by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Feb 25, 2026 | Worth Noting
FEBRUARY 2026 – David Brooks has crafted so many columns in recent years on America’s moral and spiritual decline that his final so-long piece in the NYT on Jan. 30 felt a bit like a re-write, except longer and more anxious than usual. After more than 25...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Feb 24, 2026 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
FEBRUARY 2026 – Mark Leibovich has made a perfectly good living as a smart-ass DC journalist – a bit of Maureen Dowd and, say, Joe Queenan, all mixed in with some real on-the-ground reporting. His recent piece in The Atlantic – which sizes up of the...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Feb 23, 2026 | Assignment Desk
FEBRUARY 2026 – Like most candidates, Trump didn’t exactly reveal his true agenda when he was on the campaign trail. In his case, he said repeatedly he didn’t know anything about Russ Vought’s “Project 2025” plan to shrink and...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Feb 18, 2026 | General News & Business Features
FEBRUARY 2026 – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stopped printing its newspaper at the end of last year, but to many Atlanta readers the news site keeps improving. There’s no better example of solid political reporting than a Feb. 3 piece by AJC chief...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Feb 18, 2026 | General News & Business Features
FEBRUARY 2026 – The WSJ on Jan. 31 threw back the curtain on another Trump Family grift – this time a $500 million stake from the United Arab Emirates in the Trump’s Liberty Financial crypto firm. It’s all glaringly sordid – yet such...