Russell Wild and Margaret Engel
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Russell Wild is president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the nation's leading organization of independent freelance writers.


ASJA member Margaret Engel is director of the Alicia Patterson Foundation,
the nation's oldest journalism writing fellowship program, chair of the
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards board, and a member of the Fund for
Investigative Journalism and Investigative Reporters and Editors.

Blog Entries by Russell Wild and Margaret Engel

The Demise of Investigative Journalism

Posted March 12, 2009 | 17:30:08 (EST)

The 20,000 journalism jobs lost in the past 18 months are flushing knowledge and experience out of American newsrooms, diminishing our lives and our democracy. The brain drain is exacting penalties that society may live to regret.

As professionals depart paid journalism, secrecy and corruption will flourish. Fear...

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