security we will publish in the coming weeks to help... More
Dart: CBS and the Goldman Sachs solution
Another weak showing on Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 27, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Maybe CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley was so awestruck by a chance to visit one of the seven... More
Papa John’s Pizza and the business backlash
The real story: how some employers are still working to undermine Obamacare
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM
The media have latched onto the story of John Schnatter. That’s the John of Papa John’s Pizza, a CEO with... More
An election post-mortem on Medicare coverage
Coverage? Yes. Guidance? Not so much
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 15, 2012 at 01:12 PM
In mid-August, when Paul Ryan burst on the scene with his voucher scheme for Medicare, the 47-year old program suddenly... More
A dart to Yahoo Finance
For utterly confusing its readers about Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 12, 2012 at 02:50 PM
By now we’re accustomed to weak reporting about Social Security, but a piece on Yahoo Finance, part of its... More
A Laurel to NPR, for giving hospitals a disaster exam
Sandy exposes gaping holes in hospital safety plans
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 7, 2012 at 06:51 AM
NYU Langone Medical Center and Bellevue represent a tale of two New York City hospitals. Langone is a well-endowed... More
Ask Romney This: What will replace Obamacare?
A vague healthcare plan raises many questions
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 2, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Over the final weeks of the campaign, CJR has been publishing a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama... More
Social Security: a Laurel to The Motley Fool
An investment newsletter breaks down persistent myths
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 1, 2012 at 11:15 AM
The motto of The Motley Fool is “To Educate, Amuse & Enrich,” and its piece called “5 Huge Myths... More
The universality of health reporting
Lessons from five European journalists
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 26, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Last week 112 journalists and academics from 12 countries met in Athens to talk about health reporting—the nitty-gritty of engaging... More
Ask Obama This: Will we have to be older to get Medicare?
We know about Romney’s vouchers, but the president is quiet on the subject of raising eligibility
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 26, 2012 at 06:51 AM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Scare-mongering from CBS
Bad reporting on Social Security—again
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 19, 2012 at 02:51 PM
The other night CBS Evening News brought forth another gloom and doom story about Social Security. Like others from the... More
The ‘Man in the Middle’ hits a healthcare Catch-22
Å family falls through a gap in Obamacare
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 18, 2012 at 03:12 PM
Ever since the Great Health Reform Debate, we have kept in touch with Jeremy Devor, an engineering assistant in the... More
The word on the street: worried
In New Hampshire voters are fretting about…everything
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 15, 2012 at 03:11 PM
Continuing our Town Hall tours—in which CJR talks to voters, partly to encourage other journalists to do so, too—I visited... 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.
