Journalists Attacked: Afghan Investigative Journo Real Target of Execution Case?

Afghan student's death sentence hits nerve
USA Today - USA
Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, an Afghan investigative journalist, says his brother was denied a lawyer and signed a confession after being held eight days and ...
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Investigations: Double Standard in Crime Cases Involving Star Athletes

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The Biz: Investigative Journalism "Alive & Well"

Investigative Journalism, Radio are alive and well
By skiddie
This fact is that mass-market investigative journalism is alive and well, using the old-fashioned medium of the radio. I've listened to a number of great reports on the radio in the past couple of days that have surprised me with their ...
Daily Kos - http://www.dailykos.com/section/Diary

Intel: In From the Cold

Coming in from the cold
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... investigative journalist," said Peter Earnest, a 35-year CIA veteran who, like his Russian counterpart, spent most of his time in clandestine service. ...
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Interesting: Behind the Scenes at Al-Jazeera USA

Al-Jazeera and the politics of truth
By topauly
Before Al-Jazeera Arabic broadcast videotaped statements from Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders in 2001, the West largely praised the network for bringing investigative journalism and a free press to the Middle East. ...
Columbia City Paper - Home - http://columbiacitypaper.com/

Interesting: Plastic Products Harm Babies

Chemicals in common household products disrupt the development of reproductive organs in unborn baby boys, scientists report:

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/05/27/plastics_and_boys/index.html

Interesting: Ex-Soldiers Hitmen for Mexican Mafia

Violence on the US-Mexico Border
By admin
Sam Logan is an investigative journalist who has reported on security, energy, politics, economics, organized crime, terrorism and black markets in Latin America since 1999. He is a senior writer for ISN Security Watch and has a book on ...
Net News Publisher - http://www.netnewspublisher.com

Journalists Attacked: Debate on Assassination of Turkey's Ugur Mumcu

Brother of murdered Turkish journalist blames USA for anti-Iranian ...
By VINEYARDSAKER:(VINEYARDSAKER:)
The assassination of the leftist investigative journalist and columnist Ugur Mumcu in 1993 was seen by Turkey's secular establishment, media and armed forces as an opportunity to galvanize anti-Islamic feelings in general and ...
The Vineyard of the Saker - http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/

Interesting: Suharto's Legacy

Former Indonesian Dictator, US Ally & Mass Murderer, Suharto, 86, Dies
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Allan Nairn, award-winning investigative journalist who has reported from Indonesia for years. He runs the web-blog “News and Comment. ...
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The Biz: Pro Publica, "A Great Idea Trapped by the Worst Instincts of Commercial Journalism"

Investigative journalism project
MWC News - Vancouver,Canada
By Robert Jensen Pro Publica, an initiative launched last month in the United States to help revitalize investigative journalism, is a great idea trapped by ...
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Investigations: How the FBI Entraps "Terrorists"

Manufacturing Fear
By Bushra
The latest issue of Rolling Stones features a fascinating Special Report - Fear Factory, by investigative journalist Guy Lawson. In this article, Lawson details how the FBI has gone to great lengths to go after terrorist threats, ...
Media and Islam - http://www.mediaandislam.com

Interesting: Investigative Journalist Anthony Lappe's Iraq Novel

Taking Aim At Shooting War
By Joel Nihlean
And no surprise—an investigative journalist who spent time in Iraq, Lappe produced the award-winning Showtime documentary about the Iraq war, Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge, and serves as executive producer of the Guerilla ...
Austinist - http://austinist.com/

In the Courts: Russian Journo Oleg Lurye Arrested on Extortion Charges

RA's Daily Russia News Blast - Jan. 29, 2008
By Editor
Investigative journalist Oleg Lurye, “famous for losing high-profile libel cases and incurring heavy fines from courts,” has been arrested on charges of extortion and fraud. The Foreign Intelligence Service has blasted allegations by ...
Robert Amsterdam - http://www.robertamsterdam.com/

Books: On Investigative Reporting

On writing Investigative Reporting in Canada
By no@spam.com (Bill Reynolds)
If you're losing faith in Canada's dedication to investigative journalism, Thompson Rivers University professor Maxine Ruvinsky could convince you otherwise. Her 2007 book, Investigative Reporting in Canada, collects an impressive array ...
J-Source - Articles - http://www.j-source.ca

The Biz: "Crowdfunding" for Investigative Journalism

Spot Journalism - Helping Journalists Investigate by Crowdfunding
By David Cohn
Blogs and Investigative journalism: fundraising. Freelance journalist David Appell repeated the experiment successfully when he asked readers of his blog to support him in investigating a sugar lobbying group (Bowman and Willis, 2003), ...
DigiDave - http://www.digidave.org/adventures_in_freelancing/

In the Courts: Filipino Journos Win One

One for press freedom
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism - Quezon City,Philippines
... Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP), and Philippine Press Institute. ...
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Interesting: Noam Chomsky on the Dems & Mideast Policy

Foreign Policy in Focus, a progressive D.C. think tank, publishes this interview with Noam Chomsky on the Dems and the constricted spectrum of U.S. Mideast policy debate: "Chomsky on World Ownership," Jan. 23, 2008.

Investigations: Doc on "Bee AIDS"

The Vanishing of the Bees
By Leslie Berliant
She is an investigative journalist, documentary and television producer and on-air talent. She has worked with documentary heavyweights including Morgan Spurlock of SuperSize Me and 30 Days fame, and Robert Greenwald, ...
Celsias - http://www.celsias.com

Awards: Muckrakers Book Honoured

NCTE Orbis Pictus Awards Announced
By Tricia
Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism by Ann Bausum. Spiders by Nic Bishop. Venom by Marilyn Singer. Recommended Books ...
Open Wide, Look Inside - http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside

Interesting: Q&A With Anti-Dupont Environmental Campaigner Mike Papantonio

Interview with Mike Papantonio
By heath_harrison
I've interviewed Dan Rather, Helen Thomas, Bill Moyers - you talk to all these people, they say mainstream media, investigative journalism is completely dead. When they say that, you know there's something to it, because they've been ...
West Virginia Blue - Front Page - http://www.WVaBlue.com