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Starting Arguments: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Political Cartoonist on the Right to be Offensive

All illustrations by Mark FioreJust great. My first foray into book reviewing is reviewing a book by Victor Navasky, former editor and publisher of The Nation, onetime editor at The…

The Associated Press’s Kathleen Carroll: “You can have it all if you define what it is you want”

Photo by John MinchelloAs executive editor of The Associated Press, Kathleen Carroll oversees a staff of some 2,300 journalists working in more than 100 countries. The news they gather is…

In Korea, Watchdog Journalism Worth Watching on Television

Photo courtesy of SBS“First, I just fainted and vomited, but later it became worse and my whole body was shaking.” That’s what one conscripted policeman told us about the constant…

Do the Right Thing: Watchdog Reporters Handle a Bombing in Philadelphia

Photo by Will Steacy/From the Project “Deadline”At precisely 5:27 p.m. on the afternoon of May 13, 1985, a blue and white Pennsylvania State Police helicopter hovered over a heavily fortified…

Our Communities Crave Watchdog Journalism

Photo by Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Milwaukee Journal SentinelEarly one recent morning I fired off an e-mail to my managing editor, enraged that a story on the front page of our paper reported…

No Profession for Lone Wolves: Watchdog Reporters Need to Work Together

Once upon a time I was feeling rather smug having produced a series of reports that won a few trophies. Me? I’ll crawl across cut glass for a plastic trophy…

Cross-Border Collaboration in Watchdog Journalism

“Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze,” a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), involved about 86 journalists in 46 countries. The investigation started with…

Let the Readers Know: How Journalists and the Public Can Work Together

I’m too young to be nostalgic (says the man who just got his AARP invitation), but here’s a story from the good old days—meaning, seven years ago.I was working with…

From Shoe Leather to Big Data: ProPublica and the Future of Watchdog Journalism

Last year I attended a fascinating conference at Heidelberg University’s Center for American Studies entitled “From Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks: A Transatlantic Conversation on the Public Right to Know.” Several…

Truth or Consequences: Where is Watchdog Journalism Today?

Despite budget cuts and shrinking newsrooms, watchdog reporters are finding new ways to fulfill an old mission—holding those in power to account