The Justice Department stops investigating an alleged murder covered up by Chicago police for fear of alienating the department head. The State of Illinois sends juvenile wards of state to a large psychiatric hospital where they are left alone with sexual predators, raped, and assaulted.
The Chicago Tribune's David Jackson ponders our journalistic duty to break the "conspiracy of silence" and to bring to light to crimes that would otherwise remain shrouded in mystery.
"In other words, what's happening because of journalism is that the world is getting safer and better," he says.
And the key to investigative reporting? Integrity, Jackson says.
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Abby D. Phillip is a junior Social Studies concentrator at Harvard College. She is now a News Executive Editor for The Harvard Crimson and covered College Life for two years as a reporter.
June Wu is a sophomore Economics concentrator at Harvard College. She currently covers central administration for The Crimson.
Aonya D. McCruiston is Assistant News Editor of the Wellesley News. A junior double majoring in Political Science and Media Studies, she is interested in broadcast journalism, multimedia, and public affairs.
Lingbo Li is a Harvard College sophomore concentrating in Social Anthropology. Originally from Westchester, N.y., her interests concentrate around food, travel, art, fashion, and design.
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