Investigative Reporters and Editors

Watchdog journalism ideally involves independent scrutiny of the government and preventing abuses of power, with the goal of bringing issues such as abuses of power and corruption to the public eye. However, with the large turnkey costs involved with opening a media company (whether is be radio, tv or print) and the relatively low profit margin it is not the most realistic idea for news outlets. Due to the many large media outlets reducing the numbers of journalists dramatically, and an increased

the strongest evidence that this is a revolutionary technique. News editors and the authorities observed by the journalists and editors are no longer the secret keepers of information, which is because the costs of distribution have been almost decreased to zero. Before a story published, the procedure has been changed as well. The Internet has been globalised and the information is available to the world. So is to the reporters and journalists. They can find the diverse perspectives and the background

accuracy and objectivity was the most important quality of every reporter but this morality has changed, according to the Al Franken; “The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover,” since remuneration became an essential terminus of people including reporters and journalists. Therefore, nowadays, most partisan reporters choose to broadcast

bug and steal documents. Optimistic voters believed there was no link between the president and the burglars and Nixon was reelected. Initial investigations were heavily influenced by the media, particularly through the works of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and their mysterious source “Deep Throat”. During

May 12, 1983. Introduction The winds of change are blowing, and as we progress into the information age, investigative journalism is something which will affect all of us—either as consumers, members of special interest groups, business persons, or members of the general public. Organizations—and especially businesses—will be forced in the years ahead to deal with investigative reporters in an open and forthright manner. Adolph Coors Company, the nation's sixth largest brewer, has changed its news

scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston, carried out in 2002 by a respected investigative team of The Boston Globe known as Spotlight. The investigation unmasked several priests who sexually abused children during several years, and denounced the continuous cover-up of this sort of crimes perpetrated by the church, as an institution, in an almost unimaginable scale. All began with the arrival of a confident new editor to The Globe. Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber is outstanding), a Jewish who had gained

Now, more than ever, we are inundated with current events and stories we would never have heard ten years ago. Our level of awareness as a nation is setting us on a path of progression, with information one swipe away with a smart phone among other devices. The mass media outlets ultimately control the narrative and information presented to society. The dangers of the media can include: the use of choice words, special camera angles to make an event look much larger, loaded questions toward interviewers

On June 18, 1972, the Washington Post published an article under the title “5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats’ Office Here”. The author, Alfred E. Lewis, claimed that five men, one being an ex-CIA agent, three being native-born Cubans, and the last being said to have trained Cuban exiles for guerilla warfare, were caught planting bugs in the offices of the National Democratic Committee. This article sparked an important breakthrough in American journalism. Catching the attention of Post writers Carl

Reporters are one type of journalist. They create reports as a profession for broadcast or publication in mass media such as newspapers, television, radio, magazines, documentary film, and the Internet. Reporters find sources for their work, their reports can be either spoken or written, and they are often expected to report in the most objective and unbiased

Introduction Authors of the book, Reaching Audiences, 6th Ed. (K. McAdams, J. Yopp, 2013), describe four essential qualities necessary for effective and appropriate media writing. Consequently, a four-pronged approach must include accuracy, clarity, completeness, and fairness, within the writing process. Additionally, professional writers, Katherine McAdams and Jan Yopp, further explain: “Writing that is accurate, clear, complete, and fair has a better chance of holding audiences, particularly