The Audit
The ‘downright dangerous’ Paul Krugman
CNBC’s Becky Quick thinks, wrongly, the economist is alone in debunking “fiscal crisis”
By Ryan Chittum Oct 30, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This summer, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went on CNBC to talk about his book and ended up getting... More
Send Candidates for The Best Business Writing 2013
Our 2nd annual compilation of business journalism’s best is closing soon; send us stuff
By Dean Starkman Oct 29, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Hi Internet, This spring, we launched with Columbia University Press the first of what we hope will be a long-running... More
Audit Notes: inequality denial, AIG’s CEO, private equity
WSJ op-ed pushes the false notion that the rich haven’t pulled away from everyone else
By Ryan Chittum Oct 29, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New Republic's Timothy Noah and The Atlantic's Matthew O'Brien demolish a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kevin "Dow 36,000"... More
The paywall prevents a deeper downturn at the NYT
Digital subs keep a weak earnings report from turning into a disastrous one
By Ryan Chittum Oct 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM
New York Times Company shares plummeted Thursday as ad revenues were worse than expected, pushing down profits from a year... More
Audit Notes: NYT scoop, Freddie’s anti-stimulus, Wired on making stuff
Riches for the family of a top Chinese official
By Ryan Chittum Oct 26, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times David Barboza gets a huge scoop on corruption in China, reporting that the family of the... More
Audit Notes: dethroning DeMarco, the cult of disruption, China trade
The FT reports Obama plans a big housing policy change if re-elected
By Ryan Chittum Oct 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Financial Times's Shahien Nasiripour reports that the Obama administration is quietly telling activists that it will replace Fannie Mae/Freddie... More
Did the financial blogosphere go away?
Whither the econobloggers
By Felix Salmon Oct 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Tadas Viskanta and Josh Brown ask today where all the finance bloggers went. Both of them reckon that there’s been... More
Newsweek and the (relative) health of print mags
Not all is dark for the industry
By Ryan Chittum Oct 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
News that Newsweek is exiting print was hardly surprising coming two years after the Washington Post Company unloaded it for... More
Audit Notes: What’s Social Security worth?, another CNBC ‘poll,’ Greg Smith
An excellent personal-finance story from the Journal
By Ryan Chittum Oct 23, 2012 at 06:50 AM
What would Social Security coverage look like if the press covered it more like personal finance reporters cover IRAs and... More
Audit Notes: advising Obama, the leverage incentive, Jack Welch
The NYT looks at the insider/outsider roles of Anita Dunn
By Ryan Chittum Oct 22, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times had an excellent story this weekend on Anita Dunn, the Obama adviser who's got one foot... More
A CEO’s high-flying standards
Bloomberg reports on Abercrombie & Fitch’s Michael Jeffries
By Ryan Chittum Oct 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
We've seen $87,000 rugs and $6,000 shower curtains. But this fascinating Bloomberg story on Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO Michael Jeffries... More
Are newspaper audiences really shrinking?
A dialogue with Alan Mutter
By Dean Starkman Oct 18, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Alan Mutter’s post the other day—"The incredible shrinking newspaper audience"—got me thinking: is the newspaper audience really shrinking? So... More
Tuesdays with Andrew
Changing up a Dealbook ritual
By Dean Starkman Oct 16, 2012 at 04:54 PM
An Andrew Ross Sorkin column is beginning to take on a ritualistic feel. Sorkin is The New York Times... More
Audit Notes: a missing foreclosure figure, Denton, Brookes
How many “boomerang” buyers are there again? Gawker’s secret sauce, etc
By Dean Starkman Oct 15, 2012 at 07:05 AM
This Wall Street Journal story says buyers who went through foreclosure are already back in the market, buying houses again.They’re... More
Audit Notes: Google antitrust, the NYT on entrenched elites
By Ryan Chittum Oct 15, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Reuters scoops that the Federal Trade Commission is leaning toward filing antitrust charges against Google for abusing its search monopoly... 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.
