Transparency

This News Story Is Brought to You By…

Shouldn’t TV news outlets be clearer about offering pay-for-play?

By Steven Waldman   Dec 29, 2011 at 08:10 PM

One of the most disturbing trends in local TV news is the persistence of “pay for play”—when local TV newscasts... More

Cracking the Case

Why is it so difficult to cover investigations of environmental crimes?

By Curtis Brainard   Oct 28, 2011 at 02:00 PM

The federal civil and criminal investigations of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continue to be a... More

An Empty Seat

Government fails to show for science news, transparency event

By Curtis Brainard   Oct 12, 2011 at 04:30 PM

Federal officials invited to participate in a public forum at the National Press Club last week about a lack transparency... More

CJR Event: Science News and Government Transparency

Access denied

By Curtis Brainard   Oct 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Has the Obama administration lived up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible to the public? An... More

Nigeria’s New FOIA

Reporters enjoy new freedoms in a long-repressive society

By Elliot Ross   Sep 23, 2011 at 10:24 AM

Journalism in Nigeria has never been easy work, and the new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which finally became law... More

Risen’s gripping affidavit

By Clint Hendler   Jun 22, 2011 at 03:31 PM

Yesterday James Risen, one of The New York Times’s top national security reporters, filed an affidavit in a federal district... More

The Flack Who Shared Too Much

When can a news organization expect silence?

By Clint Hendler   Mar 2, 2011 at 07:30 AM

All it was missing was the siren. Late Monday night, Politico broke the news that a congressman’s spokesman may have... More

Did Assange Play Lawyer?

WikiLeaks insider suggests a legal adviser never existed

By Clint Hendler   Feb 9, 2011 at 03:35 PM

A recently published book excerpt suggests that “Jay Lim,” an occasional WikiLeaks spokesperson often identified as its legal advisor, was... More

Strange Eruptions from the WikiLeaks Saga

Bill Keller offers new details on e-mail hacking

By Clint Hendler   Feb 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Last night, The Columbia School of Journalism played host to Bill Keller and Alan Rusbridger, the top editors at The... More

Shielding Reality

By Clint Hendler   Jan 17, 2011 at 01:18 PM

Take the time on this holiday to read SF Weekly’s fascinating and troubling look from last week at Bait Car,... More

Best of 2010: Clint Hendler

Hendler picks his top stories from 2010

By Clint Hendler   Dec 31, 2010 at 11:39 AM

No Handouts: The administration has denied independent photographers access to historic White House events that could easily be made public,... More

The Muzzling of the FDA

How government press officers stole our freedom

By Jim Dickinson   Dec 6, 2010 at 03:50 PM

It is 1978. I have just been refused admission to a Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association section meeting that is to... More

Dealing with the Times

Governor’s aides parry with their inquisitors

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2010 at 10:41 AM

While the hundreds of e-mails show the governor’s press staffers fencing with reporters from many major news organizations, no set... More

The Times asked if Paterson was caught in “compromising positions”

E-mails reveal early question about women who were “not his wife”

By Clint Hendler   Dec 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM

On January 24, 2010, Danny Hakim, a New York Times reporter who was in frequent contact with Governor David Paterson’s... More