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WaPo Pulls Up Short On Trade and Tariffs
By Ryan Chittum May 24, 2011 at 02:12 PM
The Washington Post looks at what happens when the U.S. actually fights low-priced Chinese imports with tariffs: The factories move... More
A Weak Case for the Middle Class Embracing Globalization
By Ryan Chittum Oct 7, 2011 at 02:47 PM
Reuters’s David Rohde writes about Bowling Green, Kentucky, and how it’s doing well by embracing globalization. But it’s a pretty... More
Ask Obama and Romney this: Where is Africa?
An enormous opportunity for the US could slip past
By Howard W. French Oct 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Audit Notes: China slows, Romney’s taxes, copyright
Inventories pile up, posing another threat to the global economy
By Ryan Chittum Aug 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times looks at a glut of goods clogging up Chinese warehouses—an ominous sign for the global economy:... More
Audit Notes: dethroning DeMarco, the cult of disruption, China trade
The FT reports Obama plans a big housing policy change if re-elected
By Ryan Chittum Oct 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Financial Times's Shahien Nasiripour reports that the Obama administration is quietly telling activists that it will replace Fannie Mae/Freddie... More
Audit Notes: Fed Transparency, Carp Invasion, Chinese Imports
By Ryan Chittum Feb 22, 2012 at 01:38 AM
The Wall Street Journal is good to bird-dog the Federal Reserve on transparency, and it gets results even before publishing... More
Audit Notes: Mortgage Servicers, Ghost Mall—China Style; The Joneses
By Ryan Chittum Jan 13, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Andy Kroll of Mother Jones takes a look (UPDATE: took a look, I should say. This story is from a... More
Audit Notes: NYT scoop, Freddie’s anti-stimulus, Wired on making stuff
Riches for the family of a top Chinese official
By Ryan Chittum Oct 26, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times David Barboza gets a huge scoop on corruption in China, reporting that the family of the... More
Audit Notes: The 14th Century, Gilded China, The Second Stimulus
By Ryan Chittum Sep 9, 2011 at 08:45 PM
Treasury bonds yields hit another low today, dropping to 1.917 percent for ten-year bonds. You might even say markets are... More
Audit Notes: TP Bubble, No More “Fat Cats,” Big Long Now
By Ryan Chittum Feb 16, 2012 at 12:52 AM
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at one growing American industry the Internet and the Chinese can't wipe out:... More
Beijing’s blinding pollution
The press should not ignore dirty air in other cities
By Shiwani Neupane Feb 22, 2013 at 02:30 PM
As resources become scarcer and cutbacks in foreign bureaus more common, international reporting is becoming geographically biased. This trend was... More
China hacks the press
While the FBI probed whether it gave some traders an early look at government data
By Ryan Chittum Feb 1, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Yesterday The New York Times ran this remarkable story about how Chinese hackers, presumably aligned with the military, hacked into... More
ChinaFile launches in February
A new online magazine seeks to give “texture” to China coverage
By Hazel Sheffield Jan 17, 2013 at 11:12 AM
A new online magazine focusing on China is launching on February 5. ChinaFile, currently available in beta, was founded by... More
Ezra Klein’s Flawed Assumptions on Trade With China
By Ryan Chittum Jan 25, 2011 at 07:11 PM
Ezra Klein accepts some unfortunate assumptions in his Washington Post column on trade yesterday morning. Let's start with this one:... More
Must-reads of the week
“One thing that really divides Norway is bark”
By The Editors Feb 22, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Must-reads of the week
“Time passes very slowly when you’re in a hippo’s mouth”
By The Editors May 17, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Pardon Me?
Hu’s admission lost in translation
By Joel Meares Jan 20, 2011 at 01:15 PM
Yesterday’s White House press conference with President Obama and Chinese president Hu Jintao was a somewhat stilted affair, mostly due... More
Pearlstein: On China Trade, an Eye for an Eye
By Ryan Chittum Jan 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Of all the commentary this week on China, none got to the heart of the problem anywhere near as well... More
Pogue Misses on Cheap Gadgets and Foreign Labor
The cost difference between China and the U.S. is less than he imagines
By Ryan Chittum Feb 10, 2012 at 04:16 PM
David Pogue of The New York Times looks at the "Dilemma of Cheap Electronics" raised by the paper's recent, outstanding... More
Q&A: Former NYT Shanghai Bureau Chief Howard French
On how the press covered Hu Jintao’s visit
By Joel Meares Jan 25, 2011 at 03:25 PM
Chinese President Hu Jintao’s four-day U.S. trip last week produced a number of takeaways: the two countries’ business communities will... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
