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Instilling a Watchdog Culture in the Newsroom

‘Watchdog work is not just about projects; it’s about an approach to beat coverage that should be reflected in daily and longer-form work.’
March 15, 2008

Digital Records Reveal Corruption on Capitol Hill

The 2006 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting was awarded to the staffs of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service, “with notable work by Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer,”…
March 15, 2008

Determining the Reliability of a Key CIA Source

After his newspaper story exposed the CIA’s reliance on a con man to determine if Iraq had WMD, a journalist dug deeper to unravel the mystery.
March 15, 2008

Decision-Making: A Visual Journey Inside the Iraq War

‘… 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.”’
March 15, 2008

Confronting Pressure From Donors

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,…
March 15, 2008

When Video Is King

For local TV news, a difficulty will come in figuring out how to make watchdog reporting stand out in a digital world.
March 15, 2008

Watchdog Reporting: Exploring Its Myth

‘The myth of journalists doggedly uncovering all the facts is both important—and dangerous.’
March 15, 2008

Secrets and the Press

‘Some secrets deserve to be kept, and even secrets uncovered might not merit being put in public print, on television or on the Internet.’
March 15, 2008

Journalists as Storytellers

The only thing I have wanted to do in my life—and the only thing I have done somewhat well—is telling stories …. For me, stories are like toys, and making…
March 15, 2008

Circumventing Censorship With Technology

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.
March 15, 2008