The scope of the coverage led one close Palin associate to equate it with a mass attempt at "gotcha journalism," using a favorite characterization the former governor often uses to criticize the news media's taste for blood.
These shows serve as a new kind of journalism, using humor to dig deeper into the news of the day and take the powerful to task.
The National Theatre of Scotland is to stage an investigation into "the crisis in newspaper journalism", using real testimony, which will be performed on the top floor of a media office block in Glasgow.
Times executive editor Dean Baquet said: "Our magazine team has created the first critical, serious piece of journalism using virtual reality, to shed light on one of the most dire humanitarian crises of our lifetime".
It comes in the face of adversity and intimidation, and we must teach our young journalists that it takes good, old-fashioned shoe leather journalism (using 21st century tools, of course) to uncover the truth.
It was also a coup for CCTV, which demonstrated that the official propaganda arm of the Communist Party could also engage in muckraking journalism using hidden cameras.
"The detention and prosecution of the journalists smack of a blatant case of punishing legitimate journalism using anti-terrorism laws," said Andrew Gardner, Amnesty's researcher for Turkey.
Matthew Gilley, a student at the University of Kent, plans to fund a postgraduate degree in journalism using money from his family; he calls it an 'informal loan'.
By creating enhanced print products three days a week, he expects to protect that ability of the newsroom to create quality journalism while using the Web to compete in a changed news cycle.
And perhaps you've heard of "drone journalism" – using unpiloted mini-aircraft to relay pictures online?
