Interesting: John McCain & the Mob

John McCain and the Mob
By Becky C.(Becky C.)
At the very least, when doing this kind of reporting, an investigative journalist should check under his hood before turning the ignition. Don Bolles was either naive or lazy, but one day a car bomb went off, and Bolles was no longer a ...
Just a Girl in short shorts talking... - http://girlinshortshorts.blogspot.com/

Interesting: Investigative Journo Detained in Russia

Critical Journalist Stopped at Airport
The Moscow Times - Russia
By David Nowak Natalya Morar, an investigative journalist who reported that the Kremlin maintained secret funds to finance political parties, ...
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The Biz: Q&A With Washington Post's Jim Brady

Future of journalism series: Washington Post - Jim Brady
Two ways to answer that: if you look at how newspapers staff investigative journalism nowadays, there is lot to worry about. Investigative journalism is considered like a luxury they can’t afford to have. The Post has an investigative ...
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Interesting: The Barney Beat

Torture Playlist: Songs that kill the human spirit
By Viktor Dukedoms
Mother Jones, the nonprofit investigative journalism mag, has published a playlist of the songs US troops use when torturing detainees. According to their story: Music has been used in American military prisons to induce sleep ...
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The Biz: Press Meet the Bloggers

Traditional Press & Bloggers Met Monday...
By mncogi(mncogi)
Read this from the information access - investigative journalism - perspective. For Political Candidates, Saying Can Become Believing. I’ve often thought about this because I sometimes tell a story with such enthusiasm and regularity ...
MN COGI - http://mncogi.blogspot.com/

In the Courts: UK Regulator Clears Child Labour Story

Channel 4 cleared over Tesco child labour story
Guardian Unlimited - UK
"This report possessed all of these qualities and investigative journalism remains at the heart of everything we do." Ofcom's fairness committee, its most ...
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Awards: Walter Reed Series Feted

'Wash Post' Reporters Win Top Prize for Walter Reed Stories
Editor & Publisher - USA
... Annenberg School for Communication, "recognizes the year’s outstanding work in investigative journalism that led to direct results," a release stated. ...
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Interesting: Pollution Inc.

Poisoned Nation
By Liberality(Liberality)
The newest book by investigative journalist Loretta Schwartz-Nobel is a hard hitting expose on how corporations, the Defense Department and the United States government pollute not only our nation, which is bad enough, but the entire ...
Liberality - http://liberality-liberal.blogspot.com/

Tools: Wikileaks - Cool!

Wikileaks: Investigative Journalism Tool
By Richard Brennan(Richard Brennan)
In conjunction with my investigative journalism module, I want to blog Wikileaks, which shows how a wiki can help journalism (unlike Wikipedia, which leaks accuracy like an incompetent colander each time some "prankster" or Internet ...
newsjiffy - http://brennybaby.blogspot.com/

Interesting: Public-Funded Investigative Journalism?

When ethics meets integrity
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
It carries a subtitle: "Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest." Mr. Cutler rankles at the suggestion professions can be self-regulating. ...
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Tools: Track Journos

E-Newsletter Tracks Job Changes of Business Journalists
New York Times - United States
Among business journalists, Gorkana created awareness of the people on the advisory board of Pro Publica, a new and closely watched investigative journalism ...
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