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Medicare: Where’s the evidence that vouchers save money?
The National Journal seeks some, and comes up empty
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Margot Sanger-Katz, a National Journal reporter who has been brave enough to question conventional wisdom surrounding health policy—she reported that... More
New York Has Clarity on the Ryan Budget
By Joel Meares Apr 7, 2011 at 10:27 AM
A quick thank you to Dan Amira of New York magazine’s Daily Intel blog, who has published just the... More
The Wall Street Journal lets Paul Ryan go all but unchecked
Misleading claims get ignored or given he said-she said treatment
By Ryan Chittum Aug 31, 2012 at 11:07 AM
The Wall Street Journal's coverage of Paul Ryan's speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday, which was packed with one... More
A Beat Memo on Medicare
Is the Ryan plan really so novel?
By Trudy Lieberman May 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Perhaps no other health issue is as important to so many Americans now and in the future as Medicare. In... More
A laurel to Jackie Calmes of The New York Times
She begins to X-ray the Romney/Ryan Medicare plan
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 24, 2012 at 04:04 PM
This week’s laurel goes to Jackie Calmes of The New York Times for reporting the increasing skepticism in health... More
A Second Look at NY-26
New polls suggest a role for Medicare, but reasons for caution remain
By Greg Marx May 23, 2011 at 03:02 PM
A week ago, I called for more restraint in press coverage of tomorrow’s special election in NY-26, which the press... More
An election post-mortem on Medicare coverage
Coverage? Yes. Guidance? Not so much
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 15, 2012 at 01:12 PM
In mid-August, when Paul Ryan burst on the scene with his voucher scheme for Medicare, the 47-year old program suddenly... More
Audit Notes: Bill Black on CNBC, LAT eyes Ryan’s budget, robosigning
The ex-regulator might as well have been beamed in by the Curiosity rover
By Ryan Chittum Aug 16, 2012 at 02:44 AM
Bill Black goes on CNBC and shreds Maria Bartiromo and Bethany McLean on whether Goldman Sachs (and others) could and... More
Audit Notes: CEO Porn; Ryan Avent on Paul Ryan; Sbarro, Cooked
By Ryan Chittum May 5, 2011 at 09:08 PM
Gary Weiss says the tarnishing of Warren Buffett is a useful moment for the press to stand back and quit... More
Audit Notes: Cookbooks and News, Too Big to Fail, Paul Ryan
By Ryan Chittum Mar 30, 2012 at 12:21 AM
Ken Doctor has a good post for Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab on why news organizations need to be ramping up... More
Audit Notes: Fake or real Jeff Jarvis?, Wolf on Ryan, robots and labor
Replacing copyright with something called “creditright”
By Ryan Chittum Aug 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This may seem like a Fake Jeff Jarvis post, but it's real-life Jeff Jarvis: Creators don’t need protection from copying.... More
Audit Notes: Hollywood Rolls, Ryan’s Loopholes, Regulation and Racing
By Ryan Chittum Mar 27, 2012 at 01:40 AM
Looking at this Wall Street Journal graphic, you'd think Hollywood has been on some kind of epic roll the last... More
Audit Notes: Paul Ryan’s Very Serious Budget, The London Whale
By Ryan Chittum Apr 6, 2012 at 06:14 PM
Paul Krugman hammers colleague David Brooks today, writing about unnamed commentators "pretending to be moderates or at any rate only... More
Audit Notes: Romney’s Ryan taxes, FDR or Ayn Rand, Morton Mintz
The Atlantic on what would be Mitt’s “Path to Prosperity”
By Ryan Chittum Aug 14, 2012 at 01:56 AM
The Atlantic's Matthew O'Brien has the best snap financial analysis of Mitt Romney's pick of Paul Ryan as a running... More
Challenging Newt’s Medicare Walkback
Choice is the least of Medicare’s problems
By Trudy Lieberman May 18, 2011 at 03:58 PM
Poor Newt Gingrich! What a beating he’s taken since he said on Meet the Press Sunday that Paul Ryan’s scheme... More
CJR Holds a Town Hall in Philly
Shoppers on Market Street sound off
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 25, 2011 at 01:48 PM
Finding myself in Philadelphia recently, I decided to stroll along Market Street and see which of the day’s big political... More
Conservatives Get Colorful on Obama’s Deficit Speech
More subdued libs are mostly pleased
By Joel Meares Apr 14, 2011 at 01:11 PM
The president’s speech yesterday was notable to my ears for two things: the surprisingly direct attack on Rep. Paul... More
Covering Medicare, Part I
A mixed performance from the press
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 7, 2011 at 04:07 PM
Perhaps no other health issue is as important to so many Americans now and in the future as Medicare. Without... More
Estimating crowds: size matters
Reporters wrestle with the numbers as Romney and Ryan draw larger audiences
By Andria Krewson Aug 14, 2012 at 11:11 AM
NORTH CAROLINA — The day after Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick, the two traveled here... More
Jon Huntsman’s Vision for the Future of Medicare
Whose moral obligation is it?
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 9, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Potential presidential candidate Jon Huntsman’s recent Wall Street Journal op-ed was thoroughly predictable, containing lots of the acceptable phrases for... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
