All entries tagged: Mark Flatten
Why a reporter left mainstream media for a think tank
Why would an award-winning journalist with a long history of breaking big stories in his home state leave mainstream media to work for an ideologically-driven think tank? Mark Flatten says the think tank in question — the conservative Goldwater Institute in Phoenix — made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
I wrote about Flatten’s move [...]
Nonprofits with a perspective hiring journalists: A sign of things to come?
Here’s a press release headline that’s likely to be recycled many times: “Nonprofit Institute Hires Investigative Journalist.” Just add the names of the nonprofit and the journalist, and you’ve got another story about the future of watchdog journalism in the post-newspaper era.
Now here’s a test: What if the institute in question is a right-wing think [...]
