Author Archive
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Reports
Hiding the Real Africa
March 17, 2011 09:45 AMAnd now for some good news out of Africa. Poverty rates throughout the continent have been falling steadily and much faster than previously thought, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. The death rate of... Continue reading
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Feature
A Passion for Print
February 4, 2010 06:00 AMNot long ago, I was party to a minor squabble between two guards who work at the apartment complex where I live here in Nairobi. One of them had asked soon after I moved in two years ago whether... Continue reading
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Desks
The Audit Business
- Audit notes: Commercialization, GM and Facebook, Saverin’s taxes
- For TV, campaigns create big winners, (relative) losers Political ads may not be all “gravy” for local stations—but they’re still an awfully good deal
The Observatory Science
- Attachment parenting, detached debate Time’s titillating cover overshadows article’s substance
- The ice melt cometh But flawless coverage about happenings in Antarctica has been rare
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- Health costs: Is Mass. the only model? What about Vermont? (Not to mention Maryland)
- For TV, campaigns create big winners, (relative) losers Political ads may not be all “gravy” for local stations—but they’re still an awfully good deal
Behind the News The Media
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Mon 6:50 AM
- Seattle news site PubliCola is out of business
- Poynter chat: How to mine TV stations’ political files
- So you think you can dance?
- OffTheBus takes a ‘breather’
- 9 newsroom buyouts at the Hartford Courant (updated)
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Wed 2:13 PM
- Missouri Scout Subscription-based niche political news from a stockbroker turned political junkie
- Eye on Annapolis Unadorned, up-to-the-minute news for Maryland’s capital city
