American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century

The legacy press is dying, not from lack of resources, but from lack of courage. In American Muckraker, James O'Keefe draws on more than a decade of undercover operations at Project Veritas to redefine what journalism in the twenty-first century can be. Where mainstream reporters rely on unnamed sources and press releases, O'Keefe and his team go inside: recording conversations, capturing evidence on video, and publishing what powerful institutions refuse to touch. American Muckraker lays out the philosophy and tactics behind citizen journalism, how to identify targets, cultivate insiders, navigate privacy law, and withstand the litigation that inevitably follows. Part manifesto, part field manual, this is the definitive guide to accountability journalism for those who believe the watchdog press has become a lap dog, and are willing to do something about it.