Campaign Desk
The Economy Today: Vetoes and Woes
Headlines from South Carolina, Colorado, Maryland, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko May 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Consumer economics are big news in the national papers this morning. The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration may... More
Covering Gaza from Israel
What Israelis wanted to know about the war
By Lisa Goldman May 20, 2009 at 08:00 AM
During the first week of Israel’s winter military operation in Gaza, a broadcaster for ChanNel 2, which has the highest... More
The Psychology of Collections
NYT Magazine humanizes credit card companies instead of consumers
By Katia Bachko May 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Reporting on how credit card companies are coping as the number of customers in default grows, The New York Times... More
The Economy Today: Gambling on Tomorrow
Headlines from Nevada, Mississippi, Texas, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko May 19, 2009 at 09:46 AM
All the national papers lead with Obama’s tightening of emissions and gas mileage rules. The Times also sees signs that... More
Top Secret: Bill Leonard on Classified Documents
An interview with the former head of the Information Security Oversight Office
By Clint Hendler May 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM
From 2002 to 2007, Bill Leonard served as director of the Information Security Oversight Office, a division of the National... 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
The Economy Today: Gold Coins and Gardening Seeds
News from California, Minnesota, Ohio and elsewhere
By Jane Kim May 18, 2009 at 09:53 AM
In national headlines, The Washington Post runs a big story on the cost of being poor, writing, “The poorer you... 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
The Economy Today: Running on Wind
News from Sacramento, Baton Rouge, Medicine Bow, and elsewhere
By Jane Kim May 15, 2009 at 10:24 AM
National economic headlines include word from The New York Times that Mexican immigration to the States has declined sharply, which... More
Minority Report
A hybrid of national and local census coverage would be the ideal
By Jane Kim May 15, 2009 at 08:00 AM
The 2008 census results are out! And scanning local headlines, it looks like minority populations are growing at warp speed.... More
Dangling Modifiers
When writing about foreclosures, don’t forget their human context
By Katia Bachko May 14, 2009 at 05:02 PM
As record numbers of foreclosures make headlines around the country, the Obama administration’s plan to help homeowners modify their mortgages... More
The Economy Today: Three Feet Deeper
News from Portland, Helena, Sioux Falls and more
By Jane Kim May 14, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Nationally, The Washington Post reports that the $75 billion foreclosure prevention program, Making Home Affordable, has thus far been “implemented... More
The Garbage Gauge
The silver lining in the weak retail numbers
By Katia Bachko May 14, 2009 at 09:00 AM
Customers are still cutting their spending, according to the April retail sales report that sent the financial indexes falling by... More
Four More Years?
Photos send Obama looking for a new FOIA exemption
By Clint Hendler May 13, 2009 at 05:40 PM
In an unexpected policy reversal, the Obama administration today announced it would not release forty-four photos depicting prisoner abuse in... More
McChrystal Clear
What will new Afghanistan commander’s confirmation hearings reveal about JSOC?
By Kathy Gilsinan May 13, 2009 at 01:14 PM
On Monday afternoon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that Defense Secretary Robert Gates Army General asked the top American commander... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
