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Powerful People and a Book They Almost Stopped

When a Philippine investigative journalist revealed the inner workings of her nation’s Supreme Court, the country’s largest book publisher and leading distributor walked away.

The Bonds of Our Reporting: The Civil Rights Cold Case Project

RELATED ARTICLE“It Takes a Hard-Driving Team to Uncover the Truth of a Cold Case”– David RidgenCold case reporting is one of those endeavors that require friendly, trustworthy support and collaboration.…

It Takes a Hard-Driving Team to Uncover the Truth of a Cold Case

‘… Thomas Moore and I became an indivisible army of two on the [Henry H.] Dee and [Charles E.] Moore case. We created a critical mass of trust that carried…

The Enduring Ambition of the Civil Rights Cold Case Project

‘What I didn’t know going in was how inspired I’d feel by hearing these journalists share fragments from their work that spoke to why telling these stories mattered to them—and…

Engaging Communities: Content and Conversation

‘Editors ought to require that story pitches and budget lines include an engagement component, reflecting community conversation, collaboration and outreach.’

Community: A New Business Model for News

‘… the most powerful emerging business driver in the new economy is community.’

A Community Watches a Story Unfold

‘It was risky to reveal parts of the story as it unfolded because in 30 years in this business I have seen projects hit dead ends.’

Finding Information Pathways to Community Inclusion

‘I yearned for grass-roots assessments of every community’s information ecology and widespread advocacy for stronger, more democratic media.’

When Machines Decide What We ‘Think’

The Internet helps like-minded citizens find each other, but does it foster democracy? A while back Eli Pariser, board president and former executive director of the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org,…

Curation, Community and the Future of News

‘People are clearly overwhelmed by the growing volume and weight of digital content and messaging that they feel compelled to process.’