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The Second Opinion
Big Pharma’s army of messengers
A campaign to kill a drug discount
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 9, 2013 at 11:18 AM
As we report in a companion piece here on CJR.org--"Medicare uncovered: What's not on the table"--the president's budget proposal,... More
Brill’s big breakthrough
A Time manifesto on healthcare costs smashes fences that have constricted this conversation for far too long
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 5, 2013 at 02:58 PM
Steven Brill's taboo-busting X-ray of the US medical system, "Bitter Pill," has a chance to reframe the way we... More
Doctors and nurse practitioners: beyond the turf wars
Research shows nurse practitioners are as good as MDs at primary care, where there is a big shortage. But who knows about it?
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Apr 4, 2013 at 03:00 PM
A few days ago, I got an email asking me to sign a petition on the White House website, urging... More
Exchange Watch: growing pains in Connecticut
Is the state’s model insurance plan unaffordable?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 19, 2013 at 10:59 AM
On October 1, state health insurance exchanges throughout the country, called Health Insurance Marketplaces, will start enrolling people eligible... More
Exchange Watch: Navigating the insurance jungle
How to cover your local healthcare exchange: a primer
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 26, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Not surprisingly, the topic of the new Obamacare state insurance exchanges--called Health Insurance Marketplaces by the feds--came up at a... More
Greedy Geezers, redux
Trudy Lieberman on WBUR
By Mike Hoyt Mar 21, 2013 at 09:20 AM
Lately parts of the press have been helping spread the idea that the young and the old in America... More
Healthcare costs: A moment of clarity
Steve Brill stands his ground on ABC
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 27, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Bravo for Steve Brill! His appearance on ABC's This Week was a rare example of a guest on a... More
Here comes the National Nurse (maybe)
A new bill seeks to elevate nursing, which could lift healthcare. Reporters might take note
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Feb 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM
A few days ago, the unlikely congressional team of Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, and Peter King,... More
Hiking America’s food deserts
The Food Police (part 2): Tools for adding context to stories about the soda-ban battle, and other tales of nutrition
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Mar 22, 2013 at 02:57 PM
This is the second installment in an occasional series that will examine media coverage of public initiatives aimed at... More
Incredible shrinking insurance co-ops
Congress gives a gift to the insurance companies. Time for the press to take note
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 29, 2013 at 11:02 AM
When negotiators wrapped up their fiscal cliff negotiations, among the quiet casualties were insurance co-ops, which had been hailed... More
Medicare Uncovered: Figuring out the president’s plan
An Associated Press story offers more fog than sunshine
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 16, 2013 at 03:29 PM
You have to give the AP an A for effort, for at least trying to tell its huge audience... More
Medicare Uncovered: Smoke signals from Fox News Sunday
You might want to watch your wallet: Dems and the GOP hint they are close on cuts
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 21, 2013 at 11:09 AM
There was no mistaking the message that two members of the Senate sent forth Sunday morning. In an interview on... More
Medicare Uncovered: What the president said, and didn’t say
The search for hidden meanings in the reform rhetoric
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 14, 2013 at 10:59 AM
The president's State of the Union message may have sort of resolved the question: "Will he or won't he... More
Medicare Uncovered: What’s not on the table
Negotiating the price of drugs would save billions. Why don’t we talk about it?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM
The leaks from the White House and the circulation of pre-budget talking points on Friday made it clear that... More
Medicare Uncovered: What’s in a name?
The GOP puts some new lipstick on an old idea: vouchers
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 26, 2013 at 03:08 PM
National Journal's Margot Sanger-Katz picked up a juicy Washington tidbit worth passing on to healthcare reporters and interested readers.... More
Obamacare and the business angle: innovative coverage
A tip of the hat to Inc. and The New York Times
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Inc.'s Adam Bluestein and Julie Weed of The New York Times have come up with an interesting way of covering... More
On Plan B: a Dart for Dr. Manny
A physician toes the party line on emergency contraceptives, and science takes a hit
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Apr 11, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Leave it to Fox News Channel's Dr. Manny (Alvarez) to scare the audience away from open and honest discussion... More
Policing the food police (part 1):
the assault on salt
Covering government efforts to improve the nation’s eating habits is more complicated than it seems
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Feb 28, 2013 at 12:11 PM
This is the first installment in an occasional series that will examine media coverage of public initiatives aimed at ending... More
The Big Boys: An affordability puzzle
Healthcare Insurers push a one-sided meme, and the press runs with it
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 25, 2013 at 03:00 PM
During the long debate over health reform, one issue barely discussed was whether the Americans who would be required... More
The insanity of hospital pricing
The academics are wrong and the press is right: wildly varying healthcare billing is a very big deal
By Trudy Lieberman May 16, 2013 at 03:08 PM
Last week's release of the wildly varying prices that hospitals charge Medicare may no longer be news du jour, but... 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?
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
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.
