Remembering Ramparts
Ramparts was reviled and attacked, adored and admired, and became "must reading" on both sides of the political spectrum.
Ramparts was reviled and attacked, adored and admired, and became "must reading" on both sides of the political spectrum.
Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been raking in the awards for its international tobacco smuggling investigation. Now it's targeting the lobbying effort to influence the treaty on climate change.
Rob Kall | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
If the US government invests directly in journalists, so that their writings and reports can be freely used by any media organization or site, that investment will yield big results.
NPR | David Folkenflik | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media
For war journalist Scott Anderson, the most confounding part of his recent assignment for GQ magazine to explore the root of terrorist acts in Russia ...
Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media
Many ask why I incessantly write about our wars and our television coverage, and I have no reasonable answer other than what is going on makes me nuts.
Eric Alterman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media
With much of the world of journalism focusing on the trials and tribulations of our great national newspapers, it's easy to forget the importance of Tip O'Neill's old adage: "All politics is local."
Marcus Baram | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media
It's a difficult time to be an investigative journalist, so I didn't expect much optimism when I attended a conference that brought together nearly all the major nonprofit investigate groups in the country.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media
Citizen journalism is rapidly emerging as an invaluable part of delivering the news. That's why I was delighted to accept YouTube's invitation to do a video offering my take on citizen journalism for the site's new Reporters' Center. READ MORE London Diary: Gordon Brown's Obsessions, The Loyal Opposition's Cuddly Karl Rove, Bad Germs, and the Most Unusual Royal Honeymoon Ever I just ended three days in London that were like a cram session in British politics -- ranging from a conversation with Gordon Brown to dinner with Frances and George Osborne, the Tories' shadow chancellor. READ MORE Watch: Arianna on BBC's "Newsnight" Discussing How the Iran Uprising Is Impacting Journalism Watch: Arianna on MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" Discussing The Financial Crisis and the Sentencing of Bernie Madoff
Aram Roston | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business
The United States is the world's leading exporter of human plasma - providing about 70 per cent of global supplies, the biggest player in what is now a multibillion dollar business.
New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media
Four nonprofit groups devoted to investigative journalism will have their work distributed by The Associated Press, The A.P. will announce on Saturday...
Heather Robinson | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
While the Bangladeshi government is prosecuting Choudhury for his writing, he does not believe the men stalking him now are from the government.
John Farr | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
The folksy Frank Perdue is long gone, my friends, but his chemically altered chickens live on! For this reason alone, Food, Inc. demands to be seen.
Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment
The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.
Diane Tucker | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media
With journalism migrating to the internet, it's important readers can trust what they read -- at the very least from companies like Ben & Jerry's that position themselves as concerned about our welfare.
Rob Fishman | Posted 05.01.2009 | Media
The problem with online journalism is that the parts are weaker than the aspirational whole. Handouts, hobbyists and hired guns can fill short-term voids, but the dilemma of modern journalism, in the long run, remains.
Diane Francis | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media
The notion of independent financing of truly investigative journalistic projects is a grand idea. It means that strings are not attached and that efforts are judged by results on a case by case basis.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media
As the newspaper industry continues to contract, one of the most commonly voiced fears is that investigative journalism will be among the victims of the scaleback. The HuffPost Investigative Fund is our attempt to address this.
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — The Huffington Post said Sunday that it will bankroll a group of investigative journalists, directing them at first to look at storie...
Jeff Jarvis | Posted 09.01.2009 | Media
This is where foundation and public support will enter into the new ecosystem of journalism: not by taking over newspapers but by funding investigations and other slices of a new journalistic pie.
Rip Empson | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy
Of late, the traditional media in which Journalism presents itself has been suffering from what some would call a lack of 'identifiable revenue streams' and may soon be forced into early retirement.
Russell Wild and Margaret Engel | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media
What does it mean to lose the voices of those who hold our institutions accountable? We hope that media companies will recognize the value of professional watchdogs in the journalism community.
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media
Yemen is on an anti-corruption kick with journalists acquiring investigative skills and women slated to become the next Woodwards and Bernsteins, give...
Abi Wright | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media
"We're not against orgasms, we just don't put them on the cover," Joanna Coles explained to the audience of Columbia journalism students who attended this week's Delacorte Lecture.
Rob Kall | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media
Investigative journalism is at risk. And investigative reporting is not something that can be outsourced or depend upon other countries' workers to do properly.
Wall Street Journal | Cam Simpson | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a cr...
Jane Isay | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media