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BusinessWeek Goes Inside a Critical Hacking Scandal Meeting
Murdoch, at a fork in the road, chose the coverup
By Ryan Chittum Feb 9, 2012 at 02:20 PM
Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a fantastic story reporting on a critical meeting Rupert Murdoch held last May to plot how to... More
News of the World and U.S. Media Culture
By Ryan Chittum Jul 6, 2011 at 08:17 PM
I was asked an interesting question earlier today by a BBC producer who wanted to know about the American angle... More
The Guardian Unearths a Wall Street Journal Scandal
The paper claims the scalp of a Journal publisher and points to deeper problems
By Ryan Chittum Oct 12, 2011 at 06:19 PM
Read this Wall Street Journal story from this morning on the resignation of its European edition's publisher. What the Journal... More
Wall Street Journal Europe Sourcing Was Unusual
And the CEO of the firm involved is a former Journal executive
By Ryan Chittum Oct 12, 2011 at 06:35 PM
We now know, thanks to reporting in the both The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal itself, that Andrew Langloff,... More
WSJ Backs Up The Guardian on European Scandal
Its reporting disputes its parent company’s denials
By Ryan Chittum Oct 13, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Last night, Dow Jones slammed The Guardian's report on wrongdoing at The Wall Street Journal Europe, calling it "replete with... More
A Young Rupert Murdoch in Britain, Via the BBC Archives
Adam Curtis pulls fascinating archival footage that shows the tycoon on his way up
By Ryan Chittum Jul 7, 2011 at 05:49 PM
The BBC's Adam Curtis has a fascinating blog called The Medium and the Message where he digs into the network's... More
Accountability, News Corp. Style
Those with responsibility escape it
By Dean Starkman Jul 8, 2011 at 08:52 AM
Behold, editors and reporters at The Wall Street Journal, the Times of London, Fox News, and, for that matter, the... More
Also Exposed by The Guardian: Murdoch’s Grip on U.K.’s Elites
And it isn’t pretty
By Ryan Chittum Jul 7, 2011 at 03:57 PM
A lot of powerful people in the UK have suddenly found their spines in the last few days. That's perhaps... More
Another Guardian Scoop: Destruction of Evidence at News Corp.
By Ryan Chittum Jul 8, 2011 at 01:35 PM
One benefit of being nearly alone on a story for years: When everybody suddenly wakes up to it, you've still... More
Audit notes
Murdoch Mauled by MPs Edition
By Ryan Chittum May 2, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Rupert Murdoch wasn't the only "not fit" executive seared by the select committee's report on News Corporation scandals today. The... More
Audit Notes: News of the World’s thugs, Occupy impact, nonprofit news
Allegations that the paper’s gumshoes broke into houses looking for dirt
By Ryan Chittum Sep 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
What could go wrong when a Murdoch newspaper employs axe-murder suspects? A lot, as we've already seen, and it may... More
Audit Notes: Dark Ages, Mitt and Rupert, Chesapeake’s taxes
Stephen Moore on how “the greens” supposedly want to plunge America into darkness
By Ryan Chittum Jul 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Wall Street Journal editorial page's Stephen Moore uses the power outage in DC as a warning about what life... More
Audit Notes: Davies on Murdoch, Banks Eye the Poor for Fees, TARP ROI
By Ryan Chittum Apr 26, 2012 at 08:53 PM
Nick Davies writes in The Guardian that, after a second day of questioning under oath, "Rupert Murdoch is in trouble...... More
Audit Notes: Ex-Execs Flip, Rupert’s Management, Daily Show
By Ryan Chittum Jul 21, 2011 at 10:30 PM
The big Murdoch hacking scandal news today is that two former News of the World executives contradicted James Murdoch's... More
Audit Notes: Les Hinton, Translating Murdoch Jr., UK Tabloid Culture
By Ryan Chittum Jul 8, 2011 at 04:53 PM
The Guardian writes today that the "Phone hacking spotlight falls on former News International boss Les Hinton." As well it... More
Audit Notes: marginal taxes, a redesign for core readers, Murdoch
An NYT’s anecdote’s confusion goes uncorrected
By Ryan Chittum Nov 20, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times flubs some reporting on how investors and well off people are bracing for higher tax rates:... More
Audit Notes: More Murdoch, Hiltzik on the Social Security Trust Fund
By Ryan Chittum Mar 9, 2011 at 07:45 PM
A couple of weeks ago, Allan Sloan wrote about Rupert Murdoch is using $673 million of his shareholders' money to... More
Audit Notes: Murdoch and American Politicians, UAW, Labor’s Bulletin Board Win
By Ryan Chittum Aug 26, 2011 at 07:37 PM
Does Rupert Murdoch interfere with his news outlets? Does a bear, well, you know... The Los Angeles Times has an... More
Audit Notes: Murdoch Minister Edition
By Ryan Chittum Apr 24, 2012 at 08:03 PM
The Murdoch scandal heated (hotted?) up yet again today with James Murdoch's testimony to the Leveson Inquiry, and it now... More
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s Board, Hedge Funds Selling
By Ryan Chittum Aug 9, 2011 at 07:35 PM
How awful is News Corporation's corporate governance (among other things)? Bloomberg News on Viet Dinh, the guy who wrote the... 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.
