The Second Opinion
An Obamacare scorecard: Part 2
The hits, misses, and mixed reviews
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 30, 2013 at 06:55 AM
Politico recently summed up the president's recent sales pitch for Obamacare this way: "Make the big sell by talking small."... More
An Obamacare scorecard
Part 1: What’s gone, what’s on hold, and what’s still in place
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 29, 2013 at 06:56 AM
For all that has been written, spoken, screamed, and whispered about the Affordable Care Act, there is still a... More
Cost Curve: How hospitals don’t help
Laurels to two reporters for digging into how some hospitals and doctor groups are raising the national healthcare bill
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 22, 2013 at 01:00 PM
Two reporters on the hospital beat deserve a Laurel for recent work--both for taking a hard look at how... More
Exchange Watch: Are New Yorkers getting a bargain?
The state announces a big win on health policy prices, but a closer look is in order
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 18, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Hallelujah! New York's insurance exchange--kept under wraps for months by the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo--has finally brought forth... More
Exchange Watch: No drama in Vermont’s insurance rates
The AP reported the Green Mountain State’s rate announcement, but not the broader story
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 16, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Last week, Vermont's Green Mountain Care Board, an independent body created by the legislature to approve benefit plans and rates... More
Flash: this new drug is not so new
Disappointing coverage of Brisdelle, the hot flash drug, misses a chance to expose one of Big Pharma’s oldest tricks
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Jul 12, 2013 at 11:00 AM
It seems we are going soft on Pharma these days, if coverage of the FDA marketing clearance of the drug... More
The Obamacare ad wars begin
An opening salvo from conservatives scores low on honesty, and some reporters have noticed
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 11, 2013 at 03:14 PM
Competition for the hearts and minds of the voters in 2014 has begun with a bang--the opening salvo in... More
Covering Obamacare: a bit of bad advice
Explaining how to get insurance? Yes, please. Enrolling people? Not your job
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 9, 2013 at 03:06 PM
Last week a story appeared on the website of the Association of Health Care Journalists that reported on a... More
Surprise? Employer mandate delayed
A laurel to Politico for strong coverage of the latest plot twist in the healthcare reform story
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 9, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Obama administration's just-before-July 4 surprise--postponing for a year the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate--generated a ton of news... More
Exchange Watch: Ohio insurance redux
A shout-out to The Plain Dealer
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 3, 2013 at 12:53 PM
A few weeks ago, I wrote that the Ohio press--as well as some writers for national outlets--had fallen for the... More
Obamacare’s Forgotten Faces
The Medicaid debacle and other tales
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 2, 2013 at 02:55 PM
To their credit, some members of the media have begun examining the plight of those who will still be... More
Open wide
Critics and boosters alike agree that the full implementation of Obamacare will be complicated and nerve-wracking for some people. Here’s how journalists can help.
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Much of healthcare journalism is about policy choices and the debates that shape them. The full implementation of Obamacare, however,... More
Journalists’ guide to clinical guidelines
Reporters may get more than they bargain for when they rely on clinical practice guidelines as sources
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Jun 25, 2013 at 02:50 PM
We may all be in trouble if, as he suggests in a recent New York Times op-ed, Dr. Jerry Avorn... More
Exchange Watch: What’s going on with New York?
So far, the public has gotten assurances about New York’s insurance exchange, but not much to chew on
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 24, 2013 at 02:50 PM
It's fair to say there has been coverage of the new health insurance shopping exchanges. From California and Oregon came... More
Medicare Uncovered: Cost cutting? We can’t have that!
Medical device makers flex their lobbying muscles
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 20, 2013 at 03:33 PM
A classic healthcare-lobbying story is in the making--a shootout between the government and the medical device industry over cost... 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”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
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.
