Read more investigative journalism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/39211/investigative-journalism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:23:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60532/woodward-working-on-obama-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's almost a political rite of passage at this point: Bob Woodward is writing a book about the Obama administration, reports Gabriel Sherman in the New Republic . No word on the focus, but Sherman notes that Woodward has a knack for making administrations nervous. “Every White House is wary of...http://www.newser.com/story/60532/woodward-working-on-obama-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 May 2009 11:59:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59976/berlusconi-irate-over-pesky-media-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSilvio Berlusconi owns nearly half of Italy’s television stations—but not La Repubblica, the Italian daily that has incensed the PM with questions about his connection to an 18-year-old model, the Guardian reports. When a reporter asked about Berlusconi's appearance at her birthday party, Berlusconi took offense, saying “shame on...http://www.newser.com/story/59976/berlusconi-irate-over-pesky-media-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 10:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59688/death-row-challenges-hurt-by-newsroom-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe huge cuts in newsroom staff around the country may have inadvertently condemned some innocent prisoners to death, the New York Times reports. Lawyers complain that many of the investigative journalists who would have once hotly pursued a story about a wrongly accused Death Row inmate aren't working any more....http://www.newser.com/story/59688/death-row-challenges-hurt-by-newsroom-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 5:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58777/clemens-offers-fresh-denial-of-impossible-steroid-use.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoger Clemens again denied past steroid use today, and criticized a new book that claims to detail his transgressions, the New York Daily News reports. It’s “impossible” that trainer Brian McNamee injected the pitcher with steroids “because he’s never given me any,” he told an ESPN radio show. “So it’s...http://www.newser.com/story/58777/clemens-offers-fresh-denial-of-impossible-steroid-use.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 15:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58542/with-news-we-get-what-we-pay-for.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe know the mainstream media is sick, but it doesn’t have to die, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times . When television appeared, people worried it would eat movies, Broadway, and radio; all these forms still exist, having “learned to adapt and to collaborate with the monster.” As “an...http://www.newser.com/story/58542/with-news-we-get-what-we-pay-for.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 11:15:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55452/death-of-newspapers-wont-kill-the-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBefore newspapers held sway over politicians and maintained monopolies under federal anti-trust exemptions, they were a service people were willing to pay for, Michael Kinsley writes in the Washington Post . Even if “technology is on the verge of removing some traditionally vital organs of the body politic,” they will be...http://www.newser.com/story/55452/death-of-newspapers-wont-kill-the-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 14:06:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54769/huffpo-starts-investigative-journo-venture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLaid-off journalists, take heart: The Huffington Post, aiming to take up the slack as daily newspapers shrink staffs, is about to fund an investigative team that will begin by casting critical eyes on the economy. Ten staff journalists, coordinating with freelancers, will provide work to other sites at the same...http://www.newser.com/story/54769/huffpo-starts-investigative-journo-venture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 11:39:26 CDT