Oregon governor’s resignation shows power of local media In-state journalists brought down John Kitzhaber without national outlets' help February 19, 2015 By David Uberti
The worst journalism of 2014 December 22, 2014 By David Uberti A recap of this year’s most cringeworthy news blunders
The good and bad of 2014 election coverage November 4, 2014 By David Uberti Sampling the campaign season’s cringeworthy and praiseworthy media moments
Lousy judgment, unlikely hero October 30, 2014 By Lene Bech Sillesen Darts for Columbia Daily Tribune, The Economist, and SportsCenter with laurels for TMZ and The New York Times
The New York Times recreates ISIS captivity of Foley, Sotloff [UPDATED] October 27, 2014 By David Uberti Blockbuster story details the imprisonment and torture of Western hostages
Political coverage falls short in Kentucky senate debate October 14, 2014 By David Uberti National reporters fail to examine Mitch McConnell’s unusual statement
The Washington Post takes on Rand Paul September 19, 2014 By David Uberti How the newspaper pushed back on a senator’s criticism
Reporters rummage through Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 September 2, 2014 By Lene Bech Sillesen Poor judgment used when covering the tragedy in Ukraine, and the rest of our darts and laurels
What the numbers coming out of Ferguson say, and who is saying it best August 22, 2014 By Tanveer Ali The week in data journalism
Multiple news orgs made Ebola outbreak data data visualizations this week, and some succeeded more than others August 1, 2014 By Tanveer Ali Plus laurels to WaPo and yet another dart to FiveThirtyEight in this week’s Data Darts and Laurels
A tentative thumbs up to WaPo’s Storyline; mixed success for FiveThirtyEight July 25, 2014 By Tanveer Ali The week in data journalism
The best and worst of this week’s data journalism July 18, 2014 By Tanveer Ali A cool side project tracking taxi rides, and a quest to find the bowling center of the country
Darts & Laurels [Updated] July 7, 2014 By Edirin Oputu Is it okay to use the N-word for effect? Um, no.