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A thin Post piece on the cliff’s consequences
Article on purported impact of tax shift favors assumptions and anecdotes over data
By David Cay Johnston Dec 13, 2012 at 03:13 PM
Since election day, the so-called “fiscal cliff” has moved to the top of the political news agenda, and CJR has... More
Are the fiscal fights a bore?
Not to those who dig
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 4, 2013 at 10:55 AM
One of the more telling stories to emerge during the holidays was Politico’s candid take on coverage of the fiscal... More
Cracking open Congress
We need better insider reporting about the “fiscal cliff”
By Brendan Nyhan Dec 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM
We've just finished an election in which quantitative analysis provided far more accurate predictions than pundits and reporters, who frequently... More
Faces Congress doesn’t see
The “chained CPI” debate needs to step out of wonkland
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This week The Washington Post reported results from its December poll with ABC, which took the public pulse on a... More
Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe)
The need to put political bargaining positions in context
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 15, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Insider reporting is vital to understanding what The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib describes as the "'Groundhog Day' loop of... More
Hot air Rises Above on CNBC
An anchor pins a minor dip in stocks on the TV appearance of a minor politician
By Ryan Chittum Nov 30, 2012 at 12:41 AM
Rise Above, if you're among the 99.95 percent of the country who don't watch CNBC on a given day, is... More
If you were John Boehner, you’d cry too
Why journalists should put the struggles of the House speaker in a larger context
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM
On Thursday, John Boehner survived some conservative defections to narrowly win re-election as Speaker of the House, prompting a predictable... More
Needed: Sherpas to guide us through fiscal cliff panic
No one wants to hike middle-class rates, so why does some coverage pretend they might rise?
By Walter Shapiro Dec 19, 2012 at 03:30 PM
The Tax Policy Center—a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution—has a lineage that in Washington think... More
Rise Above, CNBC’s move into advocacy
Corporate America’s house organ starts an anti-political political campaign
By Ryan Chittum Nov 20, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Any time you see Wall Street CEOs and CNBC campaigning for what they call the common good, it's worth raising... More
Stories I’d like to see
Medicare meddling, the guns of Westchester, and Al Gore’s payday
By Steven Brill Jan 9, 2013 at 08:00 AM
In his “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
The making of a meme
Journos get on board the Let’s-Whack-Entitlements train
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 11, 2012 at 03:04 PM
Shortly after the election, the MSM quickly turned from the presidential horse race to the “fiscal cliff.” And soon, news... More
The media discover the ‘chained CPI’
And the more they dig, the rougher it looks
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 17, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Except for Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik, and a few stray media outlets here and there—The Providence Journal, The... More
The money behind the fiscal cliff hardliners
Plan B opponents drew major support from outside groups. What does that mean?
By Sasha Chavkin Jan 3, 2013 at 03:00 PM
The fiscal cliff deal reached on Tuesday reflects a depressing new routine in Washington, DC: the federal government lurching from... More
Who really holds leverage on Bush tax cuts?
Bloomberg’s Barro argues even post-“cliff,” GOP would have the upper hand
By Greg Marx Nov 13, 2012 at 06:50 AM
My Friday post about how reporters are missing a big part of the “fiscal cliff” story—the leverage President Obama and... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
