"Swimming against the mainstream" honor roll

As I noted briefly in an update to my post earlier tonight about "Politicians' secrets," there are indeed some mainstream reporters who've done yeoman's service in attempting to dig into Sen. Kerry's military records, and other topics that the "top of the mainstream media pyramid" hasn't probed deeply.  One of my media-savy readers, for example, makes these nominations (listed alphabetically) to the "honor roll":

Jay Ambrose at Scripps Howard.
Bob Caldwell at the San Diego Union Tribune.
Paul Campos at the Rocky Mountain News.
Zev Chafets at the New York Daily News.
Jeff Jacoby at the Boston Globe.
Jack Kelly at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Tom Lipscomb, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times and New York Sun.
Deroy Murdock at Scripps Howard.
Ralph Peters at the New York Post.
Jim Pinkerton at Newsday.
John Podhoretz at the New York Post.
Jim Wooten at the Atlanta Constitution Journal.

I'd add Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post and Pete Slover at the Dallas Morning News, and I'm sure that there are many others who deserve recognition for "swimming against the mainstream." 

I respectfully submit that now — before the dust has settled at the polls — is an excellent time for the blogosphere to compile such an honor roll.  To my readers — and especially to my fellow bloggers — who would you nominate?  Please feel free to make your own additional nominations in my comments (or on your own blogs, with a trackback ping here, please).  And feel free to explain your nominations.

I don't have in mind any sort of "judging," nor even the compilation of a "master list."  Nor am I particularly interested in soliciting criticism or disagreement about anyone who's "nominated"; my present purpose here is to provide encouragement and recognition, not constructive criticism.  And I certainly don't mean to limit this to pro-Bush or anti-Kerry reporters, or those whose personal politics may be identifiably from the center or the right (although there may be a positive correlation that way, given the general direction of the main stream). 

In short, if there are mainstream media reporters — broadly defined here as someone with "old media" connections who's been digging and providing factual content beyond just pure punditry (but I'm not going to quibble) — whom you think deserve recognition, I cordially invite you to take this opportunity to share your views!