The Chained CPI in people terms April 24, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A laurel to The New York Times‘s Tara Siegel Bernard
The big three miss a tax story April 23, 2013 By David Cay Johnston The IRS is furloughing workers. For a lot of reasons, that’s news
Right fast in Raleigh April 23, 2013 By Corey Hutchins With an aggressive GOP agenda quickly reshaping North Carolina, the press must explain how it happened and what it could mean
The coming retirement-security crisis: let’s get real April 23, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A Laurel to Michael Lind for trying to start the conversation
Making ‘investigative a priority’ in south Florida April 22, 2013 By Adam Weinstein How the Sun Sentinel assembled a Pulitzer-worthy “I Team” in the middle of Hurricane Tribune
The Koch brothers’ media investment [UPDATED] April 22, 2013 By Sasha Chavkin They are maneuvering to buy the Tribune chain. A look at Watchdog.org gives some clues about what that might mean
In defense of scoops April 22, 2013 By Bill Grueskin Their reputation took a beating in Boston, but there are reasons to value the news scoop, and they go beyond ego and institutional pride
Fast and wrong beats slow and right April 22, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan The incentives for speed-induced misinformation in Boston bombings coverage
Keeping up with the bullet train April 18, 2013 By John Mecklin An immensely ambitious project requires hugely creative coverage. California had it, for a while. Time to try again?
STOCK fraud? April 17, 2013 By Sasha Chavkin Reporters miss a chance to expose Congress’s weak rationale for an ethics rule rollback
Q&A: Afi-Odelia Scruggs of PD Now What? April 17, 2013 By Anna Clark A former Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter on the “too big to ignore” paper and its place in the city
Becoming the Texas Tribune (UPDATED) April 15, 2013 By Richard Parker Evan Smith’s project isn’t exactly as envisioned, but it matters and it’s here to stay. Now, how good can it be?
In Florida, a joint bureau, a unique beat, and a sharp scoop April 12, 2013 By Adam Weinstein Partnership gives papers a chance to chase big stories–but can’t guarantee they’ll get read
Chained CPI: A broken link at NPR April 11, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman For a massive change to Social Security, ‘he-said/she-said’ reporting just doesn’t cut it
The return of the congressional junket April 10, 2013 By Sasha Chavkin MoJo’s Andy Kroll shares his strategies for following the money in a post-Abramoff world