Friday, October 12, 2007

Journalists Attacked: 90% of Journalists Slain Exposing Corruption

90% of journalists slain since 2001 exposing graft
Inquirer.net - Philippines
... for Community Journalism and Development, the KBP, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, and the US-based newspaper Philippine News. ...
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In the Courts: Libel Victory in Police Corruption Case

McLagan wins Reynolds appeal
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Investigative journalism was given a major boost today after the author of a book about police corruption won a libel victory at the court of appeal. ...
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Awards: Veronica Guerin Bursary

Student scoops Guerin bursary for journalism
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
Independent Newspapers is honoured to be able to celebrate her legacy by supporting students, in their studies of investigative journalism, ...
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Awards: Paul Foot Prize

Free Press reporter in line for top award
Doncaster Today - Doncaster,England,UK
... and weekly papers". investigative journalism is alive and flourishing throughout the British press despite talk about the 'dumbing down' of journalism. ...
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Stories: Bush Torture Arguments Mimic Gestapo's

From The Sunday Times, Oct. 9, 2007: "Bush's Torturers Follow Where the Nazis Led".

Documents: Managing Private Spies

From Steven Aftergood's Secrey News, Oct. 10, 2007: Managing the Private Spies: The Use of Commercial Augmentation for Intelligence Operations" by Maj. Glenn J. Voelz, Joint Military Intelligence College, June 2006.

And this: January 2003 U.S. Army Field Manual entitled 'Contractors on the Battlefield,' FM 3-100.21.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Jobs: Investigative Journalist

Consumer Tech / Retail Hardlines Investigative Journalist (Work ...
Company: Off The Record Research LLC. Location: San Francisco, California. Off The Record Research LLC conducts unbiased marketplace reporting for our clients by interviewing non-Wall Street sources such as store employees, suppliers, ...
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Investigations: DEA's "Homicidal Maniac" Informant

Return to the House of Death
By radleybalko@hotmail.com(radleybalko@hotmail.com)
The Washington Times picks up the House of Death story, first blogged here last December, and doggedly reported by Texas investigative journalist Bill Conroy. Sandalio "Sandy" Gonzalez, a now-retired US Drug Enforcement Administration ...
The Agitator - http://www.theagitator.com/

Iraq: Woodward Talk

Famed journalist recalls the run-up to Iraq war in OU speech
The Athens News - Athens,OH,USA
By Alexandra Hazlett Speaking to a full house at Ohio University Wednesday night, iconic investigative journalist Bob Woodward recounted some of the ...
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Journalists Attacked: Politkovskaya Anniversary Conference

Russia: Making Sense Of The 'Democracy Paradox'
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic
Speaking at an RFE/RL conference devoted to the first anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya on October 4, a deputy editor ...
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Monday, October 8, 2007

The Biz: "Covering Obvious Events"

Thank You Captain Obvious, King of the Already Known
By chuckrates(chuckrates)
(You know investigative journalism has climbed into the proverbial hand-basket when the government is now doing it for us.) They went to all that effort to let us know that rich guys in suits like to travel First Class at taxpayer ...
Tongue-In-Cheek - http://tongue-cheek.blogspot.com/

Investigations: Pat Tillman Case

Pat Tillman Coverage 'The Most Important Story ESPN.com Has Ever Done'
AOL SPORTS - New York,NY,USA
ESPN.com isn't often noted for investigative journalism, but Fish's work would be worthy, if it had appeared in a newspaper, of a Pulitzer Prize. ...
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Stories: Kasparov's Endgame

Garry Kasparov's Endgame
BusinessWeek - USA
Litvinenko's murder came on the heels of the Moscow killing of the well-known investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya—on Russian president Vladimir ...
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Stories: Kasparov's Endgame

Garry Kasparov's Endgame
BusinessWeek - USA
Litvinenko's murder came on the heels of the Moscow killing of the well-known investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya—on Russian president Vladimir ...
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