Oct 16
2023
Heaney discusses iPost, journalism and democracy
On the loss of reporting jobs and decline of daily newspapers: "Government that's not watched is going to drift towards self-interest, corruption and other malfeasance."
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Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney was the guest Sunday morning on on Sree’s Sunday #NYTReadalong. Guest host Neil Parekh interviewed Heaney on the work of Investigative Post, the rise of nonprofit news sites, the legacy of retired Washington Post Editor Marty Baron and the threat posed to democracy by the decline of daily newspapers.
“Government that’s not watched is going to drift towards self-interest, corruption and other malfeasance,” Heaney said.
The interview portion of the program begins at 14:50, following Parekh’s overview of the Sunday edition of The New York Times, and picks up again at 1:20:23.
