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FT: SEC Investigates a Magnetar Deal
By Ryan Chittum Jun 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM
The FT's Kara Scannell scoops that the SEC is investigating a Magnetar CDO deal, probing Merrill Lynch and its handpicked... More
Audit notes: Buffett on newspapers, Times-Picayune, SEC lets Lehman go
A vow to invest in newspapers and protect them from interference
By Ryan Chittum May 24, 2012 at 05:59 PM
This is the most hopeful thing I've read about the business of newspapers in a long, long time: I'll quote... More
Audit notes: Dollar dictator, the SEC’s small fry, Americans go Swiss
The Federal Reserve doesn’t answer solely to Ben Bernanke
By Ryan Chittum May 4, 2012 at 02:21 AM
The Atlantic's Matthew O'Brien, whom you should really be reading, raises an important point lost in all the discussion about... More
Audit Notes: Lehman, Off the Hook; Foreclosure Scandal; Bloomberg Snooze
By Ryan Chittum Jun 3, 2011 at 05:23 PM
Bloomberg News scoops that the fearsome SEC is going to let top executives from Lehman Brothers off the hook without... More
Audit Notes: Magnetar Misled, Anonymous But On the Record, WSJ Jet Probe
By Ryan Chittum Jun 23, 2011 at 07:49 PM
I wrote about JPMorgan's Magnetar settlement this morning, but it's important to note that it shows once and for all... More
Audit Notes: Statute of limitations, whither The Daily, Romney’s taxes
The WSJ on how the clock may (or may not) be running out on the SEC
By Ryan Chittum Jul 17, 2012 at 01:55 AM
The Wall Street Journal is good to keep an eye on the statutes of limitation clocks that are running out... More
Bank of America’s Merrill scandal reignites
The NYT reports former CEO Ken Lewis admits shareholders got bad information
By Ryan Chittum Jun 4, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The New York Times's Gretchen Morgenson has a big story today on how Bank of America fooled shareholders into approving... More
Fraud Without Fraudsters; Fraud Without “Fraud”
The SEC’s settlement with JPMorgan Chase on a Magnetar deal
By Ryan Chittum Jun 23, 2011 at 02:02 PM
How is it possible to file a civil fraud lawsuit against a bank without filing them against a banker? That's... More
Matt Taibbi vs. the SEC
Rolling Stone gets no credit from most of the press for a huge scoop
By Felix Salmon Aug 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Matt Taibbi’s 5,000-word exposé of the SEC’s document-shredding is a magnificent piece of journalism, and is the first and last... More
Outsourcing Investigations to the Suspects
The Washington Post looks at how the SEC lets companies probe themselves
By Ryan Chittum May 23, 2011 at 12:48 PM
If you're a watchdog/government regulator and you suspect a company of committing crimes, it's probably not the best idea to... More
ProPublica Has Questions for the SEC on Its Citi Settlement
By Ryan Chittum Oct 21, 2011 at 01:30 PM
I really like how ProPublica covers the SEC's $285 million settlement with Citigroup this week. The commission nicked Citi for... More
Reuters Brings a Deustche Derivatives Whistleblower to the Surface
By Ryan Chittum Jun 24, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Reuters's Matthew Goldstein has an eye-raising scoop today, reporting that Deutsche Bank fired a top credit default swaps trader in... More
SEC Scooplets From the WSJ
By Ryan Chittum Jun 17, 2011 at 12:28 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that the SEC is finally considering charging the credit raters—critical components of the... More
The Times gives the SEC’s Khuzami a parting kiss
The enforcement chief still gets the “new sheriff in town” treatment
By Ryan Chittum Jan 10, 2013 at 06:50 AM
It's at least easy to understand the logic, however icky, of the beat sweetener, that staple of news coverage that... More
The SEC’s Madoff Mess Gets Worse
The commission’s former top lawyer faces a possible criminal conflict of interest investigation
By Ryan Chittum Sep 20, 2011 at 07:33 PM
Louise Story and Gretchen Morgenson report that the SEC's inspector general is referring the David M. Becker case to the... 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)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
