Custodians of Conscience: Investigative Journalism and Public VirtueThis book is the culmination of more than a decade of research and writing on the nature of investigative journalism as a form of social and moral inquiry. Focusing on the work of a number of award-winning investigative reporters, James S. Ettema and Theodore L. Glasser punctuate their analysis of news and journalism with interviews with these writers and excerpts from their stories. Custodians of Conscience provides a powerful assessment and critique of the tensions and contradictions that characterize modern American journalism. It is a book that honors the rigor and importance of investigative journalism by showing how facts implicate values and by explaining why the future of news requires a deeper appreciation for the connection between human knowledge and human interest. |
Contents
Introduction The Reporters Craft as Moral Discourse | 1 |
In Search of Skills Not Taught in Textbooks | 17 |
The Paradox of the Disengaged Conscience | 61 |
The Irony of IronyinJournalism | 85 |
The Morality of Narrative Form | 111 |
The Intimate Interdependence of Fact and Value | 131 |
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Custodians of Conscience: Investigative Journalism and Public Virtue James S. Ettema,Theodore L. Glasser No preview available - 1998 |