Practitioners sometimes use the terms "watchdog journalism" or "accountability reporting."

That pursuit may have fed public cynicism, but "watchdog journalism on this hidden subject is healthy for the political process," she said.

This is a new approach to watchdog journalism.

Investigative journalists view the muckrakers as early influences and a continuation of watchdog journalism.

In a country that guarantees freedom of the press, watchdog journalism can be "a highly effective mechanism of external control on corruption".

Yet, the mechanisms of watchdog journalism can also work in countries that abridge freedom of the press.

The concept of watchdog journalism is not free of criticism.

They also see the role of watchdog journalism as "driven by its own interests rather than by a desire to protect the public interest".

The nonprofit members are part of a growing movement in news media to provide watchdog journalism that is not covered in mainstream media.

A. The Times has a tradition of watchdog journalism that extends to our business coverage.