"We're still trying to provide quality, hard-hitting journalism," he said.

Under the Stein brothers' leadership, the newspaper took a decided turn toward more hard-hitting journalism, Mr. Friendly and other observers said.

He and the administration no doubt prefer the hard-hitting journalism over at Fox.

Not much in the way of original, hard-hitting journalism, but the readers seemed to like this kind of gossipy roundup every now and then.

Real hard-hitting paranormal journalism, that.

Her hard-hitting journalism exposing racism in South Africa has angered conservative whites.

That is, it blended hard-hitting journalism with humor.

Today, we're pursuing hard-hitting journalism by considering which golfers need a Johnson Wagner-style makeover.

World in Action came to be seen as hard-hitting investigative journalism at its best.

Both "60 Minutes" and The Times have well-deserved reputations because they combine hard-hitting journalism and the highest level of professional responsibility.