Cafe Social Science - Endangered Watchdogs? Investigative Journalism in the Digital Age February 22, 2010

Endangered Watchdogs? Investigative Journalism in the Digital Age
Investigative Journalist Sheila Coronel
February 22, 6–7 p.m.

The Internet has changed the way citizens consume news and is challenging the long-term viability of newspapers and big broadcast networks, which have traditionally been the bastions of investigative reporting. Does muckraking journalism have a future in the digital era? And does the Internet provide a space for exposing wrongdoing in the public interest, especially in countries where the press freedom is under threat?