Grants: Knight Foundation

If you have a bold new idea for improving the production and delivery of news and information, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation wants to hear about it. The Knight Foundation, a supporter of American philanthropy in journalism and First Amendment causes, has millions of dollars to give to help nurture new ideas for the future of news.

They say: "Whether you're a high school student, a college professor, a truck driver, a brain surgeon, a stay-at-home parent, a journalist, an entrepreneur, a nonprofit organizer or anything else, anywhere in the world: If we like your idea, we will give you money to make it happen."

The deadline for proposals is October 15. See the Knight Foundation News Challenge site: http://www.newschallenge.org/htb/main_e.html

The Biz: Undercover Investigation Ethics

Lying to Get the Truth
American Journalism Review - College Park,MD,USA
Bill Buzenberg, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC, says there is room for much more investigative journalism ...

Investigations: Blackwater

'We'll revoke Al-Maliki's licence first'
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
In his book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, American investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill links the modern security ...

Investigations: Overstock Case

Overstock.com vs. Gradient and Rocker Part 1: Patrick Byrne and ...
By Sam E. Antar(Sam E. Antar)
As investigative journalist and blogger Gary Weiss has pointed out:. If Byrne is aware of the Pandora's Box he has opened, it would surprise me. The man is so deluded and detached from reality that I doubt that he has the wits to ...

Awards: Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ TO HONOR FIVE JOURNALISTS
CPJ Press Freedom Online - New York,NY,USA
The most recent casualty was investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who gained international recognition for her independent coverage of Chechnya and ...

Investigations: Biko 30 Years Later

Thirty years after Biko, South Africa shows mixed progress
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
Biko's death was as reported as a suicide, but Helen Zille, a brave investigative journalist, soon raised enough doubts to discredit the official story. ...

Investigations: Peru's Gustavo Gorriti on Montesino Spy Inquiries

Q&A: Democracy Comes, Precarious But Precious
IPS - Italy
Gorriti, an award-winning investigative journalist, covered Peru's internal war in the eighties. He followed former head of intelligence service Vladimiro ...

Awards: Late Politkovskaya Named

EU human rights award shortlist revealed
Evening Echo - Cork,Ireland
A Russian investigative journalist shot dead last year, a Sudanese human rights lawyer and two prominent Chinese human rights activists have been ...

Jobs: Wanna Work in Wisconsin?

Reporter
Northern Wisconsin Daily looking for enthusiastic reporters to cover a market rich with opportunities for creative and investigative journalism. Northwoods Media, dba The Daily News located in Rhinelander, ...

The Biz: Seymour Hersh on Blogs

Seymour Hersh on blogs and journalism
By Mathew
An interesting viewpoint from one of the deans of investigative journalism in America. He adds that:. "I've been working for The New Yorker recently since '93. In the beginning, not that long ago, when I had a big story you made a good ...

The Biz: Print Vs. Web

A Reporter Exposes Fishy Stocks. His Boss, Mark Cuban, Trades on ...
Wired News - USA
"That's the power of investigative journalism on the Internet," Carey says. "Newspapers have abandoned their mission, and we've taken it on at Sharesleuth. ...

Resources: Sharesleuth

A Reporter Exposes Fishy Stocks. His Boss, Mark Cuban, Trades on ...
Wired News - USA
"That's the power of investigative journalism on the Internet," Carey says. "Newspapers have abandoned their mission, and we've taken it on at Sharesleuth. ...

Freelance Biz: Rise of the Super Editor

PPA: Rise of the Super Editor
Corante - Boston,MA,USA
They had to do more investigative journalism. They have just under 1000 blogs in their space. Many of them live off of the content that they produce, ...

Investigative Biz: A Bit of History... & Pretention

investigating journalism
By Adam Gurri(Adam Gurri)
Investigative journalism began in 1835 as part-marketing gimmick, part-freak show, when flamboyant NY Herald editor James Gordon Bennett came-up with the outlandish idea that untrained reporters might do better than detectives in ...

Investigative Biz: Online Papers

The emerging online only local paper
By Andy Vogel
The aim of this new breed of newspaper is to cover the stories the print dailies are missing, or ignoring, and in the case of VoiceofSanDiego.org, there'sa big emphasis on investigative journalism. Scott Lewis, executive editor of ...

Investigations/Awards: Sex Slaves

Israeli-Canadian documentary wins Emmy
Ynetnews - Israel
The Israeli-British-Canadian documentary "Sex Slaves" was awarded the Emmy for best investigative journalism documentary Tuesday, by the American Academy of ...

