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NEWS ABOUT: investigative journalism

investigative journalism stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - It's almost a political rite of passage at this point: Bob Woodward is writing a book about the Obama administration, reports Gabriel Sherman in the New Republic. No word on the focus, but Sherman notes that Woodward has a knack for making administrations nervous. “Every White House... More »

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White House • Bob Woodward • Election 2008 • reporting • Obama administration • President Obama • investigative journalism

Berlusconi Irate Over Pesky Media Questions

Italian PM walks out of interview when asked about teen model

May 24, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi owns nearly half of Italy’s television stations—but not La Repubblica, the Italian daily that has incensed the PM with questions about his connection to an 18-year-old model, the Guardian reports. When a reporter asked about Berlusconi's appearance at her birthday party, Berlusconi took offense, saying... More »

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media • newspaper • Italy • prime minister • parliament • authoritarianism • Silvio Berlusconi • La Repubblica • investigative journalism • Noemi Letizia

 Death Row Challenges 
 Hurt by Newsroom Cuts 

Lawyers fear shortage of media resources may result in innocent people being executed

May 21, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The huge cuts in newsroom staff around the country may have inadvertently condemned some innocent prisoners to death, the New York Times reports. Lawyers complain that many of the investigative journalists who would have once hotly pursued a story about a wrongly accused Death Row inmate aren't working any more.... More »

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execution • journalism • exonerate • death row • Innocence Project • investigative journalism • exoneration

(Newser) - Roger Clemens again denied past steroid use today, and criticized a new book that claims to detail his transgressions, the New York Daily News reports. It’s “impossible” that trainer Brian McNamee injected the pitcher with steroids “because he’s never given me any,” he told an... More »

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New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • New York Daily News • baseball • Brian McNamee • steroid use • investigative journalism • Nathaniel Vinton • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 With News, 
 'We Get What 
 We Pay For' 

Sick media must not die

May 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - We know the mainstream media is sick, but it doesn’t have to die, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. When television appeared, people worried it would eat movies, Broadway, and radio; all these forms still exist, having “learned to adapt and to collaborate with the monster.... More »

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Internet • newspaper • journalism • free • Frank Rich • new media • business models • reporting • investigative journalism

(Newser) - Before newspapers held sway over politicians and maintained monopolies under federal anti-trust exemptions, they were a service people were willing to pay for, Michael Kinsley writes in the Washington Post. Even if “technology is on the verge of removing some traditionally vital organs of the body politic,” they... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • New York Times • online news • online newspapers • subsidies • newspaper industry • aggregator • investigative journalism

HuffPo Starts Investigative Journo Venture

Site steps in as daily newspapers fold or
cut reporting staffs

Mar 30, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Laid-off journalists, take heart: The Huffington Post, aiming to take up the slack as daily newspapers shrink staffs, is about to fund an investigative team that will begin by casting critical eyes on the economy. Ten staff journalists, coordinating with freelancers, will provide work to other sites at the same... More »

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journalism • online newspapers • Arianna Huffington • Huffington Post • newspaper industry • investigative journalism

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