Hannah Natanson’s Advice to Journalists A lecture to the Columbia Journalism School class of 2026. May 19, 2026 By Mike Laws
Marcus Brauchli’s impossible task November 15, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Post‘s ultimate problem is the business side, not the newsroom
Audit Notes: WaPo on the Bain thing, deadbeat Forbes, hamster wheel November 13, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Post‘s revealing slip-up on the definition of swift-boating
Learn about Marty Baron November 13, 2012 By Kira Goldenberg The incoming Washington Post editor visited Columbia’s j-school last year
Historic votes, hidden from live coverage November 12, 2012 By Jennifer Vanasco The four gay marriage votes in last week’s election were hard to follow in real-time
Audit Notes: Insert hospice joke here, Web pagination, too big to value October 3, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Washington Post diversifies its business into end-of-life care
The Post goes south on NAFTA September 17, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The paper ignores or glosses over Mexico trade’s effects on the US
WaPo dings the ‘give-it-away-free approach’ August 24, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A mess of a story on Facebook
UPDATED: Crime and punishment August 15, 2012 By Curtis Brainard As Zakaria stands trial, Lehrer gets an undeserved pardon
The Washington Post’s not-so-good earnings report August 3, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The paper puts a positive spin on another poor quarter
Audit Notes: Too big to fail football, Guardian digital numbers, WaPo July 18, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Penn State and the ramifications of a possible NCAA death penalty
Politico goes for ‘fair and balanced’ June 6, 2012 By Peter Sterne And it succeeds, in the Fox News sense
Responding to Shirky on the Washington Post June 1, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Transformation is required, and transformation takes investment
WaPo must transform to survive May 31, 2012 By Clay Shirky Clay Shirky disputes The Audit’s take on the Washington Post‘s financial future
The Washington Post Co.’s Self-Destructive Course May 11, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Dividends, share buybacks, and an anti-paywall stance help bleed the paper dry
