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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
“Tweaking” Health Reform
Who pays the price for the changes?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 25, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Lost in MSM coverage of the president’s budget and hype over a government shutdown has been reportage about the various... 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
USA Today Touts the Government’s Good News on Medicare
But was it the full story?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 6, 2012 at 11:57 AM
A few days ago USA Today trumpeted some health policy news: enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans is up and premiums... More
A Laurel to The Record
For a disturbing tale of sickness and medical expense
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 31, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Lindy Washburn’s piece in the Bergen Record about medical debt and how it can cripple even those people with health... More
A Missing Health Policy Story
A “study says” piece gets short shrift
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 4, 2011 at 12:29 PM
The most underreported health story of this past week was, in my view, one that came out of the RAND... More
A New Entry in the Health Care Lexicon
Beware of “centralized medical planning”
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 29, 2011 at 04:23 PM
Lawrence Hunter, a contributor on Forbes.com, took on President Obama the other day, listing a number of White House initiatives... More
A Rate-Regulation Case Study in Pennsylvania
When insurance rates are news—and when they are not
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 21, 2011 at 04:26 PM
What’s so interesting about insurance rate regulation, and why is it worth reporting on? The topic has everything to do... More
A Shout Out to The Palm Beach Post
A rare glimpse into the ways of for-profit health care
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 20, 2011 at 02:32 PM
The Palm Beach Post deserves kudos for exposing how Florida governor Rick Scott conducted the business of his urgent care... More
A Shoutout to MarketWatch
For a report that examined the future of long-term care
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 17, 2011 at 01:23 PM
Last week, MarketWatch did the kind of report we have been urging the media to do on a subject they’d... More
AP Gives Half a Loaf on Long-Term Care
More reporting needed from the wire service
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 25, 2011 at 01:18 PM
When the CLASS Act, a part of the health reform law that would have begun to establish a national program... More
Best of 2010: Trudy Lieberman
Lieberman picks her top stories from 2010
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 31, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Social Security in the Heartland series: All year the media ignored how “fixes” to Social Security pushed by political elites... More
Birthday Coverage for the Affordable Care Act
The two faces of health reform
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 22, 2012 at 04:16 PM
The health reform law celebrates its two-year anniversary tomorrow. There are myriad ways to report on the Affordable Care Act... More
Chipping Away at Health Reform
Some not-so-great news for consumers
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 19, 2011 at 09:47 AM
The health reform law, aka the Affordable Care Act, took a hit last week. Many journos, though, were apparently snoozing.... More
Chipping Away at Health Reform, Part II
Ron Wyden’s lost program
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 20, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Throughout the health care debate, Oregon senator Ron Wyden worried whether Americans who will be required to buy health insurance... More
CJR Holds a Town Hall at NYU
Students know little about the health law
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 24, 2011 at 01:00 PM
It is birthday week for the Affordable Care Act, the official name of the health reform law passed a year... More
CJR’s Assignment Desk, Part I
Hospitals sell emergency room care
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 12, 2011 at 11:11 AM
This summer, Phil Galewitz of Kaiser Health News wrote an intriguing piece published in The Washington Post about hospitals that... More
Deep Health Care Problems under Rick Perry’s Watch
Deep in the heart of Texas
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 14, 2011 at 12:01 PM
With the media hyper-focused on Texas governor Rick Perry’s not-too-flattering comments about Social Security, health care in his state seems... More
Disaster in Japan
And thoughts on its national health system
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 15, 2011 at 02:56 PM
Images of the devastation in northeastern Japan reminded me of the time I rode the Shinkansen—the bullet train that raced... More
Don Berwick, Press Critic
Observations from Medicare’s former top guy
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 14, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Don Berwick, something of a folk hero to journos covering health care, had a heart-to-heart with the Association of Health... 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.
