Significant investments in investigative reporting can lead to extensive policy benefits.

Evidence

Investigative reporting can generate significant positive spillovers for society when the new information uncovered leads to well-founded policy changes. … In Democracy’s Detectives, I find in several case studies that a dollar invested by a newspaper in an investigative series can produce more than a hundred dollars in net policy benefits when laws and regulations are changed as a result of this type of accountability reporting. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 595

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 595
• XREF: connects to: Investigations with records requests often lead to policy change. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 559; FOIA’s ideal of transparency has practical implications for government.

Related

• Investigations with records requests often lead to policy change. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• FOIA’s ideal of transparency has practical implications for government. #expands (0.75)