Interesting: Arms Dealer Bout Backgrounder

Merchant of Death, Lord of War
By Mytwords(Mytwords)
Block interviews Doug Farah, an investigative journalist, who coauthored a book about Bout. She expresses great surprise that "he fueled conflicts all over the world, [but]...also did a lot of work for the US military it seems. ...
NPR Check - http://nprcheck.blogspot.com/

Interesting: McCain Welcomes Controversial Backer

McCain Embraces Endorsement From Anti-Catholic, Anti-Gay, Anti ...
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA
Sarah Posner is an investigative journalist who has chronicled John Hagee’s career in her book, “God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for ...
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Awards: New Central European Investigative Prizes

CEI to award outstanding investigative journalism
International Journalist's Network - USA
... CEI says was created in view of the difficult conditions under which journalists frequently work, will have a focus on investigative journalism in 2008. ...
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The Biz: Cost-Cutting Leads to News Release Journalism?

The press release and cost cut problem: editorial forgetting core ...
editorsweblog.org - USA
The practice seems to be widespread and international, as echoed in books by Guardian journalist Nick Davies and French investigative journalist Paul ...
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Awards: I. F. Stone Prize for Journalistic Independence

From today's Secrecy News bulletin from the Federation of American Scientists:

I.F. Stone (1907-1989), the celebrated journalist and iconoclast who was renowned for his independence, is being remembered in the service of the values he embodied. The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University today announced the establishment of an I.F. Stone Award for journalistic independence, integrity and courage: http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/

A richly detailed new website devoted to I.F. Stone provides excerpts from his writings, biographical information, reminiscences and other information: http://www.ifstone.org/

Interesting: Canada's Ian Halperin Undercover in La-La-Land

Going undercover exposes shallow side of Hollywood
Calgary Herald - Calgary,Canada
"I really conclude that he's not," says Canadian author and award-winning investigative journalist Ian Halperin. "He just might not be, let's say, ...
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Interesting: Debating Investigative Journalism

Davies versus Leigh: a riveting debate
By Roy Greenslade
Settle down for an hour and watch this video of a discussion between Nick (Flat Earth News) Davies and The Guardian's investigations editor David Leigh. Lightly moderated by Gavin MacFadyen from the Centre for Investigative Journalism, ...
Greenslade - http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/

Interesting: USAF Cuts Blog Access

Air Force ‘Big Brother’ Blocks Blogs, Content Sites (NewsFactor)
By admin
As noted by Susan Katz Keating, an investigative journalist who runs a national security blog, the blogs that are being blocked by the Air Force "are freely available to the enemy."
Data security - http://privacy.go2blogging.com