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“Frack”-tious Reactions
Skirmishes follow recent coverage of shale-gas drilling
By Curtis Brainard Mar 3, 2011 at 01:45 PM
The former head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is not happy with The New York Times’s Ian Urbina and... More
L.A. Times Quantifies the Dominance of the Finance Lobby
No “obtained” records here or even FOIAs; this info was in plain sight
By Ryan Chittum Nov 15, 2010 at 06:57 AM
The Los Angeles Times drops some good reporting this morning on regulation and the financial lobby, aggregating publicly available records... More
The Economist on the Libor scandal
What happened and why it matters
By Ryan Chittum Jul 6, 2012 at 02:08 PM
If you haven't paid much attention yet to the Libor scandal, this Economist piece will get you caught up quickly.... More
Wichita Eagle Eyes Regulatory Cracks Before a Failure
By Ryan Chittum Oct 5, 2011 at 05:47 PM
Here's a solid Wichita Eagle report that shows the holes in a regulatory system—ones that could have deadly consequences. What... More
Amazon Bolts Texas’s “Unfavorable Regulatory Environment”
But there’s more to the story than we get from the AP and The Dallas Morning News
By Ryan Chittum Feb 11, 2011 at 02:07 PM
The Associated Press reports that Amazon is closing its Texas warehouse due to—and this is a direct Amazon quote—the state's... More
An Excellent WSJ Piece on Federal Regulators’ Inaction
By Ryan Chittum Dec 21, 2010 at 10:52 AM
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent follow to its scoop yesterday that New York is planning to sue Ernst... More
Audit Notes: Goldman and Facebook, Chainsaws, Hudson on Tax History
By Ryan Chittum Jan 5, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Francine McKenna sums up the problem with Facebook's Goldman Sachs investment pretty succinctly over at Forbes: Facebook wants the public’s... More
Audit Notes: Jamie’s juice, a new Glass Steagall, U-T San Diego
ProPublica documents JPMorgan Chase’s extensive ties to a docile Senate Banking Committee
By Ryan Chittum Jun 13, 2012 at 07:57 PM
ProPublica has a sweet piece listing the connections between JPMorgan Chase and the Senate Banking Committee, which didn't exactly grill... More
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s hacking scandal, revolving door, Obama’s AMA
Two more arrests, including one for computer hacking
By Ryan Chittum Aug 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM
As Rupert Murdoch tells the world to go see Dinesh D'Souza's "scary" 2016 propaganda (read my 2010 takes on the... More
Audit Notes: Social Security and Ponzi, Regulation, Hamster Wheel
By Ryan Chittum Sep 8, 2011 at 08:58 PM
The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler has a nice rebuttal to Rick Perry's false claim in last night's Republican debate... More
Audit Notes: The Sovereign Risk Genie, Regulatory Complexity, Wal-Mart and Bank Fees
By Ryan Chittum Nov 11, 2011 at 07:22 PM
The Economist's Greg Ip says the European crisis, at its core, is not about Silvio Berlusconi or even Italian debt... More
Bloomberg Examines Louisiana’s Laissez-Faire Oil Regulators
Spills go unpenalized 99 percent of the time and the state’s fines are a joke
By Ryan Chittum Feb 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Bloomberg has an excellent investigation into Louisiana's oil regulators, finding that the state fines oil companies for oil spill less... More
Bloomberg Scrutinizes JPMorgan Chase
By Ryan Chittum Apr 13, 2012 at 06:58 PM
Bloomberg News has an important story today showing how press favorite Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase has ramped up risk in... More
Bloomberg’s Weil Exposes Another Accounting Regulator Coverup
By Ryan Chittum Jun 10, 2011 at 07:08 PM
Jonathan Weil has a tough Bloomberg View column about accounting regulators covering up wrongdoing by companies and their auditors. Back... More
Coming to Terms with the “Value” of Life
The rhetorical debate behind the NYT’s front-pager
By Curtis Brainard Feb 21, 2011 at 04:30 PM
Last week, my colleague Felix Salmon expressed his love for The New York Times’s front-page article on Thursday about federal... More
Fannie’s Regulator Isn’t Playing Obama Team Ball
Suing the banks rather than protecting them
By Ryan Chittum Sep 2, 2011 at 02:22 PM
The New York Times scoop that Fannie and Freddie's regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is suing the big banks... More
Heavy On Problems, Light On Solutions: The FCC Report Has Landed
A quick look at the “disappointing” recommendations
By Joel Meares Jun 9, 2011 at 05:37 PM
In some three hundred and sixty odd pages, the FCC’s long-awaited Future of News “Information Needs of Communities” report... More
HuffPo Shows OCC Still Poster Child of Regulatory Capture
By Ryan Chittum Feb 25, 2011 at 02:30 PM
The Huffington Post's Shahien Nasiripour has some interesting reporting in a story on the Obama administration's move to settle the... More
Incomplete Stories on Licensing Workers
The rise of a service-based economy implies a natural rise in occupational licensing
By Felix Salmon Feb 8, 2011 at 05:14 PM
Stephanie Simon's WSJ article on the rise of jobs needing a license of some description has resulted in a predictable... More
Inflating the regulatory state
TSA and border security account for almost all the increase in regulatory staff since 1980
By Ryan Chittum Jul 2, 2012 at 11:00 AM
A Bloomberg News story last week on how the folks who oversee the regulators are overmatched these days raises a... 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?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
