Friday, September 21, 2007

Iraq: Blackwater Book & Mercs

Blackwater in Iraq: The New Private Warriors
By Anonymous Poster
Jeremy Scahill's Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is a tour de force of investigative journalism and a work that should be read throughout the antiwar and emerging GI resistance movements.

Investigations: Florida Water Crunch

Water Shortage in Florida? Read Cynthia Barnett's Book!
By Michael
Part investigative journalism, part environmental history, Mirage shows how the eastern half of the nation - historically so wet that early settlers predicted it would never even need irrigation - has squandered so much of its abundant ...

Iraq: Blackwater

9/20/07 Meanwhile in Iraq
By Catholic Sunni Shia(Catholic Sunni Shia)
Blackwater in Iraq, The New Private Warriors: Jeremy Scahill's Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is a tour de force of investigative journalism and a work that should be read throughout the antiwar and ...

Journalists: Rather Sues CBS

Rather suing for the 'truth'
Hollywood Reporter - United States
... in finding out the truth about what he called the corporate and government pressures on investigative journalism in what became known as "Memogate. ...

Media: Muckrakers Still Needed

Muckrakers still needed, speaker says
Manhattan Mercury - Manhattan,KS,USA
That's the message Bill Buzenberg, executive director of the watchdog investigative journalism organization Center for Public Integrity, sent this morning ...

Journalists: Naomi Klein on "The Shock Doctrine"

Naomi Klein interviewed on Democracy Now about her new book, "The ...
By David Markham
Award-winning investigative journalist Naomi Klein brings together all of these world-changing events in her new book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." In her first national broadcast interview since the ...

Investigations: In Court Over Tax Evasion Story

Editor: FirstRand in conspiracy
Fin24 - Cape Town,South Africa
"I am an investigative journalist," he said. "That is what I do." Maritz said that he could not possibly conduct an investigation in the two days left ...

Journalist Attacked: Politkovskaya File

POLITKOVSKAYA INVESTIGATION IN DISARRAY, SUPPORTERS SAY RUSSIAN ...
Sentido.tv - Red Bank,NJ,USA
In late August, prosecutors announced the arrest of 10 individuals in connection with an alleged conspiracy to murder investigative journalist Anna ...

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Iraq: Blackwater Shooting "Inevitable"

Security firm shooting incident 'inevitable' in tense Iraq
ABC Online - Australia
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill has written a book on Blackwater. He is not surprised either that tensions have boiled over.

Press Freedom: Back to the USSR

Another Sign of the Russian Apocalypse: Now, Even the Russophile ...
By La Russophobe(La Russophobe)
The online media have already begun discussing the political actions against Vins, suggesting it was his support of independent investigative journalism that drew the wrath of the authorities. On first glance, this would seem absurd ...

Investigations: Pharmacies Breach Privacy

Investigative Journalism Brings Action
By Advance Indiana(Advance Indiana)
WTHR's Bob Segall's prescription privacy investigation last year teaches local journalists what investigative journalism is all about. Attorney General Steve Carter has filed 28 complaints with the Indiana State Board of Pharmacy ...

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Awards: Online Journalism

2007 Online Journalism Awards - Finalists
By PenPlusBytes(PenPlusBytes)
Investigative Journalism (Small). Center for Investigative Reporting, Danger On Your Plate Center for Public Integrity, Collateral Damage: Human Rights and US Military Aid After 9/11 Chitown Daily News, A Man of Two Lives ...

Press Freedom: Democracy in Russia

RA's Daily Russia News Blast - Sept. 18, 2007
By Editor
It is thought that political action taken against VinLund, a shipping company, and its employees, was due to its owner's support of investigative journalism (Peter Vins, owner of VinLund, is a former Soviet dissident). ...

Journalists: Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward: 'Democracies die in darkness'
Indiana Daily Student - USA
The speech ended with a short question-and-answer session, during which Woodward championed investigative journalism and the idea that government should be ...

Press Freedom: Independent Media in Venezuela

Washington Promotes 'Independent' Media in Venezuela
Upside Down World - Hartwick,NY,USA
... International's Americas programme coordinator, Marta Erquicia, joined forces with IPYS to launch an annual award for investigative journalism. ...

Investigations: Innocence Project

October 8: Freeing the Wrongly Convicted: An Innocence Project for ...
By STB Administrator
Professor Steve Weinberg, an investigative journalist who teaches at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, will host a discussion entitled: "Freeing the Wrongly Convicted: An Innocence Project for Missouri", ...

Journalists: Greg Palast... & Kerry

Student Tasered for Armed Madhouse Question to Kerry
By Greg Palast
He's the top investigative journalist in America." Kerry: "I have the book. I've already read it." Student: "... In this book, it says there were 5 million votes and you won the election. ... How could you concede the election on the day? ...

Iraq: Abu Ghraib Insider Speaks

Honor Sam Provance in DC this Thursday evening
By MCM(MCM)
Bob Parry: Investigative journalist who broke many of the Iran-Contra stories for AP and Newsweek in the 1980s. Now manages and writes for Consortiumnews.com. Sam Provance: US Army intelligence analyst at Abu Ghraib. ...

Investigations: Disaster Capitalism

The Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein on the Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By Ecotopian Yeti
Award-winning investigative journalist Naomi Klein brings together all of these world-changing events in her new book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." In her first national broadcast interview since the ...

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Journalist Attacked: Gongadze Case... & Yushchenko

Who poisoned the president?
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
16, 2000, murder of investigative journalist Gyorgy Gongadze. Gongadze's decapitated body was discovered in a forest near Kyiv and one month later ...

Journalist Attacked

Arson attack on investigative journalist in Slovakia
Earthtimes.org - USA
Bratislava - An investigative journalist has become the victim of an arson attack in Slovakia, local media reported Thursday. According to the reports, ...

Conference

Abraji organizes conference on 'precision journalism'
International Journalist's Network - USA
... Dader will lead a conference on September 22 in São Paulo, organized by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, in Portuguese). ...

Awards

TechPresident.com Wins $10,0000 Knight-Batten Innovations Award
AScribe (press release) - USA
"This is a classic case that will go down in journalism history of how to bring investigative journalism to the public," the judges said. ...

Monday, September 17, 2007

Awards

Center's Takings Initiatives Project Wins First Place Award from ...
Promotion World (press release) - San Diego,CA,USA
All of the Center's award-winning investigative journalism can be found at www.publicintegrity.org. The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, ...

Journalist Attacked: Politkovskaya File

Chechen Detained in Reporter's Death
The Associated Press -
MOSCOW (AP) -- The former head of a district in Chechnya has been arrested on suspicion of organizing the execution-style murder of investigative journalist ...