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Article: Recognizing excellence: the Nieman Foundation becomes a home for two investigative journalism awards.
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- Nieman Reports
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- March 22, 2008
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Investigative reporting has always been central to the Nieman experience. Journalists specializing in investigative work continue to populate Nieman classes. Speakers address the topic at seminars and workshops. The Nieman Watchdog project (www.niemanwatehdog. org) offers a platform to reinforce an essential element of watchdog reporting: asking probing questions. For more than 60 years, Nieman Reports has published stories examining the craft of investigative journalism, and in this issue it carries forward that tradition under the theme of 21st Century Muckrakers.
This legacy influenced recent decisions by the Nieman Foundation to administer two awards that ...