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Murrey Marder

Murrey Marder, a 1950 Nieman Fellow, is a former chief diplomatic reporter with The Washington Post. Marder (1919–2013) made his name on the “red beat,” where he was among the first to challenge U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. He was also the sponsor of the Nieman Watchdog project (www.niemanwatchdog.org) through the creation of The Murrey and Frances Marder Fund at the Nieman Foundation.

Murrey Marder, NF ’50

Murrey Marder, NF ’50

Washington Post reporter Marder (1919–2013) made his name on the “red beat,” where he was among the first to challenge U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy I also had a lot of…
September 24, 2013

The Press and the Presidency

‘President Bush was obsessed from the beginning of his administration with what he regarded as unjustified intrusions by the press.’
March 15, 2008

The Press and the Presidency: Silencing the Watchdog

‘President Bush was obsessed from the beginning of his administration with what he regarded as unjustified intrusions by the press.’
March 15, 2008

What Happens When Journalists Don’t Probe?

They fail to ‘fulfill their obligation to the public interest as counterweights in the American system.’
June 15, 2003

Watchdog Journalism: An Instrument of Democracy

In his introduction to the Nieman Foundation Watchdog Conference held at Harvard University in September, Curator Bob Giles described how and why the Watchdog project was created. He invited Murrey…
December 15, 2001

Press Failure to Watchdog Can Have Devastating Consequences

Every news organization should monitor the powerful in the public interest.
June 15, 2001

1998: This Is Watchdog Journalism

[This article originally appeared in the Summer 1998 issue of Nieman Reports.][T]here is far too little public understanding in the United States about the role of the press in the…
December 15, 1999

1991: Operation Washington Shield

Administration’s manipulation of news embraced diplomacy and politics, as well as the battlefield.
December 15, 1999

A Reader’s View: Novelists Outdo Journalists

After years of self-satisfied isolation, Indonesia finds itself exposed on the world’s financial pages and, occasionally, on front pages. The last time journalists paid so much attention to this immense,…
September 15, 1998

Arrogance Wins? American Journalism’s Identity Crisis

Unlike other trades, crafts, or professions, the American press is constantly in your face in one form or another: in your eyes, your ears—and an increasing number of critics these…
September 15, 1998