Friday, November 2, 2007

Journalists: Fast Food Nation's Eric Schlosser Speaks

LV hosts 'Fast Food Nation' author
Campus Times - La Verne,CA,USA
A self-described, "old-fashioned investigative journalist," in the traditional muckraking style, Schlosser reporting work tackles societal issues such as ...
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Tools: Web Journalism Resources

More New New Journalism
By John Bebow
The Center for Public Integrity: Independent, investigative journalism funded by more than a dozen foundations. Check out, for example, their current investigation of dwindling federal funding and activity to clean up major sites of ...
The Center for Michigan - http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Journalists Attacked: Escapees Tried to Free Scribe's Assassin

Mozambique: Escapees Tried to Free Cardoso Assassin
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Anibalzinho is serving a 30 year prison sentence for his part in the murder, on 22 November 2000, of the country's top investigative journalist, ...
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Investigations: Women Prisoners, Forgotten and Abused

Women Behind Bars
In These Times - Chicago,IL,USA
Join In These Times on Wednesday, November 7, for a panel discussion with Investigative journalist and In These Times Senior Editor Silja JA Talvi...
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Roundtable: Journalism & Blogging

Advisory - LA Roundtable on Journalism & Blogging
LAVoice.org - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Eric Longabardi has a sixteen-plus year career as a television producer and investigative journalist. Mr. Longabardi is currently an independent producer ...
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The Biz: The Web and Investigative Journalism

Investigative journalism and blogs: fundraising
By paulbradshaw
Online Journalism Blog - http://onlinejournalismblog.com

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Investigations: Taxes on Mulroney's $300K

From today's Globe and Mail: "Brian Mulroney: The Payments and the Taxman."

Investigations: Behind Overturned Army Convictions Story

Seattle author tells story behind overturned Army convictions
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
When the justice system gets it wrong, an investigative journalist can make it right. PI reporter Casey McNerthney tells how a Seattle author's work led to ...
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Spies: Eurasian Secret Services Review

Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review
Axis News - USA
Unforeseen complications have arisen in the investigation of murder of the investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, observer of the Novaya gazeta. ...
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Journalists Attacked: Crotia's Zeljko Peratovic

Harassment of Croatian reporter raises concerns
Serbianna.com - MI,USA
They confiscated four computers, a mobile phone, contact books and hundreds of documents belonging to the Croatian investigative journalist Zeljko Peratovic ...
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Journalists: Woodward On Critical Reporting

Journalism and State of Denial
Serbianna.com - MI,USA
By Carl Savich Bob Woodward is a legendary investigative journalist who along with Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate story in the early 1970s. ...
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Tools: Online Investigative Journo Book

Blogs and investigative journalism: publishing
By paulbradshaw
Part four of this draft book chapter looks at how blogs have changed the publishing of journalism through its possibilities for transparency, potential permanence over time, limitless space, and digital distribution systems (part one is ...
Online Journalism Blog - http://onlinejournalismblog.com

Mideast: Iran no Threat; Ha'aretz Cites Israeli Minister

From Ha'aretz, Oct. 25, 2007: "Iran Nukes Pose Little Threat to Israel."

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Journalists: Ida Tarbell Broke Standard Oil Co. Story

Several events lined up to mark Tarbell's birthday
Oil City Derrick - Oil City,PA,USA
By SHEILA BOUGHNER-BLAIR The mother of investigative journalism and the daughter of the oil region was a Titusville High School honors graduate. ...
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Conferences: 1st Pan-African Investigative Reports' Summit

AFRICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS TO UNITE IN JOHANNESBURG
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
The Summit is being held in conjunction with the Power Reporting Conference organised by the University of Witwatersrands' Investigative Journalism ...
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Monday, October 29, 2007

Investigations: Israeli Troops Recount Brutality Against Palestinians

From The Guardian, Oct. 21, 2007: "Israel Shaken by Troop's Tales of Brutality Against Palestinians."

Investigations: U.S., Israel Back PKK, Says Hersh

Hersh: US, Israel support PKK
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
In an interview with Turkish gazette, Zaman, the leading American investigative journalist also revealed that the White House has lost control over PKK ...
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Interesting: NFL Stiffs Disabled Retirees

NFL, union must do right by retirees
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
But as investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff wrote recently in Men's Journal: ''Stunningly, no one in the sport has stepped up to address the scope and ...
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Tools: Free Investigative Journo Training Modules

Investigative journalism tips and tricks
Media Helping Media - London,England,UK
These are usually countries where the concept of investigative journalism is discouraged. Because of that, I thought it would be valuable to have a few of ...
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The Biz: WSJ's Paul Steiger on Investigative Journalism

Paul Steiger, Wall Street Journal, Editor at Large
Paul Steiger, Wall Street Journal, Editor at Large discusses the state of investigative journalism and issues in the news. Mr. Steiger will be President and Editor in Chief next year of a new group, Pro Publica, which will have a team ...
C-SPAN Recent Video - http://www.c-span.org/

Press Freedoms: UK's Liberties Charter

Brown's new civil liberties charter
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
They include new rights for protesters, removing barriers to investigative journalism and new rights to privacy both at home and for personal data. ...
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Fundraisers: WPVM Radio

2007 Fall Fund Drive Thank You Gifts
By WPVM
In Static, the sister-brother team of Amy Goodman, journalist and host of the popular international TV and radio news show Democracy Now!, and investigative journalist David Goodman once again take on government liars, ...
WPVM - http://wpvm.org