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The changing media landscape has brought many benefits but one major problem — a contraction of accountability reporting, especially at the local level. Unless we address this, communities will suffer. We will have less accountable institutions, more corruption and less reliable information for citizens to make important life decisions.
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What You Can Do
By Steven Waldman Aug 14, 2012 at 10:48 PM
For several years, media practitioners have debated the best ways to protect, sustain, and nourish healthy journalism. Advice aplenty has been offered to policymakers, entrepreneurs, journalism schools, technology companies, and media moguls. But rarely have we considered what the ordinary... More
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Sources for the information in Support Reporting video
By Steven Waldman Aug 14, 2012 at 10:53 PM
Click the following links to explore the sources behind the information presented in the Support Reporting video. Note: The FCC... More
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The Information Needs of Communities
By Steven Waldman June 2011
In 2011, the FCC released a report titled "The Information Needs of Communities," examining the future of public-interest reporting in the digital age. The report's lead author was Steven Waldman. More
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New rules on political ads: how to mine them
Finding gold may require a group effort
By Steven Waldman May 4, 2012 at 11:48 AM
A gold mine of data will soon be available to help make our political system more transparent, thanks to the... More
United States Project
News Organizations That Lobby Against Their Own Reporters’ Interests
Media companies are fighting political transparency while their reporters demand it
By Steven Waldman Mar 27, 2012 at 01:09 PM
The battle playing out over a new government transparency proposal has taken a turn that should concern journalists. Many of... More
Behind the News
Local TV Stations Rally to Oppose Media Transparency
What exactly are their “public interest obligations”?
By Steven Waldman Jan 26, 2012 at 03:16 PM
Local television stations have now rallied against the key elements of the Federal Communications Commission’s media transparency proposal, which would... More
Behind the News
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Shouldn’t TV news outlets be clearer about offering pay-for-play?
By Steven Waldman Dec 29, 2011 at 08:10 PM
One of the most disturbing trends in local TV news is the persistence of “pay for play”—when local TV newscasts... More
United States Project
Local TV News, Meet the Internet
Why are broadcasters trying to block political campaign transparency?
By Steven Waldman Dec 29, 2011 at 06:53 PM
The FCC has proposed an important rule change that could make the political system more transparent. Amazingly, the trade associations... More
The News Frontier
Will the IRS Derail Nonprofit Journalism?
At a crucial moment, the taxman drags his feet on granting tax-exempt status
By Steven Waldman Nov 21, 2011 at 11:32 AM
In an era of newspaper closings and reporter layoffs, there has been one significant bright spot: an explosion of local,... More
Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism
“[T]he most militant I have seen since the Nixon administration”
‘It was approved at the highest levels— and I mean the highest’
Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
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.
