investigative journalism Archives

The Panama Papers just Saved Journalism — and Could Save Democracy

December 15, 2020April 15, 2016 by Robert Jensen

Revelations about the widespread use of shell companies and offshore banking by politicians and business figures has challenged the traditional model of investigative reporting. It could be the new way investigative reporting is done.

In memoriam: Michael C. Ruppert

December 15, 2020April 16, 2014 by Staff

Investigative journalist and peak oil activist Michael C. Ruppert died Sunday, April 13, following his Lifeboat Hour radio show.

Reviewing The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism

December 15, 2020March 30, 2014 by Robert Jensen

Starkman explains why journalists often aren’t alert watchdogs, but he can’t see why limiting the profession to the role of a barking dog is, quite literally, a dead-end.