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Tag: investigative reporting

September 3, 2010 Media / Sen. Ribicoff

The decline—and future promise—of investigative journalism

The Solomon Scandals, my D.C. newspaper novel, is solidly rooted in Washington and suburbs. But could future Jonathan Stones break

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May 11, 2009 Internet

Scandals and the Internet—or lack of it

The Detroit Free Press and the rival News decided to print home-delivery editions just three days a week. Competition from

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January 25, 2009 Uncategorized

Washington’s growing power over the rest of us: ‘Solomonic’ in the wrong way?

The Solomon Scandals vividly depicts a city of lobbyists, crooked lawyers and other manipulators. Herbert Stone, father of Jonathan Stone,

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December 20, 2008 Uncategorized

Deep Throat is dead—and so are the old rules of investigative journalism

Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, the whistleblower in the FBI who blew open much of the Watergate scandal for the

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November 29, 2008 Sen. Ribicoff

Sen. Ribicoff’s spooky investment

Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, the late Connecticut senator who also served in President John F. Kennedy’s cabinet, secretly held a $20,000

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