Welcome to the investigative reporting blog of award-winning journalist Alex Roslin, author of the book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence. Roslin was president of the board of the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting, and his awards include the Arlene Book Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He doesn’t necessarily endorse material linked below.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Interesting: Vaccine-Autism Revelations in Court Case
By Ginger(Ginger)
It's a national emergency. Millions of parents are anxiously waiting for their government to tell them what the hell is going on. • David Kirby, an investigative journalist, is author of "Evidence of Harm – Mercury in Vaccines and the ...
Adventures in Autism - http://adventuresinautism.blogspot.com/
Spies: Victor Bout's Intel Ties
Canada Free Press - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
An unnamed American investigative journalist e-mailed Mr. Gadowski: “Dear Polish Colleague, don’t mind the names, these are only pawns on a chessboard. ...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Interesting: Rise in Autoimmune Diseases
The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Haywire in a World out of Balance
By Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
Scientists worldwide puzzle over an alarming and unexplained rise in the rates of autoimmune disease. Yet the media remain mute on this crisis. Read more »
Interesting: Behind Pharma Drug Marketing
By CL Psych(CL Psych)
Some of the details of this document have been well-covered in a terrific piece of investigative journalism at Furious Seasons. This post will provide some coverage of the link between Zyprexa and the key opinion leaders who helped ...
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry:... - http://clinpsyc.blogspot.com/
Journalists Attacked: "When the media is controlled, you don't need to kill journalists"
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
The press "has never been freer," Sheila Coronel, a leader in investigative journalism in the Philippines and Asia, told a group gathered at the East-West ...
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Journalists Attacked: Azerbaijani Was Investigating Land Deal
Mar 14, 2008 ... Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, ...
Interesting: Scahill on Why Clinton, Obama Won't Quit Iraq
... Jeremy Scahill is the author of the bestselling Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now! ...
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Journalists Attacked: Cop Convicted in India's Shivani Murder
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The investigative journalist's body was found at her home in east Delhi. Her baby, only two months old was found crying. Police say Shivani and Sharma had a ...
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Books: Ehrenreich Lives Poor
Milton Daily Standard - Milton,PA,USA
By Pam Dailey LEWISBURG — Replete with humor and a tinge of acerbity, investigative journalist Barbara Ehrenreich called for an uprising of sorts against ...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Books: "Chalabi, The Man Who Pushed America to War"
Now investigative journalist Aram Roston joins Fresh Air to discuss his new book on Chalabi, The Man Who Pushed America to War. Roston has reported for CNN, the Washington Monthly and the investigative unit at NBC News. ...
Phawker - http://www.phawker.com
Interesting: Hersh Q&A on My Lai Story, 40 Years Later
Democracy Now - New York,NY,USA
We speak with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the killings and the coverup. Today we begin our series: 1968, ...
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Investigations: Student Journo Goes Undercover
By Ricki Dewsbury
A darkly dressed reporter hiding in alleyways was once my mental image of investigative journalism. They would discreetly take notes before slipping off alone into the night. But things were different when I went undercover to expose a ...
Student Journalism Blog - http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students
The Biz: Hindustan Times's Pankaj Paul On Journalism's Coming Golden Age
Do you consider the Golden Age of investigative journalism is already past, or just beginning? I think it just started. It never ended. This is one of the basic tenants of journalism. I don't think anything has happened to stop it. ...
editorsweblog - http://www.editorsweblog.org/
Interesting: Gitmo Jailer's Story
How to Become a Concentration Camp Guard Without Even Trying
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
A reluctant Guantanamo Bay jailer, who found himself working in that "legal black hole" at age 19, tells his shocking story. Read more »
Monday, March 17, 2008
Investigations: This Water is Dope
Journalists Attacked: Three Ex-Cops Guilty in Ukraine's Gongadze Killing
New York Times - United States
By AP KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian court convicted three former police officers on Saturday of killing an investigative journalist whose unsolved slaying ...
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Strange: BBC Journos Arrested in N. Ireland on Suspected Paramilitary Ties
By Democratic-Centre(Democratic-Centre)
Just when claims were arising about the lack of investigative journalism and lily livered BBC journalism, along comes this startling news that makes for a very special 'Spotlight Special'. Interesting to see the fallout from this piece ...
Democratic Centre Northern Ireland - http://democratic-centre.blogspot.com/
Books: Consortium News Investigates the Bush Presidency
Consortium News - USA
The money that we raise – both through book sales and direct contributions – makes possible the Web site’s investigative journalism and the work of writers, ...
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