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This American Life

On the Media silent on NPR retraction

The show should address This American Life’s disavowal of its Mike Daisey story

I rarely miss an episode of NPR’s On the Media, which is essential listening for information on media trends and... More

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A database that brings radio to life

This American Life’s archive as an interactive map

Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More

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Disability, Social Security, and the missing context

As a trustees report comes out, a This American Life piece provides an unfortunate example of incomplete reporting

Today, the trustees of the Social Security system will issue their annual report card on the trust funds that... More

Ira Glass’s Casablanca Moment with Mike Daisey

A classy confession doesn’t negate the crime

Over the weekend, as just about anyone with electricity knows by now, the public radio program This American Life fell... More

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Journatic busted for using fake bylines

CEO Brian Timpone says “we made a mistake”

In May, CJR invited Brian Farnham, the founding editor of Patch, to write about a digital news service called Journatic,... More

The Facts of the Mike Daisey Matter

And why they matter

It’s been a tough winter for facts, and for those of us who wrangle them for a living. On Friday,... More

We’re the Uber of organ transplants

“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”

‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’

A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation

Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on

The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition

The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’

It’s a story that is evolving in real time

CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage

On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?

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