Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Newspapers die. Journalism lives.

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So everyone knows the social web is killing the traditional newspaper, but the flip side of that is its potential for facilitating and encouraging investigative journalism. It gives amateurs the impetus to investigate authority and uncover wrongdoing. grass roots efforts are given much needed exposure and journalists are even able to recruit readers as ad hoc assistants.

In this Article Mashable notes many more ways the social web is nurturing the future of investigative journalism.

http://mashable.com/2010/11/24/investigative-journalism-social-web/