Nonprofit business models often pop up in our coverage, and in recent weeks we’ve run a series on the relationship between non-governmental organizations and the news ecosystem. But here’s something we’ve only touched on in passing: the decline of investigative journalism and its impact on nonprofit accountability. Pablo Eisenberg, senior fellow at the Georgetown Public [...]

The oft-defended public service and watchdog components of journalism are most important when a frightening topic is making the rounds. Clear reporting can have a huge influence during these times.
Toward that end, our colleagues at The Nieman Foundation have launched www.coveringflu.org. It’s a comprehensive online guide that helps journalists separate pandemic flu misconceptions from important [...]

[Here's the final part of Dan Froomkin's essay on the ills facing American newspapers, where he proposes a few answers. You can catch up on the entire essay here. —Josh]
So much of what we do, we do because it’s always been done that way. But here are a few examples of how writing for a [...]

[Here's part two of Dan's essay on the ills facing American newspapers; part one ran yesterday. —Josh]
While we legitimately want to keep partisanship and polemics out of our news coverage, we need to stop banishing our humanity and the passions that made us become journalists in the first place. When we find a great story, [...]