While the mission of
watchdog journalism has been renewed by the Trump administration's war with the press, there has been a notable absence of an important form of political satire long associated with newspapers that doesn't appear to have benefited from a Trump bump.
They have the user base " billions " and engineering prowess that no media company can match, which Stan Wischnowski, the Philadelphia Media Network executive editor, told me, is"putting democracy as a whole at risk because it has put at risk the kind of
watchdog journalism we've been doing for 187 years.
One of the defining features of authoritarian tendencies is the suppression of investigative journalism or
watchdog journalism .
And finally, it was in newspapers that media
watchdog journalism in Ghana first emerged.
Keywords: journalistic role performance, media systems, comparative research,
watchdog journalismWe are redistributing resources into newly defined areas, while continuing to keep investigative and
watchdog journalism a top priority," Journal News Publisher Janet Hasson told Capital.
They gasp when we tell them that you, dear readers, show your love for MoJo not just via your subscriptions, but by giving what you can beyond that; that your participation on this front beats that of public radio listeners, by far; and that this foundation of unflinching support is what has given us the seed capital to survive, thrive, and expand at a time when
watchdog journalism is more necessary than ever.
While he does evaluate the traditional functions of
watchdog journalism, Stanton also allows room to explore the significance of more idiosyncratic reporting--for example, The Age's story on Julia Gillard's polkadot dress (p.
More important, it symbolizes the rise of
watchdog journalism for the first time in dozens of authoritarian nations around the world.
Pinto writes that
watchdog journalism is disappearing from mainstream news.
Watchdog journalism from trained reporters is important.
In the words of Murray Marder, a retired Washington Post reporter and a leading advocate of
watchdog journalism, "It starts with a state of mind, accepting responsibility as a surrogate for the public, asking penetrating questions at every level, from the town council to the state house to the White House, in corporate offices, in union halls and in professional offices and all points in between.