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.

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

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.’

‘Given my years of energy reporting in California, I could spot several warning signs early on; others took additional reporting to uncover.’

Fatima Tlisova witnessed the injustice of villagers being poisoned by pollution from a nuclear lab nearby; she reported their story in a place where journalists risk their lives for sharing…

Investigative reporters in Sweden set out to tell the story of why and how illegal fishing of cod was happening—and what it meant to consumers and businesses in their country.

From tutoring to volunteer firefighting to working with at-risk children, fellows use their skills to dig into their surroundings.

Working for a Western magazine in Iran, a journalist finds that he has acquired some surprisingly close acquaintances—from the ministry of intelligence. And strangely, they are all called Mr. Mohammadi.

‘Those of us who have been investigative reporters have a responsibility to ensure that local watchdogging remains robust in our industry.’

September 2001 – First Iranian blog appears on the Internet.November 2001 – Blogger Hossein Derakhshan develops a step-by-step guide to blogging in Farsi.RELATED ARTICLE“Attempting to Silence Iran’s ‘Weblogistan’”– Mohamed Abdel…