Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas
At a time when it feels like facts don’t matter, there’s a sliver of good news.
Investigative journalists are still writing stories that help us understand a complicated world.
Here are the latest examples of watchdog stories in Texas that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable: Read more …
A fresh batch of must-read investigative stories that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable across Texas:
Fifty-one inches: Terror, heartbreak and heroism as five souls brave the worst storm in U.S. history | Houston Chronicle
A gripping narrative that focuses on the plight of five people caught in the path of Tropical Storm Harvey. Read more …
Paul Bradshaw wrote an interesting review of Living Stories, Google’s vision of how news should be read, shared and discussed online. Related: What’s Evernote for? How about making a vast, searchable archive of all your files Partnering with the New York Times and the Washington Post, Google has created an experiment that tries to move … Read more
Last week the New York Times ran a story about Internet companies selling imaginary things: These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a collection of pixels on a Web page. But it is … Read more
Awesome video by the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, who offers some sound reporting advice for all journalists and bloggers. True, most of us will never need fake wallets or interpreters or blow darts. But doing everything you can do verify someone’s story — no matter how sympathetic they are — is important whether you’re … Read more
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c End Times www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Newt Gingrich Unedited Interview The Daily Show’s visit to the New York Times was hilarious — “The spinning — always the spinning. Let’s see you do that, computers.” But one of the editors could … Read more