Journalist’s Trade

Secret dealmaking creates big challenges for journalists trying to cover the risks and benefits of energy decisions.

At the Mobile Register, journalists encounter barriers to reporting on possible hazards and risks of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal.

A reporting team looks for answers amid a new and complex electricity market.

When coal industry officials and business leaders complain about coverage, ‘the only way to counter such pressures is with good, solid reporting.’

Watchdog reporting resides at the core of what journalism does. Its roots dig deeply into the common ground uniting the muckrakers’ unearthing of public and private scandals a century ago…

The first time I communicated in French and actually understood the response, I was elated. Those foreign syllables really did mean something, and as my misunderstandings and mispronunciations decreased, my…

The Committee of Concerned Journalists suggests campaign coverage strategies based on the advice of veteran political journalists.

‘Newspapers miss a major element of campaign coverage if they give short shrift to campaign money.’

The political editor of La Opinión found herself being interviewed by a lot of other reporters.

A Sacramento Bee reporter and photographer discover the anger of California’s voters.