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L.A. Times Examines Trump’s Gold-Plated Corporate Welfare
By Ryan Chittum May 11, 2011 at 02:49 PM
How do you handle covering a candidacy that's primarily a publicity stunt by a crazed ego and presshound—one with approximately... More
WSJ’s Casino Piece: A Few Details Short of a Full Deck
By Felix Salmon Nov 17, 2010 at 04:07 PM
Alexandra Berzon has an enjoyable piece in today's WSJ about the Cosmpolitan, the new $4 billion casino, fully paid for... More
Hearst buckles under advertiser pressure
The Times Union caves after reader-response post dinged real estate agents
By Ryan Chittum Dec 19, 2012 at 03:00 PM
It's been a long time since we've seen anything as craven as the Albany Times-Union's capitulation to real estate agents... More
Highway to the danger zone
Following Sandy, HuffPo and NYT dig into the folly of coastal development
By Curtis Brainard Nov 20, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Hurricane Sandy renewed the media’s interest in the many foolish ways that we increase our vulnerability to extreme weather. There’s... More
Misleading Readers on Romney’s “$12 Million Teardown”
The value is almost all in the land
By Ryan Chittum Jan 12, 2012 at 02:43 PM
We've heard a lot about $12 million teardowns lately. Tiger Woods's ex-wife Elin Nordegren is tearing down her $12 million... More
Now It’s the NYT’s Turn to Take On Trump Inc.
By Ryan Chittum May 13, 2011 at 11:28 AM
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times took a good look at Donald Trump's business empire and how he built it... More
Stories I’d like to see
New election economy, voter fraud billboards, NY skyscrapers 2.0
By Steven Brill Oct 25, 2012 at 03:00 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
The housing market at an inflection point
The Journal explains why bidding wars are starting to bubble up again
By Ryan Chittum May 7, 2012 at 07:00 AM
After seven or so years of bearishness on housing, I decided a few weeks back that the market was probably... More
Too Big to Fail: New Jersey Mall Edition
Chris Christie can’t let Xanadu go under; $400 million in corporate welfare
By Ryan Chittum May 2, 2011 at 07:50 PM
What corporate interest won't Chris Christie subsidize with taxpayer dollars? The New Jersey governor, press favorite, and conservative hero is... 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?
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Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
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The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