Investigative Biz: TV News Nonexistent

Real news on TV almost nonexistent
Kingman Daily Miner - Kingman,AZ,USA
CBS's "60 Minutes" remains the only source for aggressive investigative journalism on TV. Hopefully, this show will last forever. I tell people all the time ...

Investigations: Wrongful Convictions

The truth will set them free
Justice (subscription) - Waltham,MA,USA
This June, Lehr joined the University's Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism as a journalist-in-residence with the Justice Brandeis Innocence ...

Resources: EarmarkWatch.org

Watchdogs R Us EarmarkWatch.org Enables DIY Investigative Work
MediaShift - CA,USA
But it offers hope that investigative journalism can survive and thrive in the Digital Age, with average folks working in tandem with professionals to ...

Investigations: Israel's Cremieux St. Affair

Police: We won't be able to investigate PM properly
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
The Cremieux Street affair began following a story that investigative journalist Yoav Yitzhak published in February 2006. A complaint was then filed with ...

Investigations: Iraq, Afghan Corruption Probe

Federal investigators probing military contract fraud and corruption allegations
Friday, Sept. 21, 2007
[JURIST] Federal investigators are probing allegations of fraud and corruption related to $6 billion in military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon official testifying before the House Armed Services Committee [official website] Thursday...
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/09/federal-investigators-probing-military.php

Awards: "Hacking Democracy" Up for Emmy

"Hacking Democracy" Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding ...
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
... Russell Michaels, Simon Ardizzone and Sarah Teale of Teale Edwards Productions, has been nominated for an Emmy for outstanding investigative journalism. ...

Misc.

The End of America: A letter of warning to a young patriot
By Chris Prevatt
The investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill interviewed one unnamed guard who reported having fired on unarmed civilians in the city. It was a natural disaster that underlay that episode, but the administration's endless war on terror ...

Journalist Attacked: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka turns CID loose on reporter; rights body outraged
Lanka Business Online - Sri Lanka
"After last month's death threats against investigative journalist Iqbal Athas, this new case shows that it is getting more and more difficult for the media ...

FOI: Mixed Progress in Canada

Despite delays and red tape, freedom of information laws key to ...
The Canadian Press -
Veteran investigative journalist Andrew McIntosh reaches the same conclusion. Now a reporter in Sacramento, Calif., he used Canada's access laws to expose ...

Jobs: Texas Observer Seeks Investigative Reporter

Investigative Journalist
By jobpostings@nicar.org(jobpostings@nicar.org)
The Texas Observer, a nonprofit independent, progressive magazine of politics and culture, seeks an investigative reporter.

Journalist Attacked: Politkovskaya Case, Official Charged

Lawyer: Former Chechen official charged as accomplice in killing ...
MOSCOW - The former head of a district in Chechnya has been charged as an accomplice in organizing the execution-style murder of a Russian investigative journalist, his lawyer...

Journalists: Q&A With Seymour Hersh

Q & A with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - Los Angeles,CA,USA
By Brad A. Greenberg, Staff Writer Journalist Seymour M. Hersh, 70, announced his arrival in Washington nearly four decades ago by uncovering the US ...

Journalists: Abu-Jamal Case

"We're Fighting for a New Trial": An interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
MP: Mumia, people argue over how you should be defined: as a taxi driver, as an investigative journalist, Black Panther, black militant, jailhouse lawyer ...

Investigative Biz: Rather Suit

Investigative Influencers
By Peter Himler(Peter Himler)
Rather seems motivated less by financial gain (I'm sure he doesn't need the money), and more by the opportunity to expose just how low corporate-owned and influenced investigative journalism has fallen since the glory days of Woodstein. ...

Investigative Biz: Call for Return of Investigative Journalism

Media center director calls for return of investigative journalism
Kansas State Collegian - Manhattan,KS,USA
Tough, investigative journalism needs to return to the forefront of the mainstream media, said the director of a renowned investigative journalism center ...

Journalists: Rather Suit

Dan Rather making a stand with lawsuit
Washington Post - United States
Rather told King that the bulk of any proceeds would go to organizations that promote investigative journalism. "I'd like the legacy of this lawsuit not ...

Libel: Mixed Review for New Australian Law

Media matters
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Government adopted a version of the qualified privilege defence that is restrictive and may impede freedom of expression and investigative journalism. ...