Watching the Dog

June 3, 2004

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has launched Nieman Watchdog, a project intended to help the press find the questions to ask. Why Watchdog? And why questions?

The Nieman Watchdog Journalism Project grows from this premise and this goal: to help the press ask penetrating questions, critical questions, questions that matter, questions not yet asked about today's news. NiemanWatchdog.org seeks to encourage more informed reporting by putting journalists in contact with authorities who can suggest appropriate, probing questions and who can serve as resources.