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Is nonprofit newsroom’s shaky start an omen?

by Edward Wasserman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[8.Jul.08] :. Amid the dismal reports of cutbacks, layoffs, fear and trembling in the country’s newsrooms, the birth of Pro Publica has been reason for cheer. It’s the dazzling new investigative...

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Keeping Investigative Journalism Alive

by Jillian Burt

[31.Oct.07] :. By Edward Wasserman McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) Surely it’s good news when a super-rich couple pledges $10 million a year to found a crack team of investigative journalists whose mission will...

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A crusading editor, gunned down for the story

by Tim Jones [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[17.Aug.07] :. OAKLAND, Calif.—Until the sawed-off shotgun was raised and aimed at him, Chauncey Bailey, the tall, swashbuckling media celebrity who always walked and talked with a purpose, didn’t seem...

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Journalists seeking justice in Mexico

by Oscar Avila [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[30.Apr.07] :. MEXICO CITY - Mexican journalists have grown impatient as more of their colleagues are murdered, kidnapped or threatened because of their work. Increasingly, the media have directed their frustration...

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Oft-criticized college students one-up cable’s best

by B. Jay Cooper (MCT)

[25.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON—Let’s face it, baby boomers often express anxiety about the younger generation. We did a lot of crazy things in our day, but we also marched against the war in Vietnam, we...

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Author David Halberstam killed in car crash

by Connie Skipitares and S.L. Wykes [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[24.Apr.07] :. Halberstam was an award-winning journalist whose trail-blazing reporting on the Vietnam War earned him a Pulitzer Prize and who went on to become one of America's best known authors.

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On Revolutions, Civil War and Dictators: The Work of Ryszard Kapuscinski

by Marcelo Ballvé

[6.Apr.07] :. Kapuscinski, a master of subjective journalism, once referred to news agency reporters as “terrible victims of information”.

 
 
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