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Audit Notes: Dimon the Persecuted, Mitt’s Taxes, Minimum Wage
By Ryan Chittum Jan 25, 2012 at 02:32 AM
Yesterday we heard press favorite Jamie Dimon sputtering about how swipe-fee regulations, which capped how much big banks could gouge... More
Audit Notes: Magnetar, Comfort the Comfortable, Minimum Wage
By Ryan Chittum Nov 1, 2010 at 06:50 PM
ProPublica reports that the SEC is investigating a specific JPMorgan deal with the Magnetar hedge fund and whether the bank... More
Audit Notes: Minimum Wage and the Recession, Facebook’s Numbers, Most Powerless
By Ryan Chittum Feb 3, 2012 at 06:44 PM
The Wall Street Journal runs an editorial today criticizing Mitt Romney for his support for increasing the minimum wage and... More
Bloomberg on the impacts of inequality
One longtime McDonald’s worker’s story says a lot about the economy
By Ryan Chittum Dec 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Bloomberg has an excellent story on low-wage work and inequality, comparing a longtime McDonald's worker to the company's CEO, who... More
Letters Man
Why the letters-to-the-editor section shouldn’t become a forum for flacks
By John Stoehr Dec 23, 2011 at 02:07 PM
In May 2011, the alt-weekly New Haven Advocate, which I edit, ran a story about the rising cost of rent... More
The AP Puts Faces on the Poverty Numbers
By Ryan Chittum Sep 19, 2011 at 02:59 PM
The Associated Press fans out across the country to put faces on the poverty numbers released last week. Needless to... More
The Minimum Wage in Context
By Ryan Chittum Apr 13, 2012 at 02:18 AM
The New York Times reports that even in a weak economy, there's a fairly serious push for increasing the historically... 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.
