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The IRS budget and federal revenues:
Who will connect the dots?
The sequester strikes again
By David Cay Johnston May 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM
We've pointed out before that major news organizations are failing to connect the tax dots--between the sequester-caused cuts to the... More
Da Mayor, da columnist, da questions
Legendary political deal-maker Willie Brown writes a column in the San Francisco Chronicle, raising eyebrows higher than the Golden Gate Bridge
By John Mecklin May 7, 2013 at 03:00 PM
SANTA BARBARA, CA -- Former mayor, ex-state Assembly speaker, clothes horse, raconteur, and legendary political power-player Willie Brown has been... More
Busted bet: AP reveals sweepstakes industry’s cash-o-matic in North Carolina
Reporters discuss a series of scoops uncovering possible campaign-finance violations
By Corey Hutchins May 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- Last Wednesday, the newly-appointed State Board of Elections in North Carolina convened for the first time. Following... More
Planet 401(k): Tom Friedman’s bleak vision
Elites are debating the shape of our future. It’s time for some mainstream reporting to deepen the discussion
By Trudy Lieberman May 3, 2013 at 11:09 AM
It's pretty clear by now that elite media, in their news columns and opinion pages, have had a big hand... More
Will Wall Street’s cop go after dark money?
The campaign for the SEC to force disclosure of corporate political spending, explained.
By Sasha Chavkin May 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
During the 2012 elections--and ever since--coverage of campaign finance has focused heavily on the role of "dark money": the unlimited... More
Keeping it chronic
Local coverage explores ways to keep ‘super-users’ out of the hospital, driving costs down and outcomes up
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont May 2, 2013 at 03:10 PM
The emergency department (ED) is not only the most inappropriate and expensive place to deliver primary healthcare, it's a gateway... More
Untangling Obamacare: Rate shock!?
Understanding the direction of insurance premiums is not easy, let alone explaining it. But…
By Trudy Lieberman May 1, 2013 at 02:28 PM
Covering Obamacare poses big challenges for journalists, from piercing government spin and deciphering GOP rhetoric to unraveling and simplifying... More
Honey, I shrank the IRS
The administration wants more money for tax-law enforcement. Let’s ask why
By David Cay Johnston Apr 30, 2013 at 02:52 PM
Last week, we pointed to a piece of news that we have yet to read or hear from most... More
Covering ‘The American Presidency’
Fiction vs. reality in coverage of the White House
By Brendan Nyhan Apr 30, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In Hollywood and the accounts of many of the nation's leading journalists, events in Washington revolve around the president, who... More
Four Corners coverage: immigration reform
The Arizona Republic raises issues absent in most of this region’s reporting—but there are opportunities for everyone to do more
By Joel Campbell Apr 29, 2013 at 02:50 PM
PROVO, UT -- Journalists in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah have raised vital policy, political, and accountability issues as... More
A laurel to Zahira Torres and the El Paso Times
Dogged investigative work exposed a test-score scandal that harmed students
By Richard Parker Apr 26, 2013 at 11:52 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- In El Paso, the former school superintendent is now in prison, the Justice Department is investigating,... More
CPI staffs up to follow the money at the state level
New hires join center’s “Consider the Source” project
By Peter Sterne Apr 25, 2013 at 02:50 PM
In the wake of the Citizens United case and other court rulings, there's an unprecedented amount of money sloshing around... More
The Chained CPI in people terms
A laurel to The New York Times’s Tara Siegel Bernard
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 24, 2013 at 10:55 AM
At last comes a story in a major news outlet that explains in people terms what exactly the Chained... More
The big three miss a tax story
The IRS is furloughing workers. For a lot of reasons, that’s news
By David Cay Johnston Apr 23, 2013 at 02:51 PM
Okay, it was a big news week. There was the tragedy in Boston. In West, TX, too. And yes, there... More
Right fast in Raleigh
With an aggressive GOP agenda quickly reshaping North Carolina, the press must explain how it happened and what it could mean
By Corey Hutchins Apr 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM
COLUMBIA, SC ― Maybe you've seen some of the eye-catching headlines bouncing out of North Carolina's capitol over the last... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
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The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
