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Reporting the Collapse | Galbraith: Deficits are the solution, not the problem COMMENTARY Economist James Galbraith sees most of the news media as taking “confused and ignorant positions” on deficits; says we need more recovery bills “to reflect the true scale of the emergency.” These views, explained in everyday language, make for an excellent primer for reporters and editors on the deficit issue. 
Caveat eater | Food safety is a matter of degrees COMMENTARY A Kansas State University professor whose Web site chronicles food-safety concerns writes about a New York Times reporter intentionally -- and unintentionally -- making the case that consumers can't be trusted to handle dangerous foods safely.
Reporting the Collapse | As joblessness rises, reporters need to focus on calls for a second stimulus. COMMENTARY Economist Dean Baker sees a new, large stimulus as urgent. He has an alternate plan, also: Give companies tax credits to reduce workers’ hours (but not their pay) and put on new staff to take up the slack.
Reporting the Collapse, Part 1 | Doing a better job coping with economic disaster COMMENTARY In the coming weeks, Nieman Watchdog will lay out the views of experts, pointing reporters to story ideas on the causes of the economic collapse and the choices the country now faces. In this article Henry Banta spells out what has gone wrong – and why it is so important for the press to do a better job.
Reporting the Collapse | Rein in entitlements? No. Increase them, says James Galbraith. COMMENTARY It's time the press stopped falling for false, ongoing efforts to portray Social Security and Medicare as going broke, says economist James Galbraith. To the contrary, increases in entitlement program benefits would provide a major boost to economic recovery. For reporters and editors Galbraith's message is: Separate propaganda from facts.
From CongressDaily.com | For Obama, the clock is ticking on Afghanistan COMMENTARY| September 273, 2009 It would be ticking faster if, as during the Vietnam war, the U.S. had a military draft and millions of protesters, writes George C. Wilson. But it's ticking nevertheless.
The overseas press | Afghanistan, the black hole COMMENTARY The international press, far and wide, views Afghanistan as Obama’s Vietnam, with the same result expected. Some urge a U.S. pullout, others see the war spreading into Pakistan.
The Pentagon Wishful Thinking | Is the Afghan army just a figment of Washington's imagination? COMMENTARY Back from visiting U.S. training programs for the Afghan army and police, author Ann Jones describes the realities that belie the Obama administration's wishful thinking.
Cloud computing, the next big thing | A look at the nonstop acceleration of Internet technology COMMENTARY Will there ever be a pause so that the media can adapt to enormous technological change? Yes, there’s a possibility, writes John Palfreman. Maybe in 2019.
From Nieman Reports | Why the news media became irrelevant—and how social media can help COMMENTARY ‘The Internet didn’t steal the audience, we lost it,’ writes Michael Skoler. 'Today fewer people are systematically reading our papers and tuning into our news programs for a simple reason—many people don’t feel we serve them anymore. We are, literally, out of touch.'
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