The Mideast Dig

Mideast Dig will produce long- and short-form investigative reports, in-depth analysis, and media criticism - both print and webcasts (and eventually, we anticipate, radio and TV). Our target audience will be opinion leaders, government officials, the media, and the 18- to 34-year-old age group. It is the young who are the most vulnerable to bad jo... urnalism. We will retain staff and freelance reporters of the best caliber. Funding permitting, in order to have maximum impact across cultures, our journalism will be multilingual - from Arabic and Hebrew to Farsi, French, Mandarin, Spanish and beyond. We expect to establish a network of bureaus in the Middle East, U.S., and Europe, and we are in talks with major media outlets about distributing our product and collaborating on joint ventures. Advocacy is often met with skepticism or ennui by the public. Even those already persuaded that the bulk of reporting coming out of the Middle East is bad journalism are overloaded with material that preaches to the choir. We are not affilitated with any advocacy groups. We will not be afraid to provoke and challenge our core audiences. In our regular reports, our aim is to become the Politico of the Middle East, and we will be guided by the ProPublica model not just in our investigative reports, but in much of our organizational structure and policies. Just as Politico is essential reading for politics, and ProPublica is a vital source of award-winning investigative journalism on many issues, we intend to be a 'must-read' on the Arab-Israeli conflict - for people of all points of view. In addition, we will provide the public, both general readers and investors, with coverage of business in the Mideast region of a quality unavailable elsewhere. Our correspondents will be deployed to cover Middle Eastern trade and commerce, pursuing stories neglected by both the domestic and foreign media. Special attention will be given to high-tech, and to emerging partnerships between Palestinians and Israelis. The Editor of Mideast Dig is ...Read More