The watchdog still barks: how accountability reporting evolved for the digital age: by Beth Knobel, New York, Fordham University Press, 2018, 160 pp., $25.00 (paperback), $95.00 (hardcover), ISBN: 9780823279340.

The author begins her book with a concern about the news ecosystem by referring comedian John Oliver's view about American journalism: the newspaper industry is suffering, and accountability journalism is under threat. It is worth mentioning that she ruled out breaking news for a compelling reason: it can reduce the impact of news that newspapers "must" cover to the news that newspapers "choose" to report (p. 15). [Extracted from the article]