The New York Times Company has sold its stake in the Indeed.com jobs site for $100 million profit, which ain’t bad, considering it bought it for just $5 million or so in 2005. That’s a 2000 percent return in seven years—not a bad Internet investment for a newspaper company. Put it this way, it’s more
In Florida, a poll grabs headlines—and raises questions
FLORIDA — Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney woke up to some grim news Wednesday. According to a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University for CBS News and The New York Times, their candidate is slipping badly among Florida voters. And the situation is even worse for Congressman Connie Mack, the GOP nominee for U.S
Journalistic firebombs in the Middle East
The pen is mightier than the sword, but it is also far more lethal when manipulated irresponsibly. Consider Charb. There is a ridiculous photo circulating on the web showing the editor of Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly), the French satirical magazine. He goes by the name Charb, and in one hand he holds a copy of
Shoddy TV science coverage
It’s been a bad week and a half for coverage of science on television. Stories about cancer at CNN and climate change at PBS NewsHour offered lessons in what not to do when chasing or promoting a scoop. Thankfully, critics quickly took the stations to school. Here’s what they taught them. The cure The promise
Guardian US's award-winning interactive
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging work in this area. Between the Spreadsheets is brought to you by CJR and Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. On the first anniversary of the launch of the Guardian’s US offshoot, the site scooped
