Politics & Policy
A cure for second-term doldrums?
TNR’s Obama “recovery guide” is a break from the media tedium
By Brendan Nyhan Jul 2, 2013 at 11:10 AM
During second terms, the Washington press corps gets bored. There's usually not much going on! As a result, reporters hype... More
How Wisconsin’s watchdogs kept their home
Investigative newsroom drew on a network of allies in successful bid for governor’s veto
By Anna Clark Jul 1, 2013 at 07:00 AM
DETROIT, MI -- The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism scored a big win over the weekend, as Gov. Scott Walker,... More
The Post and Courier, in transition
Charleston’s paper is getting a makeover. Will State House coverage be central to its future?
By Corey Hutchins Jun 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- The Charleston Post and Courier, South Carolina's oldest and largest daily, is a newspaper in transition. A... More
In Texas, a filibuster for the digital age
Twitter. Videostreams. Liveblogs. And a group effort to figure out what the heck happened amid the #StandWithWendy chaos
By Richard Parker Jun 27, 2013 at 02:01 PM
AUSTIN, TX -- At 10 minutes to midnight Tuesday evening, tempers in the Texas Senate finally boiled over. On the... More
How Postville changed Iowa’s reporters
As reform debate unfolds, Hawkeye State journalists have taken the initiative—and kept immigrants’ stories front and center
By Deron Lee Jun 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM
FAIRWAY, KS -- On June 13, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) made headlines in his characteristic fashion--with an outraged, outrageous tweet.... More
WSJ minimizes the latest IRS news
A solid reporter’s story gives curiously short shrift to fresh facts. Meanwhile, what was the IG directed to find?
By David Cay Johnston Jun 26, 2013 at 04:42 PM
When the latest revelations in the IRS political targeting controversy--the fact that nonprofit applications from groups whose names suggested they... More
Boom’s time?
The promising nonprofit quarterly, Boom: A Journal of California, aims to bridge academia and journalism, reach beyond California—and stay afloat.
By John Mecklin Jun 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM
SANTA BARBARA, CA -- Nonprofit journalism is now central to the American national news ecosystem; ProPublica, the Center for Investigative... More
Journalists’ guide to clinical guidelines
Reporters may get more than they bargain for when they rely on clinical practice guidelines as sources
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Jun 25, 2013 at 02:50 PM
We may all be in trouble if, as he suggests in a recent New York Times op-ed, Dr. Jerry Avorn... More
Sequester update: contractors’ edition
Government contracting is under-reported terrain—and story-rich, for reporters who know where to look
By David Cay Johnston Jun 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Because of the budget sequester, food banks cut some Meals on Wheels, day care and Head Start workers were laid... More
Exchange Watch: What’s going on with New York?
So far, the public has gotten assurances about New York’s insurance exchange, but not much to chew on
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 24, 2013 at 02:50 PM
It's fair to say there has been coverage of the new health insurance shopping exchanges. From California and Oregon came... More
Is BofA mining profits from mortgage misery?
A Laurel to The Palm Beach Post
By David Cay Johnston Jun 21, 2013 at 02:57 PM
Kimberly Miller of The Palm Beach Post broke an important story about how the Bank of America allegedly rewarded... More
Medicare Uncovered: Cost cutting? We can’t have that!
Medical device makers flex their lobbying muscles
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 20, 2013 at 03:33 PM
A classic healthcare-lobbying story is in the making--a shootout between the government and the medical device industry over cost... More
Detroit News noses out a school reform ‘skunk works’
But the wider education story is hardly black and white. How can news outlets do more for readers on this critical issue?
By Anna Clark Jun 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
DETROIT, MI -- Education policy in Michigan and the debates around it have become a tangled thicket for reporters (and... More
The missing villain in the healthcare drama
When it comes to rising costs, what about hospital consolidation? A shout-out to Eduardo Porter for pointing that out
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 19, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Eduardo Porter, the New York Times economics columnist, deserves a shout-out for his column last Wednesday challenging a meme... More
A second look at the sequester
And it isn’t pretty. A Laurel to The Associated Press
By David Cay Johnston Jun 18, 2013 at 03:02 PM
The federal budget sequester is back in the news. Three months after these across-the-board budget cuts began--some $85 billion... 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.
