In many quarters, it has rightly earned a reputation for accurate and vigorous reporting, independence and holding power to account.
She predicts "more vigorous reporting in the future that will include distributed journalism — wisdom-of-the-crowd reporting of the kind that was responsible for the exposing of the Attorneys General firing scandal".
After the earthquake and in the months before the Olympic Games in Beijing, which begin Aug. 8, China seemed to be moving into a new era of openness, with vigorous reporting from domestic news organizations.
It is an encouraging sign that President Bush's successor will understand the need to protect vigorous reporting and the public's right to know about their government's conduct.
"This is one case where Canada should follow its neighbor to the south; you can't have vigorous reporting without laws protecting sources," said Tom Goldstein, dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism.
Margaret Sullivan, the NYT's public editor, also called in her blogpost on Tuesday for the paper to conduct more vigorous reporting of Thompson's knowledge of the scandal and allegations of a cover-up.
But we will continue our vigorous reporting on the health care industry, including coverage of patients, insurers, medical professionals and drug-makers, within the Business and Health sections and on the Well blog.
This rare unanimity among the three White House hopefuls is an encouraging sign that President Bush's successor — no matter who that turns out to be — will understand the need to protect vigorous reporting and the public's right to know about the government's conduct.
The allegations come in the wake of what some argue is a years-long campaign against leftwing not-for-profits that culminated in a 2011 piece of legislation requiring organizations receiving funding from foreign governments or organizations -- like the European Union and United Nations -- to adhere to vigorous reporting standards.
Sources close to New York Times public editor Barney Calame tell me that he is doing some "very vigorous reporting within the paper" for his upcoming column about the Judy Miller stories that appeared on Sunday (The New York Observer has been doing some great reporting on this too).
