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LAT On Why Solyndra Dazzled the Private and Public Sectors
By Ryan Chittum Sep 26, 2011 at 06:23 PM
The Los Angeles Times has a really good look at the failure of Solyndra, the solar-power company that went bankrupt... More
The Seattle Times sinks a local polluter
Investigating the sketchy background of a capsized ship’s owner
By Ryan Chittum Jun 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Most business investigations focus on corporations and investors. And for good reason: They're the ones with the money and the... More
Adrift in a sea of (no) coverage
For two years, little in the news about battle over National Ocean Policy
By Curtis Brainard Jun 15, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Last October, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar called on the press to pay more attention to the Obama administration’s... More
CBS News hires M. Sanjayan
Lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy to cover science, environment
By Curtis Brainard Jun 1, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Network news got a little better this month. CBS News announced in early May that it had hired M. Sanjayan,... More
Climate roller coaster back on track
With Obama talking global warming, media see ups and downs
By Curtis Brainard Nov 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM
At his first post-election press conference on Wednesday, President Obama talked about his current position on climate change in greater... More
Critical Juncture for HuffPo Science
With new section, David Freeman has an opportunity to raise the bar
By Curtis Brainard Jan 13, 2012 at 12:00 PM
The Huffington Post’s announcement last week that it had launched a new section intended to be a “one-stop shop for... More
Environment coverage TBD
The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
By Curtis Brainard Jan 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
The New York Times’s decision is to dismantle its four-year-old environment “pod” has been called everything from “an unmitigated disaster”... More
How to improve environmental coverage?
Project sets broad goals, learns to adapt
By Curtis Brainard Jun 4, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Fixing the news is a tall order, or so the Project for Improved Environmental Coverage is learning. The effort launched... More
Jackpot lost
Is a $75K prize or better training more likely to improve environmental coverage?
By Curtis Brainard Oct 11, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The backers of one of journalism’s richest awards are bringing the prize to an end, betting that professional development, rather... More
No debate about environment
Hopes for questions about climate, public lands fall flat
By Curtis Brainard Oct 4, 2012 at 04:00 PM
The presidential candidates didn’t talk about the environment during their first debate on Wednesday. Nobody really expected them to; they... More
Obama and the environment
Media react to the election with speculation, some insights
By Curtis Brainard Nov 8, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Journalists didn’t leave energy and the environment out of post-election speculation about what President Obama’s second term might look like.... More
Reporting on Solyndra
Missing basic concepts about the government’s loan-guarantee program.
By Ryan Chittum Sep 16, 2011 at 03:24 PM
Much of the press coverage of the Solyndra bankruptcy has been poor on some basic concepts at the heart of... More
Rio+20 roundup
Coverage of the UN sustainable development summit revs up, or not
By Curtis Brainard Jun 18, 2012 at 05:45 PM
Big, international summits geared toward protecting the environment and promoting sustainability just don’t have the cachet that they used to.... More
Rio+20 side events become the main event
Does the summit deserve the scorn and indifference it has received from the media?
By James Fahn Jun 22, 2012 at 03:15 PM
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Tragedy and farce. Those are the two general impressions conveyed by much of the world’s... More
Salazar threatens to ‘punch out’ reporter
Interior Secretary angered by tough questions at Obama campaign event
By Curtis Brainard Nov 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar threatened to “punch out” a journalist for having the temerity to ask him questions... More
The western frontier
KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
By Curtis Brainard May 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM
American media may cluster in the east, but the west is still the land of pioneers, even in the domains... 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 completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
