LEADER 03779nam 22005895 450 001 9910136677803321 005 20220301224035.0 010 $a9780674973596 010 $a0674973593 010 $a9780674973572 010 $a0674973577 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674973572 035 $a(CKB)3710000000907437 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4717450 035 $a(DE-B1597)479757 035 $a(OCoLC)984688058 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674973572 035 $a(Perlego)3119899 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000907437 100 $a20190920d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocracy's Detectives $eThe Economics of Investigative Journalism /$fJames T. Hamilton 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (381 pages) $cillustrations, tables 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780674545502 311 08$a0674545508 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tTables --$tIntroduction --$t1. Economic Theories of Investigative Reporting --$t2. Detectives, Muckrakers, and Watchdogs --$t3. What's the Story? --$t4. What's the Impact? --$t5. How Is It Produced? --$t6. How Is It Supported? --$t7. A Single Investigative Reporter --$t8. Accountability and Algorithms --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aIn democratic societies, investigative journalism holds government and private institutions accountable to the public. From firings and resignations to changes in budgets and laws, the impact of this reporting can be significant-but so too are the costs. As newspapers confront shrinking subscriptions and advertising revenue, who is footing the bill for journalists to carry out their essential work? Democracy's Detectives puts investigative journalism under a magnifying glass to clarify the challenges and opportunities facing news organizations today. Drawing on a painstakingly assembled data set of thousands of investigations by U.S. journalists, James T. Hamilton deploys economic theories of markets and incentives to reach conclusions about the types of investigative stories that get prioritized and funded. Hamilton chronicles a remarkable record of investigative journalism's real-world impact, showing how a single dollar invested in a story can generate hundreds of dollars in social benefits. An in-depth case study of Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Pat Stith of The News and Observer in Raleigh, NC, who pursued over 150 investigations that led to the passage of dozens of state laws, illustrates the wide-ranging impact one intrepid journalist can have. Important stories are going untold as news outlets increasingly shy away from the expense of watchdog reporting, Hamilton warns, but technology may hold an answer. Computational journalism-making novel use of digital records and data-mining algorithms-promises to lower the costs of discovering stories and increase demand among readers. 606 $aInvestigative reporting$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPress$zUnited States$xInfluence 606 $aPress$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aJournalism$zUnited States$xData processing 606 $aGovernment and the press$zUnited States 615 0$aInvestigative reporting$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aPress$xInfluence. 615 0$aPress$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aJournalism$xData processing. 615 0$aGovernment and the press 676 $a071/.3 700 $aHamilton$b James T.$0141649 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136677803321 996 $aDemocracy's Detectives$92783889 997 $aUNINA