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ERIC Number: EJ578559
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
The Need for a Center for Public Integrity.
Lewis, Charles
Social Studies, v89 n5 p196-98 Sep-Oct 1998
Justifies the creation of the Center for Public Integrity in light of the decline of investigative reporting by mainstream journalists in Washington, DC. The Center's efforts to make public officials more accountable, to take a systematic view of unethical behavior, and to find the causes for loss of trust in government are outlined. (DSK)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government (Administrative Body), Integrity, Investigations, Journalism, Mass Media Role, News Reporting, Political Science, Public Officials, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Investigative Reporting
Note: Reprint of an article from "The Social Studies," Nov-Dec 1991.