From the Nieman Watchdog.org posting....
How not to cover the economy
SHOWCASE | January 23, 2006
SHOWCASE | January 23, 2006
A fed-up Berkeley economics professor joins up with the J-school to teach journalists and would-be journalists how to cover – and even more emphatically, how not to cover – economic news.
By Dan Froomkin
froomkin@niemanwatchdog.org
Brad DeLong – the Berkeley economics professor whose popular blog includes more than a bit of media criticism – launched a fascinating experiment last week: He joined forces with Journalism School Professor Susan Rasky to teach a class for would-be journalists called “Covering the Economy.”
In DeLong’s hands, the class ... more »
