Topic: 2008

New Media Battles Old to Define Internet-Era Politics
‘Because of tradition, inertia and command of the largest, most diverse audiences, the mainstream media still drive the campaign bus with the same old road map.’
By John McQuaid

When Video Is King
For local TV news, a difficulty will come in figuring out how to make watchdog reporting stand out in a digital world.
By Stuart Watson

Strengthening Global Investigative Journalism
By Brant Houston

The Jigs and Jags of Digital Political Coverage
By Albert L. May

The Web's Pathway to Accuracy
By Tom Fiedler

Universities and Investigative Journalism
By Charles Lewis

Selling the Iraq War: Unearthing False Advertising
By Charles Lewis

When a Few Dollars Make a Big Difference
The Fund for Investigative Journalism enabled Seymour Hersh to report on the My Lai massacre; since then it has funded many other investigative stories.
By John Hyde

Transparency Increases Credibility
A Web site and television show reveal how investigative journalists do their jobs.
By Mark Schapiro

Revealing the Disinformation Industry
By Barry Sussman

Reporting With the Tools of Social Science
‘We had put the social scientists on notice that journalists increasingly would be competitors in their field.’
By Stephen K. Doig

Reporting Is Only Part of the Investigative Story
‘In “Billions Over Baghdad,” we knew that simply reporting the costs of the Iraq War in mind-numbing billions wasn’t good enough.’
By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

Watchdog Reporting: Exploring Its Myth
‘The myth of journalists doggedly uncovering all the facts is both important—and dangerous.’
By Florence Graves

Watson Replies to Vince Crunk's Letter to the Editor
By Stuart Watson

Letter to the Editor
By Vince Crunk

The Investigative Journalist’s Digital Tool Kit
By Joe Murray

Understanding the Value of Investigative Reporting
A nonprofit director feels frustrated by how difficult it is to find ‘adequate resources for independent investigative reporting.’
By Bill Buzenberg

What Are Newspaper Journalists Investigating?
By Rachel Schaff and Brant Houston

Squeezing Substance Into the ‘Sensational and Superficial’
Experiences in the Philippines taught a journalist that ‘the space for watchdog reporting must be created before new structures congeal.’
By Sheila S. Coronel

Using Expertise From Outside the Newsroom
After ‘crowdsourcing’ worked to expand reporting, The News-Press reached out to nearby residents to form Team Watchdog.
By Betty Wells

Seeking Support for Investigative Projects
By Rachel Schaff

The ‘B’ Word in Traditional News and on the Web
‘Entering “Hillary” and “bitch” we found more than 500 YouTube videos.’
By Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Jacqueline Dunn

Trivial Pursuit: It Happens Too Often in Political Coverage
‘… some of the worst features of campaign reporting emanate from the kinds of psychological defenses that reporters erect to deal with their insecurities.’
By Christopher Hayes

The Spanish-Language Press Delves Into Racial Complexities
‘Most notable was the story line in which Latino voters were described in ways that made them seem monolithic.’
By Elena Shore

Shifting Influence: From Institution to Individual
‘Inheriting the old order was not an option for my generation of journalists.‘
By John Harris

Linking Newspaper Readers to the Best Political Coverage
‘Given the dynamics of the Web … how do news organizations and journalists best serve political news consumers?’
By Scott Karp

Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report
‘Without an independent news media, there is no credibly informed citizenry.’
By Charles Lewis

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Topic: 2008