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Whither Investigative Journalism?

Whither Investigative Journalism?

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The “Special Sauce” for news media has always been investigative journalism, ala Woodward and Bernstein.  It’s what made myself and an entire generation of young writers want to get into journalism back in the 1970’s, each of us aching to bring the mighty low, to shine lights into dark places and in the process, make our names, too, household words. Today, investigative journalism is a dying craft.  Dying not because there aren’t reporters willing to ask the tough questions, but…

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PEJ Report – The Changing Newspaper Newsroom

PEJ Report – The Changing Newspaper Newsroom

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The Project for Excellence in Journalism (funded by the PEW Charitable Trust) has an excellent report out on the Changing Newspaper Newsroom – with some very interesting statistics that seem to imply the newspapers still haven’t got the message about their value proposition. It has fewer pages than three years ago, the paper stock is thinner, and the stories are shorter. There is less foreign and national news, less space devoted to science, the arts, features and a range of…

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Media Deathwatch: Tampa Tribune

Media Deathwatch: Tampa Tribune

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Jessica DaSilva posted last week right after the Tampa Tribune Editor in Chief Janet Coats announced a major round of layoffs, and their embarkation for a trip in an entirely new direction: Then she dropped the reality bomb: “People need to stop looking at TBO.com as an add on to The Tampa Tribune,” she said. “The truth is that The Tampa Tribune is an add on to TBO.” (Bold added for effect) The questions from much of the newsroom apparently…

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