Michigan’s ‘free-market’ media machine July 16, 2013 By Anna Clark The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a major player in state media. What to make of it?
Beyond San Onofre’s closure July 15, 2013 By John Mecklin The LA Times and U-T San Diego thoroughly covered the local nuclear power plant’s closing, but the wider energy story is still waiting to be told
Back to the basics on immigration July 12, 2013 By Richard Parker With reform push stalled, it’s time to focus on fundamentals–and explore how the issue looks from across the border
What the Koch brothers’ spending tells us July 8, 2013 By Sasha Chavkin The Investigative Reporting Workshop’s in-depth report, "The Koch Club," underscores a shift in political giving
Fifty worst charities: a reporters’ resource July 3, 2013 By Susannah Nesmith A Laurel to the Tampa Bay Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting for a report that other journalists can put to work
Assignment Desk: Four stories on the Western energy beat July 3, 2013 By Joel Campbell What’s the future of coal? What about water? And is that really a united front?
Last week Texas, this week North Carolina? July 3, 2013 By Corey Hutchins When NC GOP legislators quietly added abortion restrictions to a bill banning Sharia Law, Raleigh’s WRAL was (and is) on it
A cure for second-term doldrums? July 2, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan TNR’s Obama "recovery guide" is a break from the media tedium
How Wisconsin’s watchdogs kept their home July 1, 2013 By Anna Clark Investigative newsroom drew on a network of allies in successful bid for governor’s veto
The Post and Courier, in transition June 28, 2013 By Corey Hutchins Charleston’s paper is getting a makeover. Will State House coverage be central to its future?
In Texas, a filibuster for the digital age June 27, 2013 By Richard Parker Twitter. Videostreams. Liveblogs. And a group effort to figure out what the heck happened amid the #StandWithWendy chaos
How Postville changed Iowa’s reporters June 27, 2013 By Deron Lee As reform debate unfolds, Hawkeye State journalists have taken the initiative–and kept immigrants’ stories front and center
WSJ minimizes the latest IRS news June 26, 2013 By David Cay Johnston A solid reporter’s story gives curiously short shrift to fresh facts. Meanwhile, what was the IG directed to find?
Boom‘s time? June 26, 2013 By John Mecklin The promising nonprofit quarterly, Boom: A Journal of California, aims to bridge academia and journalism, reach beyond California–and stay afloat.
Sequester update: contractors’ edition June 25, 2013 By David Cay Johnston Government contracting is under-reported terrain–and story-rich, for reporters who know where to look
