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Investigative Reporting through Associated Press feeds

A dear friend of mine, MT, complained about the shortage of investigative journalism in today's mass media. Being the fine journalist that she is, and will be (she will also make an exceptional lawyer), I had to agree with her, and living in Puerto Rico, where good journalism is hard to find, especially in television, one has to adopt a resigned attitude towards the limited offer or stop watching news all-together. It is in these precise moments that I'm grateful for cable, the Internet, BBC, at one time short-wave radio, Sirius-XM, and iPod/iTunes. This way at least I don't have to settle for mediocre.

It is then gratifying to stumble upon this news article by The New York Times announcing that Associated Press (AP) will post pieces of investigative journalism from four exceptional sources: The Center for Public Integrity, the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University School of Communication, ProPublica, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. All of their websites have fine news articles of their own. Some of them have Facebook and Twitter pages so you can follow them. Believe me, I have seen some of the news reports, indeed extraordinary quality.

AP and these news outlets, have scored a big one for quality journalism. Enjoy MT.
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James Banzer said…
Jose...

I happened to find out about this New York Times piece by linking to you at Twitter, and seeing your link to the blog. As one who worked full-time in journalism for more than 35 years, I find the idea of non-traditional news sources doing news to be interesting. At the same time, it is cause for suspicion. It is like university studies. Who financed them? Is there a hidden agenda? Those questions must be asked. That said, one should be asking the same questions regarding the traditional journalist sources as well. Thanks for the post.

James
5:06 AM
Unknown said…
Hello Mr Banzer, it is nice to meet your acquaintance.

Indeed I agree with your assessment about the financing of news sources. One also wonders about their agenda; are they left, right, center? It would be interesting to see the list of donors and the motivation(s) behind their reporting. The thing that attracted me the investigative reporting news sites mentioned in the article is the fact that there are places where conventional news is being complemented by deep research. This way I can go back and forth between the news I regularly consume and going further in subject that catch my interests.

Thank you again for your comments, they appreciated. I trust you'll keep them coming?
11:56 PM
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