Behind the News

Buzzfeed’s revenue strategy

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The Kicker

Must-reads of the week

Passwords, Tina Brown, failed right-wing storytelling

By The Editors   Nov 21, 2012 at 12:15 PM

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

Between the Spreadsheets

A database that brings radio to life

This American Life’s archive as an interactive map

By Anna Codrea-Rado   Nov 21, 2012 at 11:30 AM

Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More

Language Corner

Popularity contest

Words for the people

By Merrill Perlman   Nov 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM

The article was discussing a survey on the popular view of marketers and politicians. “Both have a higher perception of... More

Behind the News

Translating America, into Wolof

How a radio host explains US politics to Senegalese listeners in New York and Africa

By Seth Maxon   Nov 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM

At about 7:30 p.m. on election day, as Dame Babou waited for the returns at Londel’s Restaurant in Harlem, he... More

The Audit

Audit Notes: the free model, Coulson and Brooks, another DOJ stunt

A musician writes a compelling business argument against Pandora

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM

The free model isn't just a failure for newspapers. It doesn't work in music either, as this terrific Pitchfork piece... More

Swing States Project

Key stories in the Keystone State

Four issues Pennsylvania’s political press should stay on

By Ken Knelly   Nov 20, 2012 at 04:00 PM

PENNSYLVANIA — Political reporters and commentators here will continue to ponder, as the Philadelphia Inquirer did on November 9, Pennsylvania’s... More

Behind the News

Martin Baron’s plans for WaPo

Will he bring the Globe’s double-site strategy to the Post?

By Sara Morrison   Nov 20, 2012 at 03:30 PM

Boston Globe editor Martin Baron will be The Washington Post's new executive editor come January 2013, replacing Marcus Brauchli. Three... More

The Audit

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

Behind the News

Stories I’d like to see

Ad technolology that may threaten newspapers; winners and losers of the fiscal cliff

By Steven Brill   Nov 20, 2012 at 02:21 PM

In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More

The Observatory

Highway to the danger zone

Following Sandy, HuffPo and NYT dig into the folly of coastal development

By Curtis Brainard   Nov 20, 2012 at 12:15 PM

Hurricane Sandy renewed the media’s interest in the many foolish ways that we increase our vulnerability to extreme weather. There’s... More

Swing States Project

Papa John’s Pizza and the business backlash

The real story: how some employers are still working to undermine Obamacare

By Trudy Lieberman   Nov 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM

The media have latched onto the story of John Schnatter. That’s the John of Papa John’s Pizza, a CEO with... More

The Audit

Audit Notes: marginal taxes, a redesign for core readers, Murdoch

An NYT’s anecdote’s confusion goes uncorrected

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 20, 2012 at 06:50 AM

The New York Times flubs some reporting on how investors and well off people are bracing for higher tax rates:... More

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In cold type - When Truman Capote set out to profile Marlon Brando for The New Yorker in 1957, he knew just how to set his traps

What’s happening at the BBC - The Corporation is facing a serious challenge to its future and to its independence

Marcus Brauchli’s impossible task - The Post’s ultimate problem is the business side, not the newsroom

Questionable taste - Ricky Gervais describes the pleasures and pitfalls of being interviewed

Predictable in retrospect - The dangers of hindsight bias in election postmortems

What's happening at the BBC (15)

Rise Above, CNBC's move into advocacy (15)

The fiscal whatchamacallit (14)

Who really holds leverage on Bush tax cuts? (10)

WSJ gets lost in the weeds with the Romney campaign (9)