Wayne Barrett profile

Investigative reporting, and the reporters that do that rather thankless job, is becoming an endangered media species. It's a very tough profession, as The New York Times' article on Wayne Barrett notes.

While there are many curious angles to the Barrett story, the most troubling is that the Village Voice simply dropped him after decades of strong journalism.

Where will Barrett's new journalistic home be? He never fit in with the trendy horseshit editors such as Tina Brown champion. Barrett is much too streetwise and independent to put up with the intellectual cynicism and self-seeking someone such as Arianna Huffington projects. And he's far too rogue for, well, The New York Times.

In a way, the Internet may be Barrett's saving grace. He can start his own blog, as other well-connected journalists have done. And he won't be in it for the monetization.