Friday, March 4th, 2022 Local needs and the local-news crisis This week, Steve Waldman, the cofounder and president of Report for America, published a two-part report for CJR about the local-news crisis. In it, Waldman considers the decline in newsroom newspaper staff against a few other data points—there are currently far fewer reporters per 100,000 people, and per $100 million in state and local government […] Lauren Harris
a Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 Why Ohio’s new ‘Sunshine Audits’ could be important Jonathan Peters, CJR
a Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 Why does US healthcare cost so much? A Texas reporter takes a close look Trudy Lieberman, CJR
a Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 Another 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winner left journalism for PR. Here’s why. Corey Hutchins, CJR
a Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 How a Pulitzer-winning series forced South Carolina to face its domestic violence problem Corey Hutchins, CJR
a Friday, April 17th, 2015 Florida railroad project opponents largely ignored by Miami Herald Susannah Nesmith, CJR
a Thursday, April 16th, 2015 How to bring clarity and urgency to Social Security reporting Trudy Lieberman, CJR
a Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 Capital New York is rebranded as Politico expands its reach David Uberti
a Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 Have a wacky opinion on the internet? In Texas, you could make the nightly news Corey Hutchins, CJR
a Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 Montana paper sued by city over open-records request wins in court—and gets its story Corey Hutchins, CJR
a Friday, April 10th, 2015 Why it’s tense between Tennessee lawmakers and statehouse press Corey Hutchins, CJR
a Thursday, April 9th, 2015 Why Larry Flynt’s latest court victory is good for the media Jonathan Peters, CJR
a Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 How local press could have influenced the religious freedom law Jackie Spinner, CJR
a Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 What reporters forgot to tell you about the ‘doc fix’ bill and changes to Medicare Trudy Lieberman, CJR
a Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 When a state senator compares police to terrorists, you expect local papers to have the first say Deron Lee, CJR