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Sigan el dinero! Manual para rastrear empresas, propiedades, contratos públicos y fallos en América Latina
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Daniel Salazar et al.

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP);A-01 (2022), 180 pp.

Journalisme d’investigation sur la corruption et les flux financiers illicites (FFI): Le manuel

Belélé Jérôme William Bationo, Dirk Spilker

Abidjan; Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2022), 130 pp.

Midterm performance evaluation of the USAID's 'Assistance to Citizens in Fight Against Corruption and Investigative Journalism Program' activities

Maja Maja Barišic, Salminka Vizin et al.

Sarajevo: USAID Bosnia-Herzegovina;American Institutes for Research (2022), x, 93 pp.

"This midterm performance evaluation of the United States Agency for International Development’s Assistance to Citizens in Fight Against Corruption Activity (ACFC) and Investigative Journalism Program (IJP) examines the outcomes the activities achieved during the first two and a half years of impl ... more

Coping with the Murder: The Impact of Ján Kuciak’s Assassination on Slovak Investigative Journalists

Marína Urbániková, Lenka Haniková

Journalism Practice, volume 16, issue 9 (2022), pp. 1927-1947

"In this contribution, using a case-study approach, we focus on the assassination of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée and explore the impact and consequences that it had on the community of investigative journalists in Slovakia. By conducting a series of semi-structured interviews with top investigative ... more

¿Cómo investigar contratación pública en Ecuador? Guía práctica para periodistas

Quito: Periodistas Sin Cadenas (2022), 37 pp.

"La contratación pública es uno de los temas que puede resultar más complicado para los periodistas, pero no imposible. Las reglas que rodean este ámbito son complejas, incluso para los funcionarios públicos. Los documentos generalmente son difíciles de entender y, en Ecuador, muchas veces has ... more

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Moving Barriers to Investigative Journalism in Latin America in Times of Instability and Professional Innovation

Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Lourdes Cueva Chacón, Rosental Calmon Alves

Journalism Practice, volume 16, issue 9 (2022), pp. 1890-1908

"Latin American journalism has experienced recent transitions marked by digital affordances, including a growth of investigative journalism. The region has also experienced more political and economic instability, giving rise to a wave of threats and harassment against journalists. This repeated cro ... more

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We Are Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People
Inspiring Practice

Eliot Higgins

London et al.: Bloomsbury, updated ed. (2022), 277 pp.

"Bellingcat, the home-grown investigative unit, is redefining the way we think about news, politics and the digital future. Here, their founder – a high-school dropout on a kitchen laptop – tells the story of how they created a whole new category of information-gathering, galvanising citizen jou ... more

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The Truth Hunt: A Dangerous Investigation in the Balkans

Alexia Petrova

Sofia: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 31 pp.

"In this story of persistent struggle in the name of truth, a young journalist joins forces with her older colleague in uncovering a complicated corruption case that leads to many dead ends. When the welfare of vulnerable people is at stake, it takes two mdern-day heroes to save the day, but every h ... more

Investigative Journalists in Bulgaria: An Endangered Species?

Petar Karaboev, Hendrik Sittig

International Reports (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung), volume 33 (2022), pp. 1-9

"Although investigative journalism still exists in Bulgaria, it is on the decline. Over the last few years, this EU country has been steadily sliding down the press freedom rankings. Investigative journalism is often misused for image purposes, and alternative investigations conducted outside tradit ... more

Periodismo de investigación e impacto en la inversión pública

Luciana Aliaga et al.

Lima: Calandria (2021), 54 pp.

"Esta publicación, de libre acceso, comprende 32 reportajes y crónicas periodísticas de investigación en materia de inversión pública, de 32 periodistas, 20 varones y 12 mujeres, correspondientes a 16 regiones del país: Cusco, La Libertad, Piura, Junín, Lambayeque, Arequipa, Lima, Puno, Ica, ... more

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The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice
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Jonathan Gray, Liliana Bounegru (eds.)

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), 415 pp.

"The Data Journalism Handbook provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader consequences of datafication in the ne ... more

Investigation is Collaboration: Exposing the Invisible Together

Laura Ranca, Tyler McBrien (eds.)

Tactical Tech (2021), 53 pp.

Investigate: The Manual

Berlin: Civil Forum for Asset Recovery (CIFAR) (2021), 48 pp.

"This manual was designed in order to provide readers with an overview of state of the art practices in investigative journalism, with a focus on illicit financial flows and asset recovery. It has an introductory to intermediate level. It is the result of over three years of collaboration between Ci ... more

Data Journalism Assessment Malaysia: Data Journalism in a Constrained Environment

Khairil Yusof

Internews (2021), 34 pp.

Digital Media and Investigative Journalism in China

Nairui Xu

Media Asia, volume 48, issue 3 (2021), pp. 158-174

"Since 2014, “plot twist news” as a controversial news phenomenon has appeared extensively in Chinese digital communication. In the context of journalism, this refers to news facts provided in follow-up reporting that contradict the facts provided in the initial reporting. Based on interviews wi ... more

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Philanthropy-Funded Journalism: Implications for Media Independence and Editorial Credibility in South Africa

Dumisani Moyo

In: Re-Imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South Issues in Media, Culture and Technology

Hopeton S. Dunn; Dumisani Moyo; William O. Lesitaokana; Shanade Bianca Barnabas (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), pp. 193-216

"Over the past decade, philanthropic organisations have poured millions of dollars into different specialised forms of journalism in Africa. While these new specialised forms of journalism are aimed at addressing existing gaps in news reporting on the continent, there has been growing concern over t ... more

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Investigative Journalism

Hugo de Burgh, Paul Lashmar (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2021), xvi, 299 pp.

"This 3rd edition maps the new world of Investigative Journalism, where technology and globalisation have connected and energized journalists, whistle-blowers and the latest players, with far-reaching consequences in politics and business worldwide. In this new edition, expert contributors demonstra ... more

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Reporting Business and Human Rights: A Handbook for Journalists, Communicators and Campaigners
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Nick Raistrick

UNDP (2021), 116 pp.

"This handbook is broadly divided into three sections: this first focuses on understanding business and human rights, its themes and topics. The second part looks at the practicalities of reporting business and human rights stories: from finding ideas and spotting stories through to the process of r ... more