Investigative Journalism

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Investigative journalism is…

Beat reporting
Specialized in crime and corruption
Leak journalism
None of the above

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What is the role of investigative journalist:

To reveal corruption and injustice
To contribute to democratic governance
To give his or her personal opinion

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What are the tools to make a good investigative report?

In depth research, online tools and simple and clear writing style
Fact-checking, logical thinking and online tools
All the above

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Journalists have powers to:

expose wrongdoing or incompetence.
prosecute and take organisations to court.
force companies to behave properly.

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Investigations are valuable to:

just people with an interest in international politics.
just people who shop online.
people who want to be better informed about the organisations that impact on their lives.

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Citizen journalists are partly motivated to investigate because:

they will probably make a lot of money by selling the story to mainstream media.
it is quite a quick, simple way to write up a story.
they feel passionate about the subject matter, and feel that others should be informed too.

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Citizen’s become investigative journalists because:

they want to arrest criminals for their wrongdoing
they want to publicise government officials private affairs
to reveal misuses of power, which negatively affects society

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Identify the three main forms of investigative journalism

Review celebrity finances, introduce heads of states, and advocate same-sex marriage
Reveal scandals, review policies or functioning of government, and raise an awareness of issues within society
Uncover information on leaders, review local budgets, and to promote health care policies

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What are some of the disadvantages of being a citizen investigative journalist?

They are not popular
They lack institutional support
They do not get awards

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If you want to create a visualization of your investigative story, what are some of the resources you can use?

FusionTables, PublicTableau and Many Eyes
Wordpress, Medium and Google
Many Eyes, Venngage and Piktochart

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If you are having difficulty accessing information, where else can you try to locate data?

Diplomatic businesses
International libraries
Non Governmental Organisations

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When interrogating data what are four main steps?

Sifting data, publishing data, explaining findings, and sorting data
Sorting data, cleaning up errors in data, spotting the stories, and explaining findings
Spotting the story, locating data, publishing the videos, and cleaning errors in data

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Journalism is about

dedication and determination
using technology to aggregate what’s happening online
trusting whatever sources are available to you

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Face to face interviewing is valuable because:

it gets you out of the house
it gets spontaneous, unfiltered answers from your interviewees
you can take a photo of your interviewee

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As opposed to professional, mainstream journalists, citizen reporters can

get better access to sources and interviewees because they’re seen as less threatening
do a better job of writing up stories
always expect to be treated with more respect

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Partners with Checkdesk platforms include

Global Voices, Mada Masr, Bellingcat
Greenpeace, Migrant Nation, Fox News
Daily Mail, Calaid, Unicef

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Previous instances of an image online can be found by:

emailing Google
doing a reverse image search using Google search
asking the original person who posted it online

Investigative Journalism