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Medicare: Where’s the evidence that vouchers save money?
The National Journal seeks some, and comes up empty
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Margot Sanger-Katz, a National Journal reporter who has been brave enough to question conventional wisdom surrounding health policy—she reported that... More
Romney’s ‘job killer’ narrative: time for an X-ray
Some reporters are asking: Does Obamacare really destroy jobs?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM
ONNtv.com, which bills itself as Ohio’s channel for news, is one of the latest media outlets to casually pass along... More
Globe Delivers its Verdict on Romneycare
A good—if imperfect—example of policy-oriented reporting
By Greg Marx Jun 27, 2011 at 05:13 PM
On Sunday, the Boston Globe published the second installment in its two-part series on “Romneycare,” the Massachusetts health care overhaul... More
A Great Catch by Ben Smith
Belly-aching about the presidential field is nothing new
By Greg Marx May 23, 2011 at 03:55 PM
The announcement by Mitch Daniels, the Republican governor of Indiana, that he won’t run for president in 2012 seems likely... More
A laurel to Jackie Calmes of The New York Times
She begins to X-ray the Romney/Ryan Medicare plan
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 24, 2012 at 04:04 PM
This week’s laurel goes to Jackie Calmes of The New York Times for reporting the increasing skepticism in health... More
A Medicare Memo to Campaign Reporters
Tailing Mitt on Medicare and Social Security, too
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 27, 2012 at 04:29 PM
Dear Colleagues: I have just returned from a reporting trip to Southeast Arkansas, where the folks I visited have very... More
A muddy Bloomberg story sets up Romney’s Jeep attack
The wire’s poorly worded story is misread
By Ryan Chittum Nov 1, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Mitt Romney's gotten in hot water with the nation's burgeoning horde of fact checkers by asserting that Jeep "is thinking... More
An election post-mortem on Medicare coverage
Coverage? Yes. Guidance? Not so much
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 15, 2012 at 01:12 PM
In mid-August, when Paul Ryan burst on the scene with his voucher scheme for Medicare, the 47-year old program suddenly... More
Ask Obama and Romney this: Where is Africa?
An enormous opportunity for the US could slip past
By Howard W. French Oct 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Ask Obama This: Can you imagine criminal justice reform?
A nearly forgotten topic that impacts the budget, families, and communities
By Farai Chideya Oct 24, 2012 at 03:12 PM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is publishing a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Ask Romney This: What will replace Obamacare?
A vague healthcare plan raises many questions
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 2, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Over the final weeks of the campaign, CJR has been publishing a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama... More
Audit Notes: ‘makers and takers’ edition
Romney’s “47 percent” comment continues to reverberate
By Ryan Chittum Sep 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
A big part of the problem with Mitt Romney's "47 percent" characterization, as I wrote yesterday, is that it uses... More
Audit Notes: Bain’s LBOs, Star Tribune, Wolff on JRC
ProPublica reports that the “turnaround artist” narrative is off
By Ryan Chittum Sep 11, 2012 at 06:50 AM
ProPublica's Jesse Eisinger looks at Mitt Romney and Bain Capital, calling into question the narrative that it was largely about... More
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: NYT and Bain, Dimon’s Comp Committee, 401(k)s
Too much focus on Romney, who left the company years before the alleged collusion
By Ryan Chittum Sep 13, 2012 at 11:30 AM
It's great that The New York Times is going aggressively after court documents in a big private-equity bid-rigging lawsuit, filing... More
Audit Notes: Romney and taxes, prison phone racket, WSJ
The Atlantic eyes the Republican’s corporate tax plan
By Ryan Chittum Oct 5, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Nobody can figure out what exactly Mitt Romney wants to do with taxes. His plan is mathematically impossible, and Wednesday... More
Audit Notes: Romney’s Black Box, Banker Probe, Laffer Curveball
By Ryan Chittum Jan 12, 2012 at 08:01 PM
Politico makes a good point about how reporters are having something of a hard time assessing Mitt Romney's tenure at... More
Audit Notes: Romney’s taxes, NBC’s win, turning off the Web
By Ryan Chittum Aug 15, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Joe Nocera writes about the sharp choice facing voters in November, and so it is. But this strikes me as... More
Audit Notes: Statute of limitations, whither The Daily, Romney’s taxes
The WSJ on how the clock may (or may not) be running out on the SEC
By Ryan Chittum Jul 17, 2012 at 01:55 AM
The Wall Street Journal is good to keep an eye on the statutes of limitation clocks that are running out... More
Audit Notes: Swiped, Hit List, Journo Demographics
By Ryan Chittum Jan 9, 2012 at 07:59 PM
Bloomberg News has an interesting story on a dispute between a Utah restaurant and Visa and Mastercard. The card companies... 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.
