By Jason Stverak | Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
ALEXANDRIA – Bloggers in Oregon, watch out. That’s because this month an Oregon court ruled that bloggers do not have same protection as the “media.”
This ruling emerged when Crystal Cox, a blogger, was accused of defaming Obsidian Finance Group and its co-founder Kevin Padrick on her [...]

By ANDREW W. GRIFFIN
Oklahoma Watchdog, editor
Posted: May 6, 2010
andrew@oklahomawatchdog.org
OKLAHOMA CITY — It was just yesterday that a major media figure told me that The Oklahoman is a mere shell of the newspaper it used to be. Not only in actual physical size but in the amount of staffers and coverage the newspaper once had. They [...]

By Trent Seibert
Check out some video clips we’re playing from Texas Watchdog speaking at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 8 conference that took place this past Saturday in Austin. The theme was “Saving Journalism.”

It wasn’t just Texas Watchdog, of course. There were experts on panels about all sorts of journalism-related topics.

Texas Watchdog spoke on [...]

From WOWK CBS News

Bray Cary discusses the education of the West Virginia youth and the obstacles the weather places on getting 180 days of school.
This week on Decision Makers, Host Bray Cary invites Steve Adams of West Virginia Watchdog to discuss new media journalism.

To view segment – Carmichael, Caputo, Part Two

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Veteran citizen journalist Jim Barnett discusses the benefits of non-profit journalism in the digital era.