Byron V. Acohido: Investigative reporter, The Seattle Times. Since 1998, a specialist in covering the aerospace industry and aviation safety. His five-part series detailing problems with the 737’s rudder system…

‘Watchdog journalism is the only function of journalism that justifies the freedom that journalists enjoy in this country.’ —Bill Kovach, Curator, Nieman Foundation

Name them? Socialize with them? Trust them?

Increasingly reporters cite anonymous sources rather than provide readers, viewers and listeners with actual names. At this conference, journalists, whose work demonstrates how information was gathered from sources who agreed…

As helpful or reliable as sources might seem to be, no reporter should accept their version of events without finding documentation to back up what they say. None of the…

Generations clash. Cultures collide. And promises cannot be kept.

Several reporters devoted much of their presentations to describing how they went about finding sources and gathering information from them. In all cases, these reporters did not use anonymous sources…

A Scholar Examines the Convergence of Race and Welfare in the Media.

What happens when reporters are shut out by sources whom they believe are necessary to report a story? Several journalists at the Watchdog conference argued that reporters often do their…

Those who own and control the media want to secure political influence, not to uncover political corruption.