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Debate over Investigative Reporting

Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leader defends its investigation of Sen. Mitch McConnell's fundraising machine, but new owner McClatchy returns the grant money that enabled the research.

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on October 16, 2006 - 6:50pm.

Killing of Russian journalist validates the importance of her work

When journalists are murdered as a result of their work, as is the case of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, it is tragic on a human level and a professional level. And with the internet, it sure is hard to keep it quiet.

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on October 10, 2006 - 8:59pm.

Old debate, new frontier

How much gruesome war-imagery should we see—what counts as informative and what counts as gore? Should video-sharing sites screen videos that could be propaganda produced by Iraqi insurgents? The U.S. military?

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on October 6, 2006 - 12:18pm.

Is Yahoo more dangerous than helpful?

A $1 million donation by Yahoo Inc. to a journalism fellowship at Stanford University has revived a discussion on the company’s ethics in the wake of a case where a Chinese journalist was arrested with Yahoo's help.

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on October 2, 2006 - 1:31pm.

Muzzling the press in Iraq

As if risking life and limb to get a story weren’t enough, Iraqi journalists also have to worry about being criminalized for publishing same story, if it contains anything critical of the government.

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on September 29, 2006 - 3:34pm.

Minorities in Media

The Center for Individual Rights filed a suit charging the white people are being excluded from a journalism recruitment program that focuses on minority students.

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on September 26, 2006 - 3:16pm.

Hugo Chavez – Buffoon or media mastermind?

Unintended consequences of Chavez's speech -- Chomsky's book selling like hotcakes

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on September 22, 2006 - 3:58pm.

Cracks appear in the happy coup

After days of largely positive media coverage of the military takeover of Thailand’s government, a few hints that not ALL welcome dictatorships emerge

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on September 22, 2006 - 12:33pm.

Will blogging cut through Thailand’s coup?

Can groundlevel citizen journalists give insight on the (so far) bloodless coup?

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on September 20, 2006 - 6:02pm.

AP uses the Media to get out a message

The Associated Press switched out of its traditional reporting role to expose the case of one if its own photographers being held in Iraq by the U.S. military

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on September 18, 2006 - 3:38pm.

The digital divide and conquer

Low-income, minority communities are still lagging behind in accessing the internet

Submitted by Alyssa Giachino on September 13, 2006 - 5:03pm.
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