The Albuquerque Journal recently made appeals on its pages for donations to increase investigative journalism efforts. Even though the Rio Grande Foundation is in direct competition for limited donor dollars, we applaud the paper for focusing attention on investigative journalism currently.
The issue of investigative journalism is hot right now. Revelations of fraud in Somali daycare centers by independent journalist Nick Shirley and the response by many media outlets like CNN (which seems to be to investigate Shirley, not the fraud) only further highlights the corporate media’s unwillingness to investigate and report on the important issues facing citizens.
Before elaborating, it is worth noting that we deeply appreciate the Albuquerque Journal. It is family owned right here in New Mexico. They do a great job of giving a wide variety of people a platform on their editorial pages. But we have also frequently called out the media and others for not digging into critical issues facing our State…