Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas
What are shining examples of investigative journalism? How do we keep it alive while the media industry is imploding? That’s what this blog is all about.
What others are saying about watchdog journalism, and how to fund it: Related: Sign up for blog updates from John Tedesco The Nation: News flash: Investigative reporting costs money. Bad Idea magazine: David Cohn, the founder of the investigative journalism project Spot.Us, says “crowdfunding” can help pay for watchdog stories. “I think that this kind … Read more
What others are saying about watchdog journalism: Columbia Journalism Review: Stop the grave dancing and figure out how to support full-time journalism. Poynter: Mallary Jean Tenore reviews the offerings of public data and watchdog stories posted by the new Texas Tribune.
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.)
Express-News Reporter Brian Chasnoff uncovered a serious paperwork problem at the San Antonio Police Department in his front-page story today: 2,300 police reports documenting a wide variety of crimes have gone missing. Read more about SAPD: Does risk of police chases outweigh benefits of capturing suspects? Brian wrote: The San Antonio Police Department has misplaced … Read more
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: Nieman Journalism Lab: How much money did it cost for a 13,000-word article investigating patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital during Katrina? Answer: A lot. Try six figures. Street Roots: Interview with Harper’s editor Ken Silverstein about the state of investigative journalism. “I don’t know where the … Read more