Mideast Dig'','' formerly known as The Mideast Reporter, was a nonprofit news site and investigative journalism project. It was established in 2014 by Richard Behar and Gary Weiss to deepen news coverage of the Middle East. It described itself as, "completely nonpolitical, and not affiliated with any advocacy group." Writing in

The Jerusalem Post ''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English language, English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Mandatory Palestine, Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''Th ...

, historian Gil Troy described Mideast Reporter as, "the Mideast

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the Unit ...

." Behar described the venture's goal as "first-class investigative reporting, with a relentless focus on the Middle East," and said the site planned to expand coverage as funding permits. Weiss left the venture in November 2015 and the site's name was changed to Mideast Dig. It became inactive in 2018 due to lack of financial support and closed in March 2025.

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{{Official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20241130094548/https://www.mideastdig.com/ (Archived from the original, 30 November 2024) Investigative journalism Defunct American websites