Desks

The Audit Business

• Audit notes: Buffett on newspapers, Times-Picayune, SEC lets Lehman go A vow to invest in newspapers and protect them from interference
• Audit notes: No more daily in New Orleans, McClatchy, private equity The NYT reports the Times-Picayune will print two or three times a week

The Observatory Science

• Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
• The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast

Campaign Desk Politics & Policy

• Herald’s Caputo dives deep on diverging polls Do other news organizations undermine their credibility when they don’t do the same?
• Many stations don’t factcheck super PAC ads: survey Conference highlights difference in attitudes between industry, watchdog groups

Behind the News The Media

• The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs Read CJR coverage on the history of the paper, a vital resource in its region, here
• The new medical-credit racket The Record uncovers how patients are getting shafted—medically and financially