Category Archives: Joel’s J School

Ashenfelter-Convertino: Essential reading

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell A federal judge has ordered the Detroit Free Press to reveal the names of US Justice Department officials who illegally disclosed secret grand jury information about a former assistant US attorney, Richard Convertino. Convertino has sued the Justice … Continue reading →

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Convertino case: Judge orders Free Press to name sources

Posted on April 18, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Former assistant US attorney Rick Convertino’s lawsuit against the US Justice Department is still alive, despite a federal judge’s decision to let a Detroit Free Press reporter, now retired, off the hook as a witness in the … Continue reading →

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My first CAB stories

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin

Twenty years ago today, on April 5, 1993, the Detroit Free Press published my investigation into a financial abuse known as Capital Appreication Bonds.  A year later, the Michigan Education Association awarded the Free Press and me its School Bell … Continue reading →

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Free Press to deliver NY Times

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Note to newspaper publishers: Can’t make money on your own news product? Peddle somebody else’s. A note in today’s (March 24, 2013) New York Times states: “Starting on Monday April 1st we will no longer be your … Continue reading →

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‘Michigan blogger’ to speak in Sacramento

Posted on March 7, 2013 by admin

Michigan journalist  Joel Thurtell will speak in Sacramento about how he broke last year’s major story about California’s Capital Appreciation Bonds. Thurtell is scheduled to address the annual conference of the California League of Bond Oversight Committees between 2:15-3:15 P.M. on May … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Jimmy Boegle

Posted on March 4, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Thank you, Jimmy Boegle of the Coachella Valley Independent, for setting the record straight regarding the history of reporting on Capital Appreciation Bonds in California.

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Hacking JOTR

Posted on February 9, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell The New York Times is lucky. Lucky they’re a wealthy organization that can afford to hire a topflight computer security company when they find out that their computers have been hacked. I can kid around about my … Continue reading →

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God, Boy Scouts and my ‘Eagle Scout kills atheist’ story

Posted on February 8, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Once a week for a couple years in the 1950s, we Cub Scouts in our blue shirts and yellow neckerchiefs would make a circle around the dining room table of Mrs. Nash, our den mother. We would … Continue reading →

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Hey, Donald — you are full of what?

Posted on November 2, 2012 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Thank God this is not a family newspaper. I can report exactly what Chrysler vice president Ralph Gilles tweeted about Donald Trump. Without resorting to #$&%! Full of shit. That’s what Gilles said. According to the Detroit … Continue reading →

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JOTR makes The Times

Posted on September 2, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell About the time somebody hacked joelontheroad on August 17, New York Times business columnist Floyd Norris wrote about Capital Appreciation Bonds in California. Why, he even credited me, in kind of a backhanded way, with being first … Continue reading →

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