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Investigative Journalism

Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 01:32PM by Registered Commenterstevem in | Comments Off
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The mission of the Center for Public Integrity is to produce original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable.
 
WORTH A LOOK:   The Water Barons 
 
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On June 11, 2007, the government of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh closed the gates of the Omkareshwar dam in the Narmada valley. Since then, dozens of villages have been flooded, and houses, fields and trees have disappeared under the water. Most families from the submerged villages have not been given new land — they have nowhere to go.

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