Investigative journalism has possibly taken the biggest hit as the news industry struggles with the growing loss of revenue. Who has money to pay journalists to spend months or years working on a story? So it’s heartening to see The Washington Post’s major investigation into the US’s national intelligence system, Top Secret America. It’ll take a while to get through all of it, but I hope to post some feedback on the project and on the new media tools it uses. Meanwhile, here’s a critic from a PBS contributor, who also works for a DOD contractor.

Investigative journalism has possibly taken the biggest hit as the news industry struggles with the growing loss of revenue. Who has money to pay journalists to spend months or years working on a story? So it’s heartening to see The Washington Post’s major investigation into the US’s national intelligence system, Top Secret America.

It’ll take a while to get through all of it, but I hope to post some feedback on the project and on the new media tools it uses.

Meanwhile, here’s a critic from a PBS contributor, who also works for a DOD contractor.

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