The Audit
WaPo on High-Cost Banking
By Dean Starkman Oct 13, 2009 at 10:03 AM
The Post,which has done good work previously on the high cost of poverty, weighs in with a look at efforts... More
Hackers From Minsk
By Dean Starkman Oct 13, 2009 at 09:15 AM
Wired takes an interesting look at computer security breaches at Wal-Mart from a few years ago. It's a good probe,... More
WSJ Looks at More Crawley Things in the Market
By Dean Starkman Oct 13, 2009 at 08:20 AM
At a time of great suspicion of all things Wall Street, stories start to emerge of sneaky tricks that insiders... More
Monday Links: Reuters Investigates, Debt Iceberg, USAT
By Ryan Chittum Oct 12, 2009 at 05:58 PM
Chris Roush reports that Reuters is hiring some investigative reporters, a welcome development in a time of reduced journalistic ambitions.... More
WaPo: Why BofA Lags on Mortgage Redos
By Ryan Chittum Oct 12, 2009 at 04:42 PM
The Washington Post asks why Bank of America is so far behind everyone else on its mortgage-modification program. It's only... More
Times Discovers S&L-asaurus Working For Citi
By Dean Starkman Oct 12, 2009 at 03:32 PM
I don't want to let the day pass without a nod to a bit of accountability reporting by Gretchen Morgenson... More
Maremont and the Journal Hammer Option Schemes
By Ryan Chittum Oct 12, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Anytime The Wall Street Journal's news pages can make the editorial side spit up their eggs benedict, well, that has... More
WSJ Misses the Mark on Consumer Credit
By Dean Starkman Oct 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM
It's hard to understand how a major financial news outlet, at this late hour, can discuss the "democratization" of consumer... More
WSJ and Reuters on High-Frequency Trading
By Ryan Chittum Oct 12, 2009 at 06:30 AM
The press continues to try to shine a light on high-frequency trading. This morning, The Wall Street Journal reports on... More
SunHerald’s Lee, Times-Pic’s Mowbray: Still on it
By Dean Starkman Oct 9, 2009 at 04:50 PM
One of the true pleasures of reporting on the insurance industry's response, or non-response, to Hurricane Katrina was meeting, and... More
Seriously Smart Column by the NYT’s Norris
By Dean Starkman Oct 9, 2009 at 02:00 PM
I can't let the day pass without a nod to Floyd Norris's very thoughtful column on the unintended—make that, intended,... More
Shaky Writing Hurts Good Bloomberg D.C. Reporting
By Dean Starkman Oct 9, 2009 at 10:32 AM
The headline on this Bloomberg story says Derivatives Lobby Links With New Democrats to Blunt Obama Plan. That's true as... More
Bloomberg Good on Stock Research
By Ryan Chittum Oct 9, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Bloomberg has a solid look this morning at stock-research and the conflicts that still pervade the Wall Street research business... More
Thursday Links: Landlord Ben, Geithner, Elizabeth Warren
By Ryan Chittum Oct 8, 2009 at 06:44 PM
Matthew Goldstein of Reuters looks at the thicket the Federal Reserve finds itself in because of its assumption of all... More
WSJ on De-Leveraging and the Economy
By Ryan Chittum Oct 8, 2009 at 04:31 PM
The Journal on page one today says we're experiencing a "Drought of Credit." I'm not sure it shows that, but... 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”
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Questions and exercises for journalism students.
