Breaking the database wide open

Matt Carroll of the Boston Globe was so kind as to explain to us on Monday that there is really nothing to database journalism — a growing branch of computer assisted reporting — and that we could seal our worth in the newsroom with some knowledge of how to ruffle through columns and rows. It’s [...]

political watch-dog sources

Four watch-dog sources often used by researchers and the media are designed as spring boards to enable more informed reporting, and in the end, voting.
FactCheck.org, created and maintained by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, simply posts it findings and publications. Quite deadpan and mostly one-way information, the site does allow [...]

a new advocate for media, citizens

Hopefully the brand-new N.E. First Amendment Center — which lives in the journalism department at Northeastern and online — will help shed some light on under-reported events and developments on the freedom of speech and right-to-know front. (Full disclosure:

Beloved Blogs

I actually don’t read many blogs. The idea of a stranger opining about current events — or, even worse their personal drudgery — just doesn’t turn me on. But there are a few web logs out there that bring writing skills and professional know-how together to make for good reads. Three blogs that do this [...]

Under-Covered News Launch

This blog is dedicated to low-coverage news that deserves more.