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Populism
NYT, Jamie Dimon, and Too Big to Fail
By Ryan Chittum Dec 6, 2010 at 07:22 PM
Felix Salmon already dissected Roger Lowenstein's, as he called it, "credulous" New York Times Mag profile of press favorite Jamie... More
Audit Notes: Economic Policy Edition
By Ryan Chittum Oct 13, 2011 at 07:17 PM
Ezra Klein, in his long story (which you should read) on why and how Obama's economic policy failed (I should... More
Audit Notes: HBGary Federal, Jeff Sachs Goes Off, Gaming Google
By Ryan Chittum Feb 15, 2011 at 06:10 PM
ArsTechnica has a great ticktock on how the HBGary Federal scandal broke open, recounting how its CEO got into a... More
Audit Notes: Responsible Populism, Tom Frank on Elites, Shlaes and Inflation
By Ryan Chittum Mar 19, 2012 at 11:52 PM
Simon Johnson writes about what he calls "responsible populism," not populism as it is so often portrayed in the press... More
Audit Notes: Whither The Guardian, Blodget breathes fire, CNBC flop
The New Statesman profiles editor Alan Rusbridger
By Ryan Chittum Jun 8, 2012 at 01:52 AM
This long New Statesman profile of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, which also delves into the financial woes of his paper,... More
Populism and financial crises
A Columbia professor’s thesis on Canadian and American banking gets credulous WSJ treatment
By Ryan Chittum Apr 12, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Wall Street Journal credulously reports on a new paper by Columbia B-school professor Charles Calomiris on why we have... More
Populism on the Potomac
Is anyone in DC reporting for the people?
By The Editors Aug 9, 2011 at 02:38 PM
On Sunday, Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton presented a plan for the paper he's charged with watching. His stirring proposal?... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
