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Credit Ratings
SmartMoney Makes a Hash of the Downgrade
Says borrowers face higher rates, despite sinking Treasury yields
By Ryan Chittum Aug 10, 2011 at 06:17 PM
Speaking of the Journal overhyping the S&P downgrade of U.S. Treasurys, its sister magazine SmartMoney has a doozy of a... More
The Journal Hypes the Downgrade
A three-day-old story gets the overkill treatment
By Ryan Chittum Aug 10, 2011 at 02:44 PM
That Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. from AAA to AA+ is a big story no doubt. But The Wall... More
A Wall Street Journal Error Undermines a Story’s Premise
But even after a correction, its readers almost surely don’t know that
By Ryan Chittum Aug 17, 2011 at 03:38 PM
Here's a good example of how corrections can fail to fix misimpressions created by the original error. In this case,... More
SEC Scooplets From the WSJ
By Ryan Chittum Jun 17, 2011 at 12:28 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that the SEC is finally considering charging the credit raters—critical components of the... 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?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
