The Audit
How to worry about a clicks-driven Times-Picayune
A departing reporter’s worst-case fears
By Sarah Carr Jul 20, 2012 at 06:50 AM
If clicks drove coverage at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans —a more realistic prospect than it’s ever been—what kind of... More
Audit Notes: Bloomberg on Libor, “can’t find workers” in the WSJ
At least 34 traders are under investigation in the widening scandal
By Ryan Chittum Jul 20, 2012 at 12:57 AM
Bloomberg names names in the Libor investigation, reporting that at least 34 traders from more than a dozen banks are... More
Audit Notes: Ignoring Libor, Barron’s, rich kids and TV news
ABC and NBC evening newscasts ignore the huge scandal in its first two weeks
By Ryan Chittum Jul 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Washington Post's Erik Wemple points to Media Matters research that shows ABC's and NBC's nightly newscasts completely ignored the... More
More on NPR and manufactured quotes
Why lobbyist-provided rent-a-quotes subvert the news
By Ryan Chittum Jul 18, 2012 at 04:38 PM
NPR Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos (who teaches here at Columbia) takes a look at the network's poor showing with manufacturing sources... More
Audit Notes: Too big to fail football, Guardian digital numbers, WaPo
Penn State and the ramifications of a possible NCAA death penalty
By Ryan Chittum Jul 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
It's not just the banks. Now elite college football programs are too big to fail, as well. Here's Bloomberg News... More
The WSJ Editorial Page and the Libor scandal
Blaming everybody but the bankers
By Ryan Chittum Jul 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM
When wrongdoing by Big Business is in the news, you can usually count on the WSJ editorial page to do... More
Audit Notes: Statute of limitations, whither The Daily, Romney’s taxes
The WSJ on how the clock may (or may not) be running out on the SEC
By Ryan Chittum Jul 17, 2012 at 01:55 AM
The Wall Street Journal is good to keep an eye on the statutes of limitation clocks that are running out... More
Audit Notes: JPMorgan’s Whale, rent-a-quotes, shark videos
By Ryan Chittum Jul 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM
This New York Times story on JPMorgan's regulators is not well edited, but it has some interesting reporting: At one... More
The Goldman Sachs of online retail
The FT with a good look at Amazon’s Marketplace platform
By Ryan Chittum Jul 13, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Financial Times is running a good series this week on Amazon, one of the country's most fascinating and frustrating... More
Audit Notes: Reuters on Chesapeake, Krugman on CNBC, Waldman on banks
The wire uncovers more emails showing potential collusion between competitors
By Ryan Chittum Jul 12, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Reuters continues its tremendous investigation into natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy and its CEO Aubrey McClendon. Brian Grow and Joshua... More
Audit Notes: The Fed and The Economist on Libor, Goldman and Louisville
By Ryan Chittum Jul 11, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Reuters's Carrick Mollenkamp, who broke the Libor scandal open in 2008 with Mark Whitehouse when they were at The Wall... More
Manufactured quotes
News organizations fail to disclose “regular Joe” businessmen’s lobbying ties
By Ryan Chittum Jul 10, 2012 at 06:06 PM
Two weeks ago The New York Times wheeled out that old chestnut of Great Recession-era economic reporting: Companies can't find... More
Audit Notes: Daily Planet holds up, record collapse, presidential fundraising
The Onion on the least believable part of Superman comics
By Ryan Chittum Jul 10, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This Onion article on the outdated Daily Planet is spot on: Frustrated fans of the Superman comic book said Monday... More
Audit Notes: NYT on JPM, The Guardian’s future, Big Lie of the crisis
Jamie Dimon’s bank pressured brokers to steer clients into its own funds
By Ryan Chittum Jul 7, 2012 at 12:44 AM
The New York Times reports that JPMorgan Chase pressured its brokers to steer its retail clients into its own investment... 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
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.
