This curriculum, which draws from InvestigatingPower.org as well as other respected sources, is recommended for use in undergraduate courses in journalism, media history or communication studies. Whether used in introductory/survey, ethics or investigative classes, these guides will allow students to engage in meaningful debate about the role of the press in our democracy.
Recommended Books
"935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity"
By Charles Lewis
Public Affairs Books, 2014
"Watergate’s Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse"
By John Marshall
Northwestern University Press, 2011
"Stories That Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century"
By Carl Jensen
Seven Stories Press, 2000
"Feet to the Fire: The Media After 9/11, Top Journalists Speak Out"
By Kristina Borjesson
Prometheus Books, 2005
"All the President’s Men"
By Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Simon & Schuster,1974
"The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation"
By Gene Roberts
Vintage Books, 2007