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As the Revolving Door Turns
By Ryan Chittum Mar 15, 2011 at 02:44 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports today that the head of the Federal Housing Administration, David H. Stevens, will become CEO... More
Audit Notes: Lobbying Both Ways, SEC Scrutiny, Steve Jobs,
By Ryan Chittum Feb 24, 2012 at 12:23 PM
The banks have been carping about the complexity of the Volcker Rule, which aims to prevent them from making risky... More
Breakingviews Misses on the Fed’s Debit Card Rules
By Ryan Chittum Mar 14, 2011 at 07:20 PM
The banking lobby is pushing back bigtime against the Federal Reserve rules that would force it to stop gouging consumers... More
Homeless Shelters 4 AT&T-Verizon Duopoly
By Ryan Chittum Oct 17, 2011 at 03:17 PM
In June, Politico and the Washington Post ran stories showing how, in exchange for Ma Bell's cash, nonprofits like NAACP... More
How a Defense Contract Is Won
NYT’s Boeing report left out the lobbying
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM
You're a giant aerospace company pursuing a defense contract potentially worth $100 billion: so, what's your lobbying budget for that?... More
HuffPo’s Missing Gephardt Disclosure
By Joel Meares Jun 24, 2011 at 02:38 PM
Sebastian Jones, an editor at the liberal Washington Monthly, has shot a sharp dart at The Huffington Post for publishing... More
Stories I’d like to see
America’s lobbying abroad, and following a wonder drug’s money trail
By Steven Brill Feb 26, 2013 at 11:15 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Stories I’d like to see
Steve Cohen’s frustrated PR machine; unlikely lobbyists; and the $600 million train station
By Steven Brill Apr 2, 2013 at 11:45 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
The Chicago Tribune lights up the flame-retardant industry
An outstanding investigation show how chemical companies preserve a toxic cash cow
By Ryan Chittum May 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM
A tremendous Chicago Tribune investigation into flame-retardant chemical manufacturers shows how they push their poisons on an unsuspecting public despite... More
The Crystal Ball For Chris Dodd Revisited
A trip through the revolving door, but not to Wall Street
By Ryan Chittum Mar 3, 2011 at 06:56 PM
Newly retired Democratic Senator Chris Dodd has now announced what he'll be doing for a post-Senate career: lobbying for Hollywood.... More
The Unimportance Lobby (UPDATED)
The NYT shows Big Finance pushing to avoid a “systematically important” designation
By Ryan Chittum Jun 13, 2011 at 03:31 PM
The New York Times had a good look yesterday at how big financial companies are lobbying Washington to not be... More
VA background checks, WVA bar checks
A roundup of notable coverage on politics & policy from the southeast
By Corey Hutchins Feb 19, 2013 at 06:50 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- With the national gun control debate now focused on the proposed expansion of background checks to private... 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)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
