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Accountability Journalism: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Accountability Journalism: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

This article is based on the author’s book, “Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism,” being published in October 2016 by Harvard University Press.The path to The Washington Post’s 1999…
How Bobby Kennedy in 1968 Turned Skeptical Journalists into Believers

How Bobby Kennedy in 1968 Turned Skeptical Journalists into Believers

In his new book, Larry Tye explores RFK's transformation from a staunch anti-communist to a liberal icon—and details his relationship with the press along the way
Joining Forces in the Name of Watchdog Journalism

Joining Forces in the Name of Watchdog Journalism

Competing news outlets are teaming up on investigative reporting projects that none could manage on their own

Getting the Most Out of Comments: A Guide for Journalists

Monica Guzman's new API report explores the best ways to build audience—and relevance—by listening to and engaging with readers

Getting Beyond Stereotypes on Israeli TV News

Arabs with Israeli citizenship account for roughly 20 percent of Israel’s population, but comprise just 3 percent of interviewees on leading news shows. Several Israeli non-profits are trying to change…
Reporting on Islam

Reporting on Islam

With Islam threaded through beats from foreign affairs to crime to education, journalists are stepping up efforts to provide nuanced coverage of Muslims and their religion
Holding Businesses Accountable

Holding Businesses Accountable

While there's no Pulitzer category for business reporting, taking on corporations and financial interests is at the core of many Prize-winning stories
The Story Behind the First Pulitzer for Jazz

The Story Behind the First Pulitzer for Jazz

It was a moment that many thought never would happen. In 1997, for the first time in the history of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, the award went to a…
A Century of Pulitzer Journalism Speaking Truth to Power

A Century of Pulitzer Journalism Speaking Truth to Power

There it is, in the very first sentence of Theodore H. White’s Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicle of the battle between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon for the presidency: The curious…
The Medium is The (Text) Message

The Medium is The (Text) Message

What Facebook’s plans for Messenger say about chatbots, AI-powered news, and the role of journalists in a world where language is the new digital interface