Newsroom Cuts and Fate of Investigative Reporting
Steve Outing has an excellent column asking what will become of investigative reporting in light of newsroom cutbacks.
Here is one excerpt of many I could have pulled:
Brant Houston, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, says the days of big newspaper investigative teams are long over, and new forms of investigative journalism are emerging. He expects to see more collaboration as a way to pool resources and save money while still producing important journalism — along the lines of PBS Frontline’s collaboration with the New York Times and NYTimes.com on some of its documentaries.
