Mark Feldstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 4515970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Feldstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Feldstein |
| SIGNATURE | FELDSTEIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Editorial board; journalism program at George Washington University; School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University,805 21st St.,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20052; phone: (202) 994-4632; fax (202) 994-5806 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Democracy's Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism
Investigative reporting has long been more praised than practiced. For news outlets, the costs are high—time, money, and risk—while the financial benefits are uncertain at best. Nonetheless, muckrakers past and present have punched above their weight class by exposing abuses of powerful institutions, prodding law enforcement officials to punish wrongdoing, influencing public opinion to shape policy reforms, and upholding shared societal norms. At…
Watergate's Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse
Nearly forty years after the Watergate break-in, the legacy of that scandal continues to cast a shadow on politics and the press in Washington, D.C. How did this happen? What role did journalism play in President Richard M. Nixon's resignation? What changes in investigative reporting preceded and followed Watergate? And what does this portend for the future? These are the questions addressed in this lucid, well-researched book. In truth, journali…
Dummies and ventriloquists: Models of how sources set the investigative agenda
A Muckraking Model: Investigative Reporting Cycles in American History
Investigative reporting has long been considered a vital bulwark of democracy as a check on wrongdoing in politics and public policy. But a century after an American president coined a pejorative word to describe it—“muckraking”—exposé journalism has proved to be cyclical, waxing in some political periods and waning in others. While various studies have focused on the effects of investigative reporting, little scholarship has been written about i…
Kissing Cousins: Journalism and Oral History
This article explores the similarities and differences between journalism and oral history. Where does one end and the other begin? What might each learn from the other? The author compares both print and broadcast journalism to oral history, examining issues of evidence, purpose, technique, empathy, and ethics. He writes that oral historians and journalists are like “kissing cousins,” related but separate, whose very similarities showcase their …
Dummies and ventriloquists: Models of how sources set the investigative agenda
A Muckraking Model: Investigative Reporting Cycles in American History
Investigative reporting has long been considered a vital bulwark of democracy as a check on wrongdoing in politics and public policy. But a century after an American president coined a pejorative word to describe it—“muckraking”—exposé journalism has proved to be cyclical, waxing in some political periods and waning in others. While various studies have focused on the effects of investigative reporting, little scholarship has been written about i…
Watergate's Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse
Nearly forty years after the Watergate break-in, the legacy of that scandal continues to cast a shadow on politics and the press in Washington, D.C. How did this happen? What role did journalism play in President Richard M. Nixon's resignation? What changes in investigative reporting preceded and followed Watergate? And what does this portend for the future? These are the questions addressed in this lucid, well-researched book. In truth, journali…
Kissing Cousins: Journalism and Oral History
This article explores the similarities and differences between journalism and oral history. Where does one end and the other begin? What might each learn from the other? The author compares both print and broadcast journalism to oral history, examining issues of evidence, purpose, technique, empathy, and ethics. He writes that oral historians and journalists are like “kissing cousins,” related but separate, whose very similarities showcase their …
Kissing Cousins: Journalism and Oral History
This article explores the similarities and differences between journalism and oral history. Where does one end and the other begin? What might each learn from the other? The author compares both print and broadcast journalism to oral history, examining issues of evidence, purpose, technique, empathy, and ethics. He writes that oral historians and journalists are like “kissing cousins,” related but separate, whose very similarities showcase their …
A Muckraking Model: Investigative Reporting Cycles in American History
Investigative reporting has long been considered a vital bulwark of democracy as a check on wrongdoing in politics and public policy. But a century after an American president coined a pejorative word to describe it—“muckraking”—exposé journalism has proved to be cyclical, waxing in some political periods and waning in others. While various studies have focused on the effects of investigative reporting, little scholarship has been written about i…
Dummies and ventriloquists: Models of how sources set the investigative agenda
Watergate's Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse
Nearly forty years after the Watergate break-in, the legacy of that scandal continues to cast a shadow on politics and the press in Washington, D.C. How did this happen? What role did journalism play in President Richard M. Nixon's resignation? What changes in investigative reporting preceded and followed Watergate? And what does this portend for the future? These are the questions addressed in this lucid, well-researched book. In truth, journali…
Democracy's Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism
Investigative reporting has long been more praised than practiced. For news outlets, the costs are high—time, money, and risk—while the financial benefits are uncertain at best. Nonetheless, muckrakers past and present have punched above their weight class by exposing abuses of powerful institutions, prodding law enforcement officials to punish wrongdoing, influencing public opinion to shape policy reforms, and upholding shared societal norms. At…
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