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regulation
“Frack”-tious Reactions
Skirmishes follow recent coverage of shale-gas drilling
By Curtis Brainard Mar 3, 2011 at 01:45 PM
The former head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is not happy with The New York Times’s Ian Urbina and... More
L.A. Times Quantifies the Dominance of the Finance Lobby
No “obtained” records here or even FOIAs; this info was in plain sight
By Ryan Chittum Nov 15, 2010 at 06:57 AM
The Los Angeles Times drops some good reporting this morning on regulation and the financial lobby, aggregating publicly available records... More
The Economist on the Libor scandal
What happened and why it matters
By Ryan Chittum Jul 6, 2012 at 02:08 PM
If you haven't paid much attention yet to the Libor scandal, this Economist piece will get you caught up quickly.... More
Wichita Eagle Eyes Regulatory Cracks Before a Failure
By Ryan Chittum Oct 5, 2011 at 05:47 PM
Here's a solid Wichita Eagle report that shows the holes in a regulatory system—ones that could have deadly consequences. What... More
Amazon Bolts Texas’s “Unfavorable Regulatory Environment”
But there’s more to the story than we get from the AP and The Dallas Morning News
By Ryan Chittum Feb 11, 2011 at 02:07 PM
The Associated Press reports that Amazon is closing its Texas warehouse due to—and this is a direct Amazon quote—the state's... More
An Excellent WSJ Piece on Federal Regulators’ Inaction
By Ryan Chittum Dec 21, 2010 at 10:52 AM
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent follow to its scoop yesterday that New York is planning to sue Ernst... More
Audit Notes: Goldman and Facebook, Chainsaws, Hudson on Tax History
By Ryan Chittum Jan 5, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Francine McKenna sums up the problem with Facebook's Goldman Sachs investment pretty succinctly over at Forbes: Facebook wants the public’s... More
Audit Notes: Jamie’s juice, a new Glass Steagall, U-T San Diego
ProPublica documents JPMorgan Chase’s extensive ties to a docile Senate Banking Committee
By Ryan Chittum Jun 13, 2012 at 07:57 PM
ProPublica has a sweet piece listing the connections between JPMorgan Chase and the Senate Banking Committee, which didn't exactly grill... More
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s hacking scandal, revolving door, Obama’s AMA
Two more arrests, including one for computer hacking
By Ryan Chittum Aug 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM
As Rupert Murdoch tells the world to go see Dinesh D'Souza's "scary" 2016 propaganda (read my 2010 takes on the... More
Audit Notes: Social Security and Ponzi, Regulation, Hamster Wheel
By Ryan Chittum Sep 8, 2011 at 08:58 PM
The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler has a nice rebuttal to Rick Perry's false claim in last night's Republican debate... More
Audit Notes: The Sovereign Risk Genie, Regulatory Complexity, Wal-Mart and Bank Fees
By Ryan Chittum Nov 11, 2011 at 07:22 PM
The Economist's Greg Ip says the European crisis, at its core, is not about Silvio Berlusconi or even Italian debt... More
Bloomberg Examines Louisiana’s Laissez-Faire Oil Regulators
Spills go unpenalized 99 percent of the time and the state’s fines are a joke
By Ryan Chittum Feb 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Bloomberg has an excellent investigation into Louisiana's oil regulators, finding that the state fines oil companies for oil spill less... More
Bloomberg Scrutinizes JPMorgan Chase
By Ryan Chittum Apr 13, 2012 at 06:58 PM
Bloomberg News has an important story today showing how press favorite Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase has ramped up risk in... More
Bloomberg’s Weil Exposes Another Accounting Regulator Coverup
By Ryan Chittum Jun 10, 2011 at 07:08 PM
Jonathan Weil has a tough Bloomberg View column about accounting regulators covering up wrongdoing by companies and their auditors. Back... More
Climate policy, act two
Reactions to Obama’s second inaugural overlook Skocpol report
By Curtis Brainard Jan 23, 2013 at 11:30 AM
It was great to see The New York Times give front-page treatment to the unexpected weight that President Obama put... More
Coming to Terms with the “Value” of Life
The rhetorical debate behind the NYT’s front-pager
By Curtis Brainard Feb 21, 2011 at 04:30 PM
Last week, my colleague Felix Salmon expressed his love for The New York Times’s front-page article on Thursday about federal... More
Fannie’s Regulator Isn’t Playing Obama Team Ball
Suing the banks rather than protecting them
By Ryan Chittum Sep 2, 2011 at 02:22 PM
The New York Times scoop that Fannie and Freddie's regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is suing the big banks... More
Goldman swings, misses, at NYT’s commodities exposé
Bank and newspaper, at odds again
By Dean Starkman Jul 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
I had a hunch that David Kocieniewski's piece on Goldman Sachs's metals maneuvers would stand up in the face of... More
Heavy On Problems, Light On Solutions: The FCC Report Has Landed
A quick look at the “disappointing” recommendations
By Joel Meares Jun 9, 2011 at 05:37 PM
In some three hundred and sixty odd pages, the FCC’s long-awaited Future of News “Information Needs of Communities” report... More
HuffPo Shows OCC Still Poster Child of Regulatory Capture
By Ryan Chittum Feb 25, 2011 at 02:30 PM
The Huffington Post's Shahien Nasiripour has some interesting reporting in a story on the Obama administration's move to settle the... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
