Articles

The Netroots: Bloggers and the 2008 Presidential Campaign

From their position in the ‘outermost reaches of the campaigns and the daily news cycle, [bloggers] managed to break into that once-impenetrable world.’ What difference did they make?

Spies and Journalists: Taking a Look at Their Intersections

Moscow recruited journalists for their access, insights and confidential information.

Embedding a Reporter With a Shakespearean Production

In moderating a blog and facilitating community reads and talk-backs, a journalist brings new voices and insights to arts coverage.

Afghanistan-ism: An Apt Metaphor for Foreign News Reporting

When independent judgment isn’t valued in the work journalists do overseas, the consequences for the nation can be devastating.

Adapting Investigative Reporting Skills to Policy Advocacy

‘My motto remains what it was when I reported on immigration: always hard-headed, never hard-hearted.’

MediaBugs: Correcting Errors and Conversing

The Knight News Challenge describes Rosenberg’s MediaBugs project:All journalists make mistakes, but they sometimes view admitting errors as a mark of shame. MediaBugs aims to change this climate, by promoting…

Watchdogging Public Corruption: A Newspaper Unearths Patterns of Costly Abuse

‘These are tumultuous and frightening times for newspapers, but this kind of reporting is what we do best.’

Rotting Meat, Security Documents, and Corporal Punishment

A local Chicago investigative reporter uses shoe-leather techniques and digital tools to uncover health and safety violations and be sure the news is widely spread.

Reporting Time and Resources Reveal a Hidden Source of Pollution

‘In many cases I had the budget to take chances and to not take no for an answer.’

Investigating Health and Safety Issues—As Scientists Would

The Chicago Tribune paid to have state-of-the-art testing done on products people eat and use and the results provided ‘clear reporting entry points into what are complex topics.’