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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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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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United States Project

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

This News Story Is Brought to You By…

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

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Do we need to talk about race? Yes, but not like this

Further thoughts on diversity in tech journalism

Former Hartford Advocate reporter brewing his own beer

“The first beer brewed by print journalists, for print journalists”

Margaret Sullivan argues the Times was right to report the location of a secret drone base

If it was ever appropriate to withhold the information, that time was over

New York Times broke ‘informal arrangement’ on drones

The need to tell this particular story accurately trumped the government’s concerns

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt turns the camera on a pair of aggressive paparazzi

The conversation that follows is fascinating

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CJR's Guide to Online News Startups

TRVL – A free iPad travel magazine

Who Owns What

The Business of Digital Journalism

A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Study Guides

Questions and exercises for journalism students.

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The Kicker

NYRB celebrates its 50th – The New York Review of Books hosted an evening of readings by noted contributors

Page Views

Language Corner

Take too – It’s a matter of perspective

Darts and Laurels

A kids’ magazine takes on obesity – A laurel to ChopChop

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