Watchdog

‘… it remains the job of journalists to do more than report the “stuff” that happens or bring to the public the “first rough draft of history.”’

The following words are reprinted from a Nieman Reports article written by Aung Zaw, editor of The Irrawaddy, a magazine about Burma and Southeast Asian affairs located in Chiang Mai,…

In the digital age, there is an appetite ‘for direct access to source documents.’

In 2007, David Kaplan, who for many years was the chief investigative correspondent at U.S. News & World Report, studied the condition of global investigative journalism. Part of his mission…

When news stations in Georgia refused to broadcast an investigative report about a high government official’s actions, the news story found a home on the Internet.

‘With some noteworthy exceptions, secrecy is rarely tackled head-on in the press.’

Working, as we do, in our digital, converged-media school of journalism at Kent State, we are learning to use the new technology to educate the next generation of journalists. When…

Experiences in the Philippines taught a journalist that ‘the space for watchdog reporting must be created before new structures congeal.’

A Brazilian journalist explores the benefits of collaboration and describes how and why watchdog reporting has changed in Latin America.

Training and support for investigative journalists are increasing, and collaborative projects are happening worldwide.