Author Archive
Articles by Trudy Lieberman | Email the Author
The Case of the Disappearing Benefits Statements
A good piece from the Los Angeles Times
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik deserves a shout-out for his strong piece on how the government is keeping Americans... More
Health Reform and the Supreme Court: Day Three
The press reads the tea leaves
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 29, 2012 at 03:06 PM
As the Supreme Court ended oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act, addressing whether the law can stand alone without... More
Health Reform and the Supreme Court: Day Two
Press coverage focuses on the individual mandate
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 28, 2012 at 01:40 PM
There was one near-universal takeaway from Day Two of oral arguments before the Supreme Court: The requirement that almost all... More
Health Reform and the Supreme Court: Day One
Press coverage offers a little something for everyone
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 27, 2012 at 02:29 PM
Press coverage of the Affordable Care Act’s debut before the Supreme Court yesterday offered a little bit of everything. The... More
Mitt and the Mandate
Whose paternity is it, anyway?
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 26, 2012 at 06:14 PM
No matter what decision comes from the Supreme Court, which began hearing arguments Monday on the constitutionality of the Affordable... More
Birthday Coverage for the Affordable Care Act
The two faces of health reform
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 22, 2012 at 04:16 PM
The health reform law celebrates its two-year anniversary tomorrow. There are myriad ways to report on the Affordable Care Act... More
Nine Lives of a Disputed Fact
A Politico op-ed fails the fact-checking test
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 16, 2012 at 03:45 PM
The other day, Politico published an opinion piece arguing that Americans should be “extremely anxious about the outcome” of the... More
Is Buying Health Insurance Like Shopping on Amazon?
No sirreeee, says WBUR
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 13, 2012 at 01:12 PM
On Monday, the AP reported that, as part of its health reform efforts, the federal government would require states to... More
Should Health Journos Use Hospital Safety Data?
An interview with Kaiser Health News’s Jordan Rau
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 12, 2012 at 11:37 AM
In a highly touted effort to improve the quality of hospital care, the federal government has started disclosing data that... More
Rick Santorum’s Math Problem
The press doesn’t fall for his incorrect Obamacare answer
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 9, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Now really, Rick—every American will get government help after Obamacare takes effect? Surely you jest! Thankfully my press brethren had... More
NPR Rethinks Its Reporting
Will “he said/she said” go away for good?
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 5, 2012 at 02:10 PM
Last week, NPR released a new ethics document that the blogosphere announced would end the “he said/she said” reporting the... More
More Dot-Connection Needed on ER Story
What we’re learning about hospitals, part two
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 29, 2012 at 01:27 PM
Kaiser Health News has become very good at reporting on the marketing secrets of the nation’s hospitals. I was intrigued... More
A Medicare Memo to Campaign Reporters
Tailing Mitt on Medicare and Social Security, too
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 27, 2012 at 04:29 PM
Dear Colleagues: I have just returned from a reporting trip to Southeast Arkansas, where the folks I visited have very... More
What We’re Learning About Hospitals, Part One
A laurel to National Journal
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 22, 2012 at 02:22 PM
Beware the Affordable Care Act! That was the message of a fine National Journal piece that thoroughly investigated the current... More
Words of Warning on the Payroll Tax
The media ponders the wisdom behind the tax holiday’s extension
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 20, 2012 at 01:41 PM
Last week, Congress voted to extend the payroll tax holiday through the end of 2012. Social Security supporters have argued... More
The Case of the Missing Premium
Transparency for health insurance?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 16, 2012 at 01:44 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that health insurers and employers must provide more information to consumers... More
Don Berwick, Press Critic
Observations from Medicare’s former top guy
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 14, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Don Berwick, something of a folk hero to journos covering health care, had a heart-to-heart with the Association of Health... More
Kudos to The New York Times
At last, a good man-on-the-street story
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 13, 2012 at 02:43 PM
Reporters Binyamin Appelbaum and Robert Gebeloff deserve praise for their piece in Sunday’s Times showing how some of the good... More
Some Mistakes at MoneyWatch
A little more homework needed on Social Security, please
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 8, 2012 at 02:37 PM
A recent CBS MoneyWatch piece titled “Social Insecurity” was one of those breezy, glib stories that seemed to telegraph important... More
USA Today Touts the Government’s Good News on Medicare
But was it the full story?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 6, 2012 at 11:57 AM
A few days ago USA Today trumpeted some health policy news: enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans is up and premiums... 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.
