‘Watchdog work is not just about projects; it’s about an approach to beat coverage that should be reflected in daily and longer-form work.’

‘… investigative reporting itself is also on the cusp of major transformation ….’

The 2006 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting was awarded to the staffs of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service, “with notable work by Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer,”…

After his newspaper story exposed the CIA’s reliance on a con man to determine if Iraq had WMD, a journalist dug deeper to unravel the mystery.

When a decade of conflict ended, ‘what many Nepali journalists did not anticipate was that the worst had yet to come.’

‘… it remains the job of journalists to do more than report the “stuff” that happens or bring to the public the “first rough draft of history.”’

The following words are reprinted from a Nieman Reports article written by Aung Zaw, editor of The Irrawaddy, a magazine about Burma and Southeast Asian affairs located in Chiang Mai,…

In the digital age, there is an appetite ‘for direct access to source documents.’

Want to add social science methods to your toolbox of investigative reporting skills? What follows are some ways to consider doing this:Read “Precision Journalism: A Reporter’s Introduction to Social Science…

For local TV news, a difficulty will come in figuring out how to make watchdog reporting stand out in a digital world.