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At Berkely's J school | How not to cover the economy SHOWCASE 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. 
Story says others in Congress ‘don’t compare’ | AP describes 6 years of luxurious special-interest living by Tom DeLay SHOWCASE Wire service writers do some old fashioned reporting – going over public records – to find 100 flights on corporate jets, stays at world-class hotels, and other examples of high life paid for by donors and PACs
Extra!Extra! | An update on watchdog reporting around the U.S. SHOWCASE Stories on dangerous train cargo, fraud in rental aid to the needy, school rapes and beatings, roller coaster safety.
Extra!Extra! | Self-serving charity CEO's, junkets, prison health horrors SHOWCASE Reporters uncover tales of buried industrial sludge, a broken prison health care system and failed weather forecasting gear
Toolbox | Lexis searching, like Google, has numeric pitfalls SHOWCASE Results can vary according to what type of subscription you have; unique hits may be far fewer than the total cited.
Much harshness revealed | Two Web sites help reporters overcome the language barrier SHOWCASE MEMRI translates Arabic, Farsi and Turkish media to English and other languages; 'Watching America' focuses on what the world thinks about the U.S.
Useful in all 50 states | Center for Public Integrity tracks influence peddling SHOWCASE ‘LobbyWatch’ manager notes that twice as much is spent on lobbying as on campaign finance but it gets about one-tenth of the coverage.
Extra!Extra! | Boating deaths, domestic spying and other investigations SHOWCASE A roundup of recent watchdog reporting around the U.S.
The nuclear capstone | The Baltimore Sun on the Plame case SHOWCASE 'Not simply about the Karl Rove brand of politics taken too far, but about the fabrication that launched a war,' says the newspaper in an editorial.
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