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Internal Revenue Service
Honey, I shrank the IRS
The administration wants more money for tax-law enforcement. Let’s ask why
By David Cay Johnston Apr 30, 2013 at 02:52 PM
Last week, we pointed to a piece of news that we have yet to read or hear from most... More
Nonprofit News and the Tax Man
The IRS questions whether journalism startups qualify for tax-exempt status
By Ryan Chittum Nov 17, 2011 at 02:28 PM
The future of nonprofit news organizations has hit an unexpected roadblock in the agency that determines their tax-exempt status: The... More
The other IRS scandal
Required context for a controversy
By David Cay Johnston May 15, 2013 at 06:52 AM
The burgeoning "scandal" over how the IRS chose for review 75 applicants for tax-exempt status puts on full display an... More
The big three miss a tax story
The IRS is furloughing workers. For a lot of reasons, that’s news
By David Cay Johnston Apr 23, 2013 at 02:51 PM
Okay, it was a big news week. There was the tragedy in Boston. In West, TX, too. And yes, there... More
The IRS budget and federal revenues:
Who will connect the dots?
The sequester strikes again
By David Cay Johnston May 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM
We've pointed out before that major news organizations are failing to connect the tax dots--between the sequester-caused cuts to the... More
The other IRS target: the press
The nonprofit news experience undermines the Tea Party targeting outrage
By Ryan Chittum May 16, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Conservatives are howling about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups applying for nonprofit tax exemptions. Well, welcome to our world.... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.




