How the media gets the price of Thanksgiving dinner wrong ABC, NBC, Tech Times, and The Atlantic run with a press release November 26, 2014 By Ryan Chittum
A new consensus on the future of news February 28, 2014 By Dean Starkman The future isn’t what it used to be, and that’s a good thing
The Financial Times breaks the law of large numbers February 28, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Digital subscriptions soar, putting paid circulation at a record
Audit Notes: NYT’s Goldman elevator coverage, hacking trial, mobile competition February 27, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The Times buries the lede
South African welfare queens gorge on lamb and macaroni as anecdotal Bloomberg fails data test February 27, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The wire misses badly
The Journal and the bond king February 25, 2014 By Ryan Chittum A brutal piece takes on Bill Gross and PIMCO’s corporate culture
Calling all entries for Best Business Writing 2014 February 25, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The third book in The Audit’s annual series
Media convergence: regional newspaper/ national magazine edition February 23, 2014 By Dean Starkman The Atlantic.com teams up the Mormon-owned Deseret News for a series on the family
The WhatsApp coverage February 20, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Facebook’s rich purchase of a social-media company turns heads
Audit Notes: Wall Street’s secret society, Euro joblessness, Sorkin February 20, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Kevin Roose crashes the Kappa Beta Phi party
Audit Notes: Twitter math, guard labor, M&A and oligopoly February 18, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Newsweek and stock valuations
Roger Goodell’s salary stunner February 18, 2014 By Ryan Chittum Great sports reporting puts $44 million payday for the NFL commissioner in context
Axel Springer eyes global expansion February 17, 2014 By Alison Langley The German media conglomerate is vying for Forbes, but that may be just the beginning
Statistical illusions February 17, 2014 By Ryan Chittum How readers perceive numbers is important too
The front-group impresario February 14, 2014 By Ryan Chittum The New York Times and Boston Globe take on Rick Berman
