Democracy’s Detectives : : The Economics of Investigative Journalism / / James T. Hamilton.

In democratic societies, investigative journalism holds government and private institutions accountable to the public. From firings and resignations to changes in budgets and laws, the impact of this reporting can be significant-but so too are the costs. As newspapers confront shrinking subscription...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]
©2016
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (354 p.) :; 2 line illustrations, 38 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Introduction
  • 1. Economic Theories of Investigative Reporting
  • 2. Detectives, Muckrakers, and Watchdogs
  • 3. What’s the Story?
  • 4. What’s the Impact?
  • 5. How Is It Produced?
  • 6. How Is It Supported?
  • 7. A Single Investigative Reporter
  • 8. Accountability and Algorithms
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index