After years of layoffs and buyouts at news organizations, the growth of nonprofit investigative groups, increased investment in watchdog journalism by legacy newsrooms and expanded opportunities for digital storytelling provide some reasons to be optimistic about investigative reporting in 2011. Check out this morning's interview with investigative journalists Joe Bergantino, Alison Young, David Raziq, Polly Kreisman and Cheryl Phillips. Poynter: What 2011 holds for investigative reporting
Alison Young
Alison Young has more than 20 years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor at major U.S. newspapers. She is currently a member of USA TODAY's investigative team and is past president of Investigative Reporters and Editors, a national journalism training organization. Young is a frequent speaker on the techniques of watchdog journalism. This site is her personal portfolio of articles and reporting tips. You can reach her at ayoung@usatoday.com.
