Mideast Dig, formerly known as The Mideast Reporter, is a non-for-profit news site and investigative journalism project founded by Richard Behar and Gary Weiss to deepen news coverage of the Middle East. The project describes itself as, "completely nonpolitical, and not affiliated with any advocacy group."[1] The two journalists announced their intention of creating The Mideast Reporter in a March 2015 article in The New York Observer.[2]
Writing in The Jerusalem Post, historian Gil Troy described Mideast Reporter as, "the Mideast Politico."[3] Behar himself describes his goal as providing, "first-class investigative reporting, with a relentless focus on the Middle East."[3]
As of 2015, the donation-funded online news site features Long-form journalism and plans to expand coverage as funding permits.[4]
Weiss left the venture in November 2015 and the site's name was changed to Mideast Dig.[5]
References edit
- ^ "About The Mideast Reporter". mideastreporter.com. The Mideast Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Richard Behar, Gary Weiss (10 March 2015). "How the AP Botched Its Investigation of Civilian Deaths in the Israel-Hamas War". The New York Observer. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ a b Gil Troy (3 November 2015). "Most American Jews are standing with Israel dramatically, creatively, generously". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Barken, Jeffrey (22 October 2015). "'An oasis in the wasteland' of investigative Middle East journalism". JNS.org. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Weiss, Gary (31 March 2016). "gary-weiss.com: Announcement re Mideast Dig (formerly "Mideast Reporter")". Retrieved 4 March 2017.