Investing in the investigative in an age of alternative media (guest blog)

What happens to investigative journalism when traditional trade craft is disrupted by a diverse range of new platforms with different principles and practices? Polis Summer School student Rahul Radhakrishnan reports. The gritty charisma portrayed by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in All The President’s Men, or Kate Beckinsale in Nothing But The Truth, or more recently, Jeff Daniels in Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series, The Newsroom has revived the long-lost appeal and celebrity profile of the professional journalist.