Campaign Desk
Politico’s David Rogers Owning the Budget Beat
First stop in following the negotiations
By Joel Meares Apr 7, 2011 at 01:41 PM
Is there anyone doing as good a job tracking federal budget negotiations as Politico’s David Rogers? The man’s been a... More
Glenn Beck Going Back to Silversmithing?
Beck explains why he’s jumping off the horse
By Joel Meares Apr 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM
First: a confession. I have not been a particularly diligent media reporter where Glenn Beck is concerned. In fact,... More
Reporting on High-Deductible Plans
A shout-out to two in the MSM
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 5, 2011 at 03:24 PM
A tip of the topper to two reporters who took a good look at high-deductible health plans—the kind that can... More
Some Clarity Amid Budget Proposal Confusion
Jon Ward breaks down the Obama and Ryan numbers
By Joel Meares Apr 5, 2011 at 01:19 PM
Paul Ryan’s budget proposal—described as “radical” by some and hailed by others as if fresh from the summit of... More
The Littlest Press Shop
Sacramento reporters like Brown’s scaled-back press approach; mostly
By Joel Meares Apr 4, 2011 at 02:16 PM
Just five days into his latest term in the Sacramento statehouse, California governor Jerry Brown announced that he was cutting... More
Ryan’s Whopper $4 Trillion
Where it will come from and what it might mean
By Joel Meares Apr 4, 2011 at 01:29 PM
House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) visited Fox News Sunday this weekend and confirmed last week’s reporting suggesting a... More
A Missing Health Policy Story
A “study says” piece gets short shrift
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 4, 2011 at 12:29 PM
The most underreported health story of this past week was, in my view, one that came out of the RAND... More
Another Cozy TV-Hospital Partnership
Will the practice ever end?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Once more, a large hospital system has climbed in bed with a friendly TV station to promote high-end services, using... More
Times Has Giffords’ Impact on Arizona Senate Race
But we have to keep some perspective here
By Joel Meares Mar 31, 2011 at 12:34 PM
In some ways it feels morbid to urge caution for those envisioning a swift fairytale return to politics for... More
Covering “Crazy”
“Goldwater rule” overlooked in articles about Qaddafi, Sheen, and Loughner
By Curtis Brainard Mar 30, 2011 at 12:57 PM
The media has a penchant for psychoanalysis that often gets news outlets into trouble. From killers to celebrities to dictators,... More
Times’s Solid Report on Failed Mortgage Rescue Programs
An economic calamity and its human faces
By Joel Meares Mar 30, 2011 at 12:29 PM
A must-read A1 story in The New York Times today digs into the multi-level failings of President Obama’s foreclosure rescue... More
A New Entry in the Health Care Lexicon
Beware of “centralized medical planning”
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 29, 2011 at 04:23 PM
Lawrence Hunter, a contributor on Forbes.com, took on President Obama the other day, listing a number of White House initiatives... More
Obama Leaves the Pundits Wanting More
Libya speech did little to clear up the unclear
By Joel Meares Mar 29, 2011 at 01:08 PM
If the president had hoped last night’s speech would quash claims that the purpose and objective of our intervention... More
The Government’s Shutting Down (Maybe)
But what does that mean?
By Joel Meares Mar 28, 2011 at 02:24 PM
The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that the White House and Democrats in Congress have come up with about... More
A Shout Out to the Times’s Thomas Kaplan
For a truthful tale about medical malpractice reform
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 28, 2011 at 02:10 PM
The New York Times’s man in Albany, Thomas Kaplan, is on the malpractice case—that is, the state legislature’s efforts to... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
