McClatchy’s Post-Layoff Future “AI is clearly part of the plan moving forward,” Ariane Lange, an investigative reporter at the Sacramento Bee, said. “It’s been part of the plan for quite some time.” September 17, 2026 By Riddhi Setty
Striking Out August 11, 2026 By Riddhi Setty The founders of the Pittsburgh Progress want to inject their community-centric publication with a spirit of labor solidarity.
White Plight May 11, 2026 By Jem Bartholomew and Riddhi Setty The Trump administration is helping a white, male editor sue the New York Times for discrimination.
Audit Notes: Business Insider’s junkets, NYT’s union dig, naive AP April 1, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Henry Blodget’s site lets sources pay for business reporters’ overseas trips
Audit Notes: A fallen journo does retail, local gone wrong, Abelson March 13, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Former Politico reporter on falling down the ladder
Three stories, three tacks on a Walmart’s employee food drive November 20, 2013 By Ryan Chittum How the Plain Dealer, Business Insider, and Fox News told the news
Audit Notes: Fast Food welfare, finance in the doctor’s office, sharing economy October 18, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Taxpayers subsidize McDonald’s & Co. with $7 billion a year
Audit Notes: Ginger Baker, $15 minimum wage, fisking Niall October 14, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The Cream legend just can’t stomach insipid questions from the press
The minimum wage and the Danish Big Mac September 5, 2013 By Ryan Chittum In Denmark, higher wages mean higher prices but they’re still worth it
Daily Beast doubles down on Big Mac minimum wage nonsense August 16, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Extrapolations collide with hard numbers
John Stossel’s poor logic on minimum wages and jobs July 30, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Fox host fails to explain away Australia’s high wages and low unemployment
A McDonald’s own-goal on wages July 16, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Accidentally exposing the fallacy of its own personal-finance advice to workers
Fortune‘s Nina Easton plumps for Walmart in DC July 12, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Retail employment is a zero-sum game
ProPublica probes the temp agencies July 2, 2013 By Ryan Chittum A lopsided power equation encourages abuses
