Watchdog

A Delaware newspaper tries to obtain data about the state’s criminal justice system.

As part of the Nieman Foundation’s Watchdog Journalism Project, Nieman Reports is featuring two articles about watchdog reporting. In the first, Deborah Henley, executive editor of The (Delaware) News Journal,…

At the Detroit Free Press, a watchdog reporter sees the impact of his stories.

To try to prevent newspaper access to computer databases, the Delaware Criminal Justice Information System (DELJIS) has argued that: By using fields to link cases related to a defendant, a…

Asking questions is ‘such a supremely human endeavor.’

Preparation and persistence are key ingredients for successful interviews.

‘Once we got that question in our minds, all of a sudden everything fell into place.’

‘…it’s not what question we ask. It’s the fact that we ask at all.’

In response to the journalists’ observations, Dan Rothstein described how the process has worked for others who are not so accustomed to asking questions. He reminded reporters of the vital…

At the Nieman Foundation’s fourth Watchdog Project Conference, held in the fall of 2001 at Harvard University, the topic was “How to Ask Probing Questions.” The Watchdog Project was established…