Desks

The Audit Business

• Sorkin’s Glass-Steagall straw man Of course its repeal contributed, directly and indirectly, to the financial crisis
• Audit notes: Buffett on newspapers, Times-Picayune, SEC lets Lehman go A vow to invest in newspapers and protect them from interference

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

• Dial back the outrage Repealing a ban on showing international broadcasts is not the same as allowing propaganda
• The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs Read CJR coverage on the history of the paper, a vital resource in its region, here