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The Palm Beach Post exposes a hidden menace
Government cutbacks and the worst TB epidemic in 20 years
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 11, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Reporting on tuberculosis is not most reporters’ idea of a glamor assignment. It’s an ancient disease, drug companies aren’t keen... 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
EXTRA Unpacks the Media’s Medicare Coverage
Are journalists writing for doctors or for patients?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 17, 2012 at 04:09 PM
I don’t know Amy Poe, a writer and Medicare consumer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. But I like a piece... 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
Las Vegas Sun Shines Light on Nevada Health Care
Multimedia investigation of hospital injuries wins 2011 Goldsmith Prize
By Cristine Russell Mar 9, 2011 at 04:30 PM
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—“Where do you go for great health care in Las Vegas?” Answer: “The airport.” That local joke set Las... More
A ‘dark money’ push behind Obamacare?
Politico takes a close look at the backers of a new outreach effort
By Sasha Chavkin Feb 1, 2013 at 03:55 PM
This morning, Politico published a fascinating story about a new campaign to support implementation of the Affordable Care Act that... 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 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
Audit Notes: Sun-Times Daley Probe, CanadaCare Myths, Off the News
By Ryan Chittum Jun 7, 2011 at 12:41 AM
The Chicago Sun-Times has a dandy investigation today reporting that the son of former Mayor Richard Daley made skads of... More
Audit Notes: Financial Fraud and the Economy, TBTF Debts, Health Care
By Ryan Chittum Apr 21, 2011 at 12:03 AM
Mike Konczal has some good thoughts on the Levin-Coburn Report, financial fraud, and ProPublica's Pulitzer win for their Wall Street... More
Audit Notes: Rocket Internet, Gas Taxes, The Price of Health Care
By Ryan Chittum Mar 6, 2012 at 12:58 AM
Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a good story on a German company that makes its living ripping off American websites and taking... More
Audit Notes: WSJ and labor, Tumblr-speak, not the London whale
Getting it right on a nursing-home worker shortage
By Ryan Chittum Apr 15, 2013 at 08:30 AM
I got on the Journal last week for completely missing labor's point of view in a story on cranky McDonald's... More
Backsliding on the ‘death panels’ myth
The need for caution—and avoiding “he said,” “she said”—in reporting on IPAB
By Brendan Nyhan May 10, 2013 at 11:53 AM
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released a letter on Thursday stating that they would not... More
Bad Omens for Health Care
Mixed coverage of the latest premium hikes
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 3, 2011 at 12:38 PM
The big news in health care last week was, of course, that average annual premiums for family coverage through employers... More
Caveat emptor: You’re on your own with those vitamins
In absence of oversight, journalists should warn consumers of risks as well as benefits
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Feb 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
The popular health story of the past week, picked up from ABC News to Yahoo and across the gamut of... 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 Holds a Town Hall in Nebraska
Obama’s disconnect with the voters
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM
In a recent column for The Washington Post, Richard Cohen recounted how FDR cried when he learned that children living... More
Climbing the Medicaid mountain
The press is starting to master the policy angles. Now for the people
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 3, 2012 at 03:03 PM
The Affordable Care Act envisions a major expansion of health insurance in America, with some 30 million Americans gaining coverage.... More
Confused NYT Coverage of Obama Health Care Law’s Prospects
By Ryan Chittum Nov 15, 2011 at 04:59 PM
The New York Times can't make up its mind on what a Supreme Court ruling against Obama health care plan's... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
