United States Project
Smart, straightforward sequester stories
A HuffPost survey and a close Wonkblog look at cancer treatment stand out
By David Cay Johnston Apr 5, 2013 at 05:09 PM
Covering the effect of the across-the-board federal spending cuts does not have to be expensive, and it does not have... 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
Plain Dealer announces reduced print delivery, creation of new digital company
No layoffs—yet—at Advance’s paper in Cleveland
By Anna Clark Apr 4, 2013 at 01:11 PM
DETROIT, MI -- Ever since owner Advance Publications notified staff at the Cleveland Plain Dealer of looming layoffs late last... More
Expand Ohio’s Medicaid expansion story
Keep people at the fore, but dig into the private insurance angle
By Anna Clark Apr 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM
DETROIT, MI -- While reporters across the country are tackling the Medicaid expansion story as the Affordable Care Act takes... 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
Cruelest month for sequester-related cuts?
Layoffs and furloughs are going into effect—coverage needs to keep up
By David Cay Johnston Apr 1, 2013 at 03:20 PM
April Fool's Day is an important date for reporting on the meat ax cuts to federal spending resulting from the... 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
A good AP follow-up on North Carolina’s ‘sweepstakes’ story
In the face of crackdowns, an industry with deep pockets refuses to go away
By Greg Marx Mar 29, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his post yesterday about what North Carolina reporters can learn from their South Carolina colleagues about covering the video... More
Tar Heel reporters can look south for lessons on ‘sweepstakes’ story
Says The State’s Cindi Ross Scoppe: “We fell into the trap of I already said that.”
By Corey Hutchins Mar 28, 2013 at 03:15 PM
COLUMBIA, SC -- North Carolina's Republican governor, Pat McCrory, this week found himself giving back campaign contributions tied to so-called... More
Flooding the apathy zone
The Los Angeles Times sends a team of reporters and a star columnist to battle civic disengagement, with impressive results—even if turnout was only 16 percent
By John Mecklin Mar 27, 2013 at 03:00 PM
SANTA BARBARA, CA -- Let's get an understatement out of the way: Your average citizen of Los Angeles is not... 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
The trouble with Torrington
A small-town paper calls out minors who bully a rape victim online. Is that fair game?
By Mariah Blake Mar 25, 2013 at 03:15 PM
In some ways, the Torrington, CT case that ricocheted through the press last week looks a lot like the ugly... 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)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
