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A critical eye on the ‘skills gap’
The Free Press, Star Tribune, and USA Today ask questions
By Ryan Chittum Aug 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
There's no shortage of uncritical reporting on the notion that employers, and particularly manufacturers, can't find enough qualified workers even... 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: Singing on Libor, another bank scandal, Star Tribune
The NYT on how banks are turning each other in
By Ryan Chittum Aug 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times, in a good page-one story, reports that giant banks are selling each other out trying to... More
Is Tim Pawlenty For Real?
The StarTribune suggests maybe he isn’t
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 8, 2011 at 01:03 PM
The Minneapolis StarTribune’s piece on presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty is the kind of story voters can expect to see at... More
Newspaper Turnaround Stories
Give credit to the creditors and the courts before the CEOs
By Ryan Chittum Apr 18, 2011 at 04:24 PM
David Carr takes a look today at the fortunes of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, which have stopped plummeting at least... 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)
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”
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
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.



