It is vigorous, muscular and assertive. Contemporary journalists here have benefited from the skill, professionalism and courage of former generations of journalists, many of whom fear for the standards they themselves were taught to observe. These former active journalists have tremendous analytical and literary skills that are left untapped at the very time when this hard-won expertise can be used to educate, inform and shape the society they have been observing since the 1940's. We hope to expose the current legislators, judiciary, executive and public servants to the educated gaze of the Fourth Estate, men and women who have heard and seen it all, and by so doing, educate the electorate about the nature and exercise of power. We hope that by so doing, we will unleash an extremely powerful and productive force for positive change, for enforcing accountability, transparency and ethical conduct in public affairs.
Journalistic excellence is the standard.
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