M.S. Waas

US News & World Report:
Investigative reporter Murray Waas keeps digging while other journalists put on their TV makeup. “There are journalists who don’t do journalism anymore,” Waas tells Liz Halloran. “They go on television; they’re blogging; going to parties. And then at the end of the week they’ve had four or five hours devoted to journalism. TV takes time away from actual reporting.”

Nieman Reports:

That kind of journalistic courage is difficult to find today. I'm not talking about physical courage, where many display daily in Iraq and other dangerous places. I'm talking mental toughness, willingness to risk. We have very few I.F. Stones, few David Halberstams and Neil Sheehans. People I consider courageous are Murray Waas at the National Journal; Dan Froomkin at niemanwatchdog.org; and Warren Strobel at the McClatchy Washington bureau.