United States Project
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
The coming retirement-security crisis: let’s get real
A Laurel to Michael Lind for trying to start the conversation
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 23, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Bravo to Michael Lind, writing for Salon, for daring to challenge media conventional wisdom--that the country can no longer... More
Making ‘investigative a priority’ in south Florida
How the Sun Sentinel assembled a Pulitzer-worthy “I Team” in the middle of Hurricane Tribune
By Adam Weinstein Apr 22, 2013 at 03:15 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- "I've been here before," I told the assistant as she picked me up at the elevator... More
The Koch brothers’ media investment [UPDATED]
They are maneuvering to buy the Tribune chain. A look at Watchdog.org gives some clues about what that might mean
By Sasha Chavkin Apr 22, 2013 at 02:59 PM
On Sunday, a front-page story in The New York Times described the efforts of Charles and David Koch,... 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.
