Tag: investigative reporting

This Is What Genius Looks Like – Part 2

In a post from last week, I talked about the Genius Awards given by the MacArthur Foundation and focused on a particular winner, Vijay Gupta. I also noted that I thought I would turn the Genius Awards into a series of posts, profiling a different winner every week or so. This week's MacArthur Fellow is Ken … Continue reading This Is What Genius Looks Like – Part 2 →

This Is Why We Need a Free Press

The Village Voice ceased online operations last month, a year after ending its print edition. It was the end of the line for the laborious, gritty investigative reporting that was the heart and soul of the paper. The muckraking for which the Voice was known has become an endangered species. According to an article in the … Continue reading This Is Why We Need a Free Press →