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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Craig Gilbert takes an unusual approach to covering politics
By Brendan Nyhan Mar 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
One of the most encouraging trends in journalism over the past few years has been the tentative embrace of political... More
Hiking America’s food deserts
The Food Police (part 2): Tools for adding context to stories about the soda-ban battle, and other tales of nutrition
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Mar 22, 2013 at 02:57 PM
This is the second installment in an occasional series that will examine media coverage of public initiatives aimed at... More
A close watch on Scott Walker’s jobs pledge
For PolitiFact Wisconsin’s “Walk-o-meter,” the key innovation is sustained attention
By Anna Clark Mar 21, 2013 at 02:50 PM
DETROIT, MI -- When Scott Walker campaigned to become the governor of Wisconsin in 2010, there was one promise that... More
Medicare Uncovered: Smoke signals from Fox News Sunday
You might want to watch your wallet: Dems and the GOP hint they are close on cuts
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 21, 2013 at 11:09 AM
There was no mistaking the message that two members of the Senate sent forth Sunday morning. In an interview on... More
Greedy Geezers, redux
Trudy Lieberman on WBUR
By Mike Hoyt Mar 21, 2013 at 09:20 AM
Lately parts of the press have been helping spread the idea that the young and the old in America... More
Boehner’s overlooked acknowledgment
The Speaker—and Paul Ryan—say we don’t have an immediate debt crisis. Isn’t that news?
By David Cay Johnston Mar 20, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Over the past weekend, there was actually some news made on the Sunday morning talk shows for a change. Two... More
The GOP updates its media roadmap
In 2014 and 2016, changing strategies present new story lines
By Sasha Chavkin Mar 20, 2013 at 10:58 AM
On Monday, the Republican National Committee released a sweeping postmortem of the party's 2012 election losses and called for... More
Meet the people who know Texas politics
The newspaper columnists of the Lone Star state
By Richard Parker Mar 19, 2013 at 03:14 PM
AUSTIN, TX--When you think about newspaper columnists and the central role they've played in covering American politics, you wind up... More
Let’s get real about guns
Wanted: context and numbers. What would these reforms achieve?
By Walter Shapiro Mar 18, 2013 at 02:59 PM
In the three months since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, daily coverage of the gun issue has... More
Insult to injury: stolen wages, weak enforcement
A Laurel to In These Times for a solid expose
By Corey Hutchins Mar 18, 2013 at 11:16 AM
On the cover of this month's issue of In These Times, a progressive magazine based out of Chicago, is... More
A hat-tip to Investor’s Business Daily
A sharp blog post underscores the radical vision behind the Ryan budget
By David Cay Johnston Mar 15, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Yesterday, I praised The Washington Post's Wonkblog for its coverage of Rep. Paul Ryan's latest budget proposal. But revealing insights... More
Take this fiscal pop quiz
Test your knowledge about federal spending—and federal-spending myths
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
From Henry Aaron, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, comes a pop quiz that's fun to take and tests... More
The enduring myth of the Greedy Geezer
The press too easily accepts the young vs. old frame on the Social Security debate
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 14, 2013 at 03:32 PM
A meme that has been bubbling up in the media for months goes something like this: The elderly have... More
On Ryan budget plan, Wonkblog shines
WashPost’s crew stands above a generally middling performance by the press
By David Cay Johnston Mar 14, 2013 at 11:24 AM
On Tuesday, GOP Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, unveiled his umpteenth budget plan of the last... More
Special interests and Obama’s political advocacy group
Here are four ways lobbyists and corporations can still influence Organizing for Action
By Sasha Chavkin Mar 13, 2013 at 03:10 PM
Tonight, President Obama will address the "founders summit" of Organizing for Action, the political advocacy group created to promote his... 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.
