Over the past year, television news coverage of the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast has been uneven — and the numbers prove it.

Context is king in solid, well-reasoned reporting. Anything less fails to tell the whole story, and fails to provide a window on reality. Especially in Iraq.

Malcolm Gladwell’s current essay in the New Yorker is thought provoking, but in the end is little more than a new way to tell an old, and somewhat more complicated story.

What happens when a reporter, in the interest of writing a focused story, jettisons any attempt at putting data in context? The AP has the answer.

When it comes to war-gaming the price of oil, analysts and reporters rely on little more than educated guesses.

Having spent weeks in the wreckage of New Orleans last September, a photographer puts his work into perspective.

Blogospheric reactions to theNew York Times‘ news on Iraq and the Washington Post‘s K Street coverage.

Good news or bad news — which to report? Plus, why aren’t Iraqis more supportive of the occupation of their country?

The New Republic examines Katrina one year later, the New Yorker publishes Seymour Hersh’s latest, and the Believer highlights how one talented journalist practices her trade.

As reporting on the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary shows, coverage of Campaign 2006 is already falling prey to the pathologies that plagued the press during 2004.