United States Project
Medicare, Paul Ryan, and beyond: a primer
Here’s context to clarify the big entitlements debates
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 15, 2012 at 03:25 PM
Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential nominee elevates Medicare and Medicaid (along with Social... More
Don’t just look at the money—follow it!
Can Michigan media tell us why a bailout opponent is collecting big bucks from Wall Street?
By Anna Clark Aug 15, 2012 at 03:08 PM
MICHIGAN — One of the old standbys of political journalism—“follow the money”—sometimes gives way to something simpler: “look at the... More
A sharp Herald item on Ryan’s surprising Cuba record
Keyed to local community, paper digs up veep pick’s past opposition to embargo
By Brian E. Crowley Aug 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM
FLORIDA — Tucked somewhere into the recesses of the hidden place where only those with knowledge of the secret handshake... More
Assignment desk: The authoritative take
on Colorado’s controversial secretary of state
A closer look at Scott Gessler could bring readers past the voter-fraud boilerplate
By Mary Winter Aug 14, 2012 at 03:00 PM
COLORADO — The framing of a late July story from NBC News was striking: Scott Gessler, the no-name secretary of... More
Estimating crowds: size matters
Reporters wrestle with the numbers as Romney and Ryan draw larger audiences
By Andria Krewson Aug 14, 2012 at 11:11 AM
NORTH CAROLINA — The day after Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick, the two traveled here... More
The man who explains politics in—and to—PA
When reporters need “here’s-what-it-all-means” context, they call Terry Madonna
By Ken Knelly Aug 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM
PENNSYLVANIA — When it comes to understanding the foundations of Keystone State politics—and how citizens process rhetoric and choose candidates—one... More
Covering Paul Ryan’s big day in Virginia
The Times-Dispatch casts a wide net to deliver a strong package for its readers
By Tharon Giddens Aug 13, 2012 at 07:00 AM
VIRGINIA — You expect nuance and quantity from The Washington Post and The New York Times when it comes to... More
The best political listening tour
“Ordinary person” quotes in political stories can be banal. But when reporters invest the time, they can hear so much more
By Walter Shapiro Aug 10, 2012 at 03:00 PM
It is the paradox of political journalism: The most important aspect of a presidential campaign—how flesh-and-blood voters make up their... More
Defining ‘open and accessible’ in Charlotte
Why reporters should write about the obstacles to covering the Democratic convention
By Andria Krewson Aug 10, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In a special package looking ahead to the Democratic convention next month, Politico published an Aug. 2 opinion piece by... More
In Ohio, misleading messages about military voting
The state’s major papers challenge claims about the motives behind an Obama lawsuit
By T.C. Brown Aug 9, 2012 at 03:30 PM
OHIO — The heat of the rhetoric tossed around by the presidential campaigns here seems to be perfectly in tune... More
On Vegas reporters on Reid on Romney
How Reid’s evidence-free claims about Romney’s taxes were covered in the Senate Majority Leader’s home state
By Jay Jones Aug 8, 2012 at 03:00 PM
NEVADA — Last week, The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein and Ryan Grim reported that Harry Reid told them that a... More
Another factchecking fiasco
Journalistic failure in coverage of Harry Reid and his mysterious source
By Brendan Nyhan Aug 7, 2012 at 01:00 PM
A week ago, The Huffington Post's Sam Stein and Ryan Grim published an article repeating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's... More
For Obama in Ohio, a mix of substance and pageantry
In Akron, coverage leans too far toward softer stuff, but other outlets do better
By T.C. Brown Aug 3, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — These days there’s no danger of an Ohio news editor barking at a political reporter for hanging around... More
Why did Mitt Romney really go to Israel?
Despite what you read, it probably had little to do with wooing undecided Jewish voters
By Walter Shapiro Aug 3, 2012 at 11:03 AM
With Mitt Romney in Israel last weekend, it seemed like the irresistible sidebar. So news organizations like The Washington Post... More
The Gore-ing of Mitt Romney
Poisonous cycle of gotcha coverage and access restrictions recalls an earlier campaign
By Brendan Nyhan Aug 2, 2012 at 02:58 PM
The profane confrontation between one of Mitt Romney’s press aides and reporters at the end of the presumptive GOP nominee’s... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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