Romenesko

American Journalism Review
That's what Charles Layton says. Knight Ridder's Washington bureau "has flowered into a formidable journalistic force, emphasizing hard-nosed, fact-based watchdog reporting," he writes. "[Its reporters] are out there every day competing against the big boys, and it is impressive how often they get good stories first, and get them right." But many of the bureau's best efforts have been ignored by the national newspapers and the networks, notes Layton.