The Audit
Audit Notes: The Big Lie of the crisis, Hubbard and Mozilo, institutions
The attempts to muddy the historical record continue
By Ryan Chittum Jan 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Jesse Eisinger has a good New York Times column skewering Edward Pinto, the American Enterprise Institute economist behind much of... More
Geithner gets his exit hagiography
Soft Washington Post and New York Times coverage of the departing Treasury secretary
By Ryan Chittum Jan 11, 2013 at 03:29 PM
Speaking of hagiography, the Washington Post's Neil Irwin gives Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner his own parting kiss. This line sums... More
Audit Notes: WSJ Libor scoop, Business Insider, reader revenue
Deutsche Bank made big money betting on the rigged rate
By Ryan Chittum Jan 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Wall Street Journal posts an interesting page-one report on Deutsche Bank and the big profits it made betting on... More
EXCLUSIVE: WSJ memo doubles down on scoops
An internal memo over the transom
By Dean Starkman Jan 10, 2013 at 07:20 PM
Fresh over the transom, a new memo from The Wall Street Journal’s hierarchy on the importance of scoops to reporters’... More
The Times gives the SEC’s Khuzami a parting kiss
The enforcement chief still gets the “new sheriff in town” treatment
By Ryan Chittum Jan 10, 2013 at 06:50 AM
It's at least easy to understand the logic, however icky, of the beat sweetener, that staple of news coverage that... More
Audit Notes: NYT on AIG, subsidizing fraud, free logic
Probably a bit hyped
By Ryan Chittum Jan 9, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times scoops that AIG, recipient of a $180 billion bailout from taxpayers, will meet today to hear... More
Murdoch’s straw snobs
The phony war on “elitist” journalism
By Dean Starkman Jan 8, 2013 at 07:03 AM
It’s often hard to tell when Rupert Murdoch’s biographer, Michael Wolff, is merely transmitting his subject’s views or whether... More
Audit Notes: Gore gorges, 60 Minutes in New Orleans, Wired
The former vice president twists arms and cashes in on Current TV
By Ryan Chittum Jan 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Read Brian Stelter's excellent coverage in The New York Times of Al Gore's role in building and selling Current TV:... More
A valuable walk through a 10-K
Partnoy and Eisinger keep it simple
By Dean Starkman Jan 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes, when faced with the unholy mess that is financial regulation, the best idea is to keep it simple,... More
Andrew Sullivan’s bold experiment
And how to think about it
By Dean Starkman Jan 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The great journalism paywall debate has picked up steam lately as more newspapers move away from the idea of giving... More
Best of 2012: Dean Starkman
The Audit chief’s best of the year
By Dean Starkman Dec 31, 2012 at 01:17 PM
A Narrowed Gaze — How the business press forgot the rest of us. What McClure Said: “The Story is the... More
Best of 2012: Ryan Chittum
The Audit’s deputy editor picks his favorite posts of the year
By Ryan Chittum Dec 28, 2012 at 05:33 PM
The Washington Post Co.’s Self-Destructive Course — Dividends, share buybacks, and an anti-paywall stance help bleed the paper dry. CNBC:... More
Must-reads of 2012: business
By Ryan Chittum Dec 26, 2012 at 06:50 AM
As 2012 draws to a close, CJR writers brainstormed the year's best reads in their beats. Vast Mexico Bribery Case... More
The Louisiana newspaper war
The Advocate picks up 23,500 readers in less than three months in New Orleans
By Ryan Chittum Dec 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Baton Rouge Advocate is making a run at a weakened Times-Picayune in New Orleans. The paper, which started a... More
The real problem with that Dealbook conference
In a reputational transaction between Wall Street and a newspaper, guess who wins?
By Dean Starkman Dec 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM
The discussion around the corporate star-studded Dealbook conference last week was good, but I don’t think it got to... 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.
