A recent series of investigative stories in The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, where I work, illustrated the best that journalism has to offer, which is why so many in our industry responded with mixed emotions.

One of my colleagues, Plain Dealer reporter Mark Puente, unearthed a festering scandal at the Cuyahoga County sheriff's department the old-fashioned way. He developed relationships with longtime county employees, met sources at all hours of the day and night and weeded through poun ...

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