The Second Opinion
Big Pharma’s army of messengers
A campaign to kill a drug discount
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 9, 2013 at 11:18 AM
As we report in a companion piece here on CJR.org--"Medicare uncovered: What's not on the table"--the president's budget proposal,... More
Medicare Uncovered: What’s not on the table
Negotiating the price of drugs would save billions. Why don’t we talk about it?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM
The leaks from the White House and the circulation of pre-budget talking points on Friday made it clear that fixes... More
Covering an Obamacare clawback: better late than never
The Associated Press discovers an overlooked story
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 5, 2013 at 11:00 AM
What Congress giveth, it can also taketh away. And there's no clearer example than a provision in the Affordable Care... More
Doctors and nurse practitioners: beyond the turf wars
Research shows nurse practitioners are as good as MDs at primary care, where there is a big shortage. But who knows about it?
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Apr 4, 2013 at 03:00 PM
A few days ago, I got an email asking me to sign a petition on the White House website, urging... More
The insurance industry wins a big one
Lobbying effort on Medicare Advantage, mostly uncovered in the press, pays off in DC
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 3, 2013 at 02:50 PM
The lead of Politico's story on the battle over Medicare Advantage cuts didn't pull any punches: "The insurance industry chalked... More
Obamacare and the business angle: innovative coverage
A tip of the hat to Inc. and The New York Times
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Inc.'s Adam Bluestein and Julie Weed of The New York Times have come up with an interesting way of covering... More
Medicare Uncovered: the insurers’ latest campaign
The press is AWOL on a PR and lobbying effort—and so is the context
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 29, 2013 at 03:05 PM
Last week Katharine Raley, who heads the Ventura, CA, office of the state's Health Insurance Advocacy and Counseling Program, got... More
The great hospital ratings derby—a second look
A laurel to Kaiser Health News
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 27, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Bravo for Jordan Rau, the author of a piece produced by Kaiser Health News, that at last untangles the... More
Exchange Watch: Navigating the insurance jungle
How to cover your local healthcare exchange: a primer
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 26, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Not surprisingly, the topic of the new Obamacare state insurance exchanges--called Health Insurance Marketplaces by the feds--came up at a... More
Hiking America’s food deserts
The Food Police (part 2): Tools for adding context to stories about the soda-ban battle, and other tales of nutrition
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Mar 22, 2013 at 02:57 PM
This is the second installment in an occasional series that will examine media coverage of public initiatives aimed at... More
Medicare Uncovered: Smoke signals from Fox News Sunday
You might want to watch your wallet: Dems and the GOP hint they are close on cuts
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 21, 2013 at 11:09 AM
There was no mistaking the message that two members of the Senate sent forth Sunday morning. In an interview on... More
Greedy Geezers, redux
Trudy Lieberman on WBUR
By Mike Hoyt Mar 21, 2013 at 09:20 AM
Lately parts of the press have been helping spread the idea that the young and the old in America... More
Exchange Watch: half a story in Connecticut
On insurance affordability, the Hartford Courant falls short
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 8, 2013 at 02:58 PM
This is the second in a series we're calling Exchange Watch, which will keep an eye on the rollout of... More
Progress with pertussis: Is it goodbye?
In the sequestration era, reporters need to stay on the whooping cough story
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Mar 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In a recent piece for msnbc.com, Geoffrey Cowley paints a dark picture of the impact sequestration cuts will have on... More
Brill’s big breakthrough
A Time manifesto on healthcare costs smashes fences that have constricted this conversation for far too long
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 5, 2013 at 02:58 PM
Steven Brill's taboo-busting X-ray of the US medical system, "Bitter Pill," has a chance to reframe the way we... 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.
