Watchdog blog roundup for 10-8-09

Close-up of a centuries-old handpress

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 post about parallels between newspapers and museums — and their perceived value.
  • Philadelphia Weekly: Barlett and Steele: One of history’s best reporting teams looks to the future.