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The New York Times Demonizes the Bond Market
By Felix Salmon Dec 8, 2010 at 03:22 PM
Did you know there's a fight to the death going on in Europe? The NYT covers it today, under the... More
A Super Journal Story on “Death-Debt” Collectors
Bank proxies harassing grieving family members to give money they don’t owe
By Ryan Chittum Dec 5, 2011 at 04:40 PM
The Wall Street Journal had an outstanding story this weekend on so called death-debt collectors—an industry that makes money by... More
A Vulture Fund Sob Story
By Felix Salmon Apr 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Matt Wirz probably can’t be held responsible for the headline the WSJ put on his story today — “For Vultures,... More
An NYT Default Story Has Finance Industry Tunnel Vision
The paper gets it all wrong on Argentina’s lessons for Greece
By Ryan Chittum Jun 24, 2011 at 02:09 PM
The New York Times posted a truly awful story online yesterday headlined "Argentina's Default Offers a Cautionary Tale for Greece."... More
Bloomberg Bird-Dogs Meredith Whitney’s Terrible Call
By Ryan Chittum Dec 16, 2011 at 03:57 PM
Remember Meredith Whitney's apocalyptic predictions on the municipal-bond market last year? Bloomberg News does. And it makes sure Whitney and... More
Bloomberg News Pops the Meredith Whitney Bubble
The analyst can’t back up key 60 Minutes assertions that worsened a muni-bond panic
By Ryan Chittum Feb 1, 2011 at 01:50 PM
Bloomberg News lands some real blows on analyst Meredith Whitney in a terrific story this morning. Whitney, famously—or infamously—went on... More
Burying the lede
“I’m in journalism school. Am I an idiot?” That depends
By Sara Morrison Oct 11, 2012 at 04:40 PM
This American Life host Ira Glass recently did an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. “Sound_Sop” asked him: “It’s 2012 and... More
It’s the WSJ’s Turn on Romney’s Private Equity Record
By Ryan Chittum Jan 9, 2012 at 02:34 PM
Mitt Romney's tenure at private-equity firm Bain Capital is the gift that will keep on giving for journalists. Reuters reported... More
The Journal Shines a Light on Modern Debtors’ Prisons
The paper finds creditors, including folks like AIG, getting thousands thrown in jail
By Ryan Chittum Mar 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent story today reporting on the country's modern-day debtors' prisons, which I'd thought were... More
The WSJ Is Needlessly Skeptical of GM’s Deleveraging
By Felix Salmon Dec 15, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Sharon Terlep's story on GM trying to pay down its debt is a great indicator of how the leverage-is-good meme... More
The AP on Student Loan Hell
A 2005 law traps borrowers in private debt
By Ryan Chittum Apr 27, 2012 at 02:06 PM
The Associated Press takes a good look at how a 2005 law traps borrowers in private student loans—upending the whole... More
The History of Austerity
It’s grim—all the way back to Napoleon
By Felix Salmon Feb 23, 2011 at 11:25 AM
One of the best aspects of being a journalist is that you get to talk at length to the most... 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?
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The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
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.
