Journalism that changed 2019
This is an article that appears today in Al Jazeera English (Online). It references 4 journalistic entities
that they have identified as having a large influence for good in their reporting. To my pleasant surprise,
one of the 4 is located in the U.S...
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2019/12/journalism-changed-2019-191218042007479.html
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"Picking just four was hard but we settled on West Africa and a documentary film Sex for Grades produced by Africa Eye, the investigative arm of BBC Africa.
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Next, we took a look at some of the work happening on the front line of the Hong Kong protests. Stand News and its new generation of digital journalists have led the way with innovative coverage of the demonstrations, often live-streaming them - capturing the police violence, putting it out there unedited - well before the police and the politicians had a chance to spin the story.
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On the other side of the world, in South America, Brazil has seen the biggest anti-corruption investigation (done by The Intercept Brasil) in the history of the country - Lava Jato, or Operation Car Wash. It is an investigation that resulted in the arrest of hundreds of politicians and business figures, the fall of one president, and the imprisonment of another.
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Our last example of impact journalism is a deep, investigative dive into the Jeffrey Epstein story, the American financier who sexually trafficked and abused underage girls. (done by The Miami Herald)"
This article informs me that journalism is not dead and that's good to know.
