The future of journalism is bright
by digby
... with young journalists like this on the beat:
A senior in Temple University’s journalism program helped break a recent national story that has members of the U.S. Senate pointing fingers at the CIA.
Ali Watkins, currently a 22-year-old intern for McClatchy in Washington, D.C., received a tip from sources who came to trust her while making herself a presence on Capitol Hill, according to a posting by Temple's School of Media and Communications.
The Fleetwood, Berks County student is set to graduate from the university’s School of Media and Communications in May.
The story she developed with two other bylined reporters ran March 4 and chronicled how the CIA Inspector General’s Office asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations stemming from an as-yet-unreleased Senate Intelligence Committee report...
“To me, this story stands as a testament to watchdog journalism,” said Watkins, who was also a Philadelphia Daily News intern.
It does. What's shocking is that it takes a 22 year old to do it.
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