Investigative reports
An incomplete list
Investigative reports of note | |
Washington Post report on the meteoric rise of the security industry (and the gazillions spent) since 9/11. | |
Washington Post–great reading, if you have the stomach for it (you’ll never think of ‘public service’ the same) | |
Washington Post investigated the man behind the man in the Oval Office for two terms | |
Washington Post’s take, anyway, on what went wrong that precipitated the economic slide | |
And your representatives say national health care is a budget buster?? | |
NY Times reporter David Barstow won the Pulitzer Prize for this series (which disappeared almost immediately after its publication) on how the Pentagon stacked the deck with retired generals to ensure favorable coverage of the Iraq War. | |
Department of Justice scandal | The firing of insufficiently politicized US Attorneys. In progress–lots of broken links to fix on this one |
A Report from the Constitution Project (yes, it was torture)
For investigative reporting Hey, WOFTSL!! (NY Times, ‘watch out for that stop light)–the Times looks at texting and other distractions while driving (a good one to check out on those long-distance road trips) | |
They do investigative journalism, and take on stories no commercial organization would tackle for very long | |
Washington Post | |
And we’re not talking oil . . . but pharmaceuticals (from NY Times) from the Chicago Tribune
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NY Times (collection of articles, analyses) | |
Hasn’t been higher since the Great Depression. NY Times (stats, stories, trends, etc.). Don’t let Wall Street know they occasionally do this kind of reporting. | |
‘grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting’ (including on campuses). NY Times series (another Pulitzer winner) on WalMart’s aggressive business strategies (in this case) in Mexico NY Times series on water pollution, under-regulation, and public risk | |
