Two CCT alums, Mahvish Khan and Paul Hitlin, contributed to a recent report for the Project for Excellence in Journalism focused on "The Daily Show with John Stewart" that has received a great deal of attention. You can read the entire report, "Journals, Satire or Just Laughs? 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' Examined" at journalism.org.
Khan and Hitlin are directly mentioned in the Methodology section of the report.