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Medicare: Where’s the evidence that vouchers save money?
The National Journal seeks some, and comes up empty
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Margot Sanger-Katz, a National Journal reporter who has been brave enough to question conventional wisdom surrounding health policy—she reported that... More
Audit Notes: Insider Trading on the Hill, Taibbi, Deficit vs. Jobs Coverage
By Ryan Chittum May 24, 2011 at 08:11 PM
Dan Froomkin of The Huffington Post reports on some very interesting research finding that the investment portfolios of members of... More
How a Defense Contract Is Won
NYT’s Boeing report left out the lobbying
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM
You're a giant aerospace company pursuing a defense contract potentially worth $100 billion: so, what's your lobbying budget for that?... More
Jim Tankersley joins The Washington Post
A good hire bolsters an already strong economic policy team
By Greg Marx Dec 7, 2012 at 04:44 PM
Obviously the big news about The Washington Post at the moment is that, after a protracted debate, the paper now... More
Laurels to Politico and National Journal
For exposing the shady side of the campaign-industrial complex
By Greg Marx Oct 18, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Back in April, an excellent column by Walter Shapiro here at CJR urged reporters on the money-in-politics beat to... More
Pawlenty’s Economic Fantasy
A mixed showing from the press as the GOP contender sets out his plan
By Greg Marx Jun 9, 2011 at 02:24 PM
In his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty has tried to cast himself as a... More
Sen. Manchin’s ‘no gun questions’ Q&A
A West Virginia paper lands a sit-down with its senator—with conditions
By Corey Hutchins Mar 5, 2013 at 06:50 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- On Sunday, The Journal in Martinsburg, WV, published a question-and-answer interview with Democratic US Sen. Joe Manchin,... More
Sims: White House Edition
By Joel Meares Mar 29, 2011 at 02:07 PM
The National Journal has news graphics lovers oooing and ahhing today with an impressive interactive map of the West Wing.... More
The third party fever dream
Why do some journalists keep predicting a major challenge to the two-party system?
By Brendan Nyhan Feb 15, 2013 at 03:30 PM
National Journal editorial director Ron Fournier is a respected journalist with years of distinguished service as an Associated Press correspondent... More
The third party fever dream, revisited
Five points for reporters to consider about third party prospects
By Brendan Nyhan Feb 19, 2013 at 12:30 PM
National Journal's Ron Fournier has posted a gracious reply to my CJR column challenging what I considered to be his... More
What We’re Learning About Hospitals, Part One
A laurel to National Journal
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 22, 2012 at 02:22 PM
Beware the Affordable Care Act! That was the message of a fine National Journal piece that thoroughly investigated the current... 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?
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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.
