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Hospitals
A Hospital Story Not to Write
Doing the digging for real news
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 11, 2011 at 01:43 PM
My Association of Health Care Journalists colleague Charlie Ornstein likes to say that stories about hospital ribbon-cuttings, wings named for... More
A Laurel to NPR, for giving hospitals a disaster exam
Sandy exposes gaping holes in hospital safety plans
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 7, 2012 at 06:51 AM
NYU Langone Medical Center and Bellevue represent a tale of two New York City hospitals. Langone is a well-endowed... More
Another Cozy TV-Hospital Partnership
Will the practice ever end?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Once more, a large hospital system has climbed in bed with a friendly TV station to promote high-end services, using... More
CJR’s Assignment Desk, Part I
Hospitals sell emergency room care
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 12, 2011 at 11:11 AM
This summer, Phil Galewitz of Kaiser Health News wrote an intriguing piece published in The Washington Post about hospitals that... More
In South Carolina, Another Hospital/Journo Alliance
New twist, old problem
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 20, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Gary Schwitzer at Health News Review raised a question about journalistic ethics the other day when he took a whack... More
Keeping an Eye on Patient Safety, Part III
What we can learn from the Brits
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 6, 2011 at 01:37 PM
Slowly the public is coming to realize that hospitals are not always safe places. Since the Institute of Medicine published... More
More Dot-Connection Needed on ER Story
What we’re learning about hospitals, part two
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 29, 2012 at 01:27 PM
Kaiser Health News has become very good at reporting on the marketing secrets of the nation’s hospitals. I was intrigued... More
Profits vs. patients: The Tampa Bay Times complicates a story
The truth in medical disputes can be hard to find
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 20, 2012 at 11:32 AM
The Tampa Bay Times, formerly known as The St. Petersburg Times, deserves a shout-out for jumping on the local angle... More
What We’re Learning About Hospitals, Part One
A laurel to National Journal
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 22, 2012 at 02:22 PM
Beware the Affordable Care Act! That was the message of a fine National Journal piece that thoroughly investigated the current... More
When hospital profits clash with patient care: an investigation
The Times exposes questionable care at HCA hospitals
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM
This week The New York Times concluded a rare look at the inner workings of the country’s biggest for-profit hospital... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
