Campaign Desk
The real question about Romney’s Bain career
How, exactly, did his business career prepare the candidate to be president?
By Greg Marx Jul 23, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The debate over Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital has been a series of cul-de-sacs and rabbit-holes. When the Republican... More
The Globe advances the Romney/Bain story
Meanwhile, MoJo digs into Romney’s investments in offshoring
By Greg Marx Jul 20, 2012 at 03:02 PM
This post has been updated (see bottom of second page). In the great politico-media debate over Mitt Romney, Bain Capital,... More
How to handle oppo research?
It’s simple: If your scoop got a helpful boost from a campaign, let readers know
By Walter Shapiro Jul 20, 2012 at 11:20 AM
For the political cognoscenti, the dominant story line in July has been the Barack Obama campaign’s mastery of the subterranean... More
An indictment in North Carolina
After NC Policy Watch investigates, a lawmaker faces criminal charges
By Andria Krewson Jul 19, 2012 at 03:00 PM
NORTH CAROLINA — In August 2011, the nonprofit site NC Policy Watch published a lengthy, damning investigative report about Stephen... More
A hunger for the food-stamp story
Some 45 million Americans use them—Who are they?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 19, 2012 at 02:50 PM
The press has shown only sporadic interest in the farm bill, a vast, important piece of legislation that must be... More
Cincinnati Enquirer unpacks campaign claims
Ohioans will need more help from their media navigating candidates’ rhetoric
By T.C. Brown Jul 18, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — The drumbeat of political ads and campaign claims and counter-claims continues to grow louder in the Buckeye State—and... More
On outsourcing, Colorado media mostly disappoint
But there’s still an opportunity to deliver the full account this story needs
By Mary Winter Jul 18, 2012 at 11:31 AM
COLORADO — This state became the center of the battle over outsourcing last week, when Mitt Romney, responding to charges... More
Roanoke Times excels at campaign ‘event coverage’…
…But will the paper turn its resources toward the rhetoric?
By Tharon Giddens Jul 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
VIRGINIA — Last month, the New York Times made an effort to help readers navigate some of the “selective truths,”... More
Unanswered questions in the Romney/Bain controversy
Don’t look to fact-checkers for resolution
By Brendan Nyhan Jul 17, 2012 at 12:15 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Fact-checkers have played a key role in the controversy over Mitt Romney's role in outsourcing at Bain... More
The healthcare whatyamacallit
What’s a reporter to call that payment thing—tax or penalty?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act handed journalists something of a semantic dilemma. What do we call... More
In Michigan, a one-man follow-the-money machine
Rich Robinson helps the state’s journalists track political cash
By Anna Clark Jul 16, 2012 at 06:50 AM
MICHIGAN — Call him the perfect source. Whether they work in newspapers, radio, or online news, Michigan political journalists rely... More
The good old days of the Nixon campaign
A look back at a 1968 classic shows just how inaccessible candidates have become
By Walter Shapiro Jul 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Maybe it’s the summer doldrums, or the Barack Obama campaign’s continual pain-from-Bain refrain, or the speculative no-news-here if-clauses surrounding Mitt... More
Rehashing the debate about when Romney left Bain
After a much-discussed Boston Globe story, FactCheck.org stands by its take
By Greg Marx Jul 12, 2012 at 05:12 PM
This post has been updated. The big political story of the day is a front-page article in The Boston Globe... More
Christmas in July for Reno TV stations?
Reno reporter tallies political ad buys in “the battleground county of the battleground state of Nevada”
By Jay Jones Jul 12, 2012 at 07:00 AM
NEVADA - Every election cycle, as Americans prepare to hit the voting booths, Christmas comes early to television stations across... More
The Palm Beach Post exposes a hidden menace
Government cutbacks and the worst TB epidemic in 20 years
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 11, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Reporting on tuberculosis is not most reporters’ idea of a glamor assignment. It’s an ancient disease, drug companies aren’t keen... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Oops! LAX TSA officer shamed a BoingBoing writer’s daughter
And he used his media clout to make it a thing
Can ladymags do serious journalism?
Some people don’t seem to think so
Atlantic launches weekly iPhone mag
The paid product its prez teased a few months back has arrived
The usefulness of pie charts, in two pie charts
Business Insider launched an excellent attack against pie charts. But if all those words are bogging you down, WaPo has a simpler version
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.
