Digging through records, creating new databases, and asking key questions leads a West Virginia reporter to important investigative stories about the coal industry. Read more
Iran’s home page on the Global Voices Web site. RELATED ARTICLE “Attempting to Silence Iran’s ‘Weblogistan’” – Mohamed Abdel DayemHarvard University’s Berkman … Read more
The Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team set out to determine why the state’s health care costs are so high and ended up revealing a hidden deal between powerful forces. Read more
‘The U.S. press seemed to accept as established truth that cholesterol lowering is vital and that statins are the closest thing to wonder drugs. I’m not any smarter than my colleagues, I worried. Maybe I’m just wrong.’ Read more
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A radio journalist talks about the effects of lazy reporting, ‘opinion journalism,’ and some inherent difficulties in accurately telling this complicated story. Read more