What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Editor & Publisher: Joe Strupp examines the growing trend of nonprofit, investigative organizations helping mainstream newspapers produce watchdog journalism. The Austin Chronicle and the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz profiled one of those nonprofits, the Texas Tribune. Columbia Journalism Review: A funny yet poignant profile of Kery Murakami, founder … Read more

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: The Indie Reader: John Douglas Marshall examines the difficulties faced by out-of-work journalists who are trying to reinvent themselves on the Internet. “Even some of the more well-known journalistic presences on the Web are not making a living wage for their efforts there, especially those in arts journalism.” … Read more

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Search Engine Land: Danny Sullivan interviews Google CEO Eric Schmidt about the future of newspapers and journalism. “Well-funded, targeted professionally managed investigative journalism is a necessary precondition in my view to a functioning democracy. And so that’s what we worry about.” Center for the Future of Museums: Interesting … Read more

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Reflections of a Newsosaur: Alan Mutter offers fresh details about the most ambitious nonprofit Web site in the United States that focuses on local news. U.S. Congress: Lawmakers hold hearing on saving newspapers — newspapers say, don’t give us stimulus money. Safety Net: Is Spot.Us the future of … Read more

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Online Journalism Review: Research for hire: Some investigative journalists are selling their skills to private interests. Nieman Journalism Lab: What NYU professor Clay Shirky says about the future of expensive, accountability journalism in a world of declining newspapers. (Shirky was the guy who wrote this.)

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Nieman Journalism Lab: Right-wing think tank hires investigative reporter. “Is it journalism? Or is it advocacy?” Online Journalism Review: Robert Niles interviews Thomas Maier about his multimedia story investigating the aftermath of U.S. nuclear tests in the Pacific. Niles asks whether the Web is forging a marriage between … Read more

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Steve Buttry: A great explanation by Buttry about how public data empowers journalists to write compelling, authoritative stories — yet many times, journalists aren’t seizing that opportunity. American Journalism Review: “A newspaper editor converts her investigative team into a nonprofit — with her former paper as partner and … Read more

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Poynter: The trials, tribulations and victories of Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit investigative organization. Temple Talk: Former Rocky Mountain News Editor John Temple continues his profiles of Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who lost their jobs in the newspaper business. Splice Today: Bill Wyman’s five-part series on why newspapers are failing.

What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Editorsweblog: Buy some reporting talent at the Journalism Shop — former L. A Times investigative journalists market themselves. The Next Web: Why Rupert Murdoch’s plan to charge for online content will benefit bloggers, not the media. Andrea James: Another bright, young reporter leaves the business. Here’s why. Knowledge … Read more