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Citizen Journalism is Simply Not Enough

Chris Prevatt | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Non-Profit Journalism, Ideology, Right-Wing Media Bias, Citizen Journalism, Orange County Register, A New Page, Assemblyman Van Tran, Investigative Reporting, Norberto Santana Jr. Norberto Santana, Quachgate, Ocweekly, Media News
Chris Prevatt

Despite our best efforts, bloggers just don't have enough resources to meet the need for full time investigative reporting.

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Climate Lobby Investigation Goes Global — and Digital

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: International Journalism, Digital Media, Twitter, Corporate Globalization, Climate Lobby, Lobbyists, Climate Change, Environment, Globalization, New Media, Investigative Journalism, Media, Corporate Greed, International Reporting, Facebook, Investigative Reporting, Green News
Tracy L. Barnett

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.

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A Historic Meeting: Plotting The Future Of Investigative Journalism

Marcus Baram | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Investigative Journalism, Investigative Reporting, Investigative News Network, Media News
Marcus Baram

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.

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Torture is Not About "Winning the Afternoon," OK?

Will Bunch | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Journalists, Bush Administration Torture, Journalism Ethics, Barack Obama Torture, The Politico, Shepard Smith, New York Times, Bybee Impeachment, Barack Obama, David Broder, Investigative Reporting, Torture, Media News
Will Bunch

The torture issue doesn't lend itself to cute little "up" and "down" arrows, to dueling cable shouters "on the right" and "on the left," to all the little devices we in the media use.

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HuffPost Finally Liberates Journalism with Investigative Fund

Diane Francis | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Broadcasting, New York Times, Watergate, Washington Post, Investigative Journalism, Media, Huffington Post, Business-Models, Investigative Reporting, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Media News
Diane Francis

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.

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Journalism 'Had About Enough' of All This '@#$%&'

Rip Empson | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Reporting, Print-Journalism, Cnbc, Sports, Print Journalism, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Media, Media News, Investigative Journalism, The Daily Show, Journalism, Investigative Reporting, Jim Cramer, Comedy News
Rip Empson

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.

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The Perfect Test That the Chicago Tribune Failed

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 01.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Perfect Storm, Newspapers, Tribune Company, Bankruptcy, Editorial Writing, Liberals, Economy, Ann Marie Lipinski, Newspaper Advertising, Trivia, Journalism, Fourth Branch of Government, Pulitzer Prize, Creators Syndicate, Joanne Lipman, Conservatives, Chris Hedges, Political Debates, Rupert Murdoch, Los Angeles Times, Timothy McNulty, Chicago Tribune, Sam Zell, Investigative Reporting, Media News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

Over his long business career, Sam Zell has undoubtedly many times smirked at those who have reported failures whilst claiming, "It was not my fault." Now, Zell may well be smirking into the mirror.

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Did The Chicago Tribune Spoil Fitzgerald's Blagojevich Investigation?

Wall Street Journal | Cam Simpson | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Patrick Fitzgerald, Tribune Company, Newspapers, Chicago Tribune Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Investigative Journalism, Chicago Tribune, Investigative Reporting, Media News

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...

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Blagojevich Scandal Justifies Investigative Journalism: David Carr

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Tribune Company, Investigative Journalism, Chicago Tribune Blagojevich, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich, Investigative Reporting, Media News

For the last few years, newspapers have been smacked around for lacking relevance, but the industry has finally found a compelling spokesman: Rod R. B...

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In or Out of the Debates, the Need to Know: or, as Senator McCain says, "How About That Sarah?"

Jessica Catto | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Threats Against Obama, Palin's Dishonesty, People's Right to Know the Candidate, Palin, Sarah Palin, Investigative Reporting, Politics News
Jessica Catto

The governor of Alaska wants us all to know with whom Obama "pals around." By any standard of fairness, we should know a bit more about the governor. Who were her friends? What did they believe?

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