Investigative Journalism

What Is Investigative Journalism?

Why do we need Investigative Journalism?

• Provides truth about government and illegal activities secrets
• To watch and expose illegal actions

How much does a journalist work?

• Generally work 39 hours a week, sometimes more
• Journalist usually work from 8am to 430pm.

Famous investigate journalists

• Robert Fisk- Author known for coverage of the middle east.
• Kate Adie- Her long service as the BBC's Chief News.
• Diane Sawyer-First woman correspondent for CBS's marquee news.
• Anderson Cooper- He never had an education on journalism.

How to become a good journalist!

• Build upon your natural writing talent
• Get a formal education
• Choose your compartment
• Secure an internship
• Write,Write,and Write
• Be willing to start small
• Grind your technical skills

What are the four types of Investigations

• Criminal Forensics
• Intelligence gathering
• Electronic Discovery
• Intrusion investigation

What is Criminal Forensics?

• A hot topic developing in countries like India.

What is Intelligence Gathering?

• The process of collecting information.
• Relating to the process of collecting information.

What is Electronic Discovery?

• Refers to discovery in legal proceedings.
• Such as government investigations or freedom of information act requests.

What is Intrusion Investigation?

• Network security breaches
• The overlapping roles of System Administrators, and Incident Handlers.

Pulitzer Prize

• An award for an achievement in American journalism, literature, or music.
• There are thirteen made each year.

How Data Journalism is Changing

• Data can change simple reports to stories worth telling.
• Giving color, background, and explanation.

How to tell it's not Investigative Journalism

• It is not leak journalism. (Getting documents leaked by officials and writing it that day.)
• It is not beat reporting
• It is not critical reporting
• It is not crime and corruption reporting.

Famous Investigative Reporting Stories

• Whitewater (The whitewater scandal of the 1990's)
• Death Row Exonerations

3 inspiring journalism groups

• The Panama Papers investigation
• Rory Peck Trust Award in 2016
• “Insane. Invisible. In danger.”

Work Cited Page

• https://ire.org/
• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/investigative-journa...
• https://www.revealnews.org/
• https://www.poynter.org/tags/investigative-journalism
• https://www.thenation.com/article/investigative-journalism-can-still-make-b...