"El presente manual es una guía de métodos y técnicas básicas para el periodismo de investigación que busca expresamente llenar un vacío existente en la literatura de la profesión. La mayoría de los manuales dedicados al tema tratan extensamente al problema de dónde encontrar la informació
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n y asumen que, una vez que el periodista encuentra la información buscada será capaz de redactar una historia viable. Los autores, sin embargo, no compartimos este supuesto. No consideramos que el problema central sea el hallazgo de la información sino la tarea fundamental de contar una historia. Esto lleva a la principal innovación metodológica presentada por este manual: utilizamos las historias como el cemento que une cada paso del proceso de investigación, desde su concepción hasta la indagación, redacción, control de calidad y publicación. También nos referimos a este enfoque como “investigación basada en hipótesis”, porque comenzamos por formular la historia que esperamos redactar como una hipótesis que será verificada o refutada. Se trata del primer paso de un proceso integrado: Al analizar una histora hipotética el periodista puede detectar con mayor facilidad qué información necesita buscar. Al editor se le facilita la tarea de evaluar la factibilidad, costos, recompensas y avances del proyecto de investigación. A medida que avanza la investigación el periodisata o el equipo de investigación pueden ir organizando el material para su redacción, y componiendo segmentos específicos de la historia final. Esto, a su vez, facilita el control de calidad y permite considerar en qué medida la historia cumple con criterios legales y éticos. Al final del proceso se obtendrá una historia que puede resumirse en unas pocas frases contundentes, una historia que puede ser promocionada, defendida y recordada." (Introducción)
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"Global and regional networks of investigative journalists, backed by donors and fueled by globalization and an explosion in data and communications technology, are growing increasingly effective and sophisticated. Journalists are linking up as never before to collaborate on stories involving intern
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ational crime, unaccountable businesses, environmental degradation, safety and health problems, and other hard-to-report issues. Strategic investments into investigative journalism programs can have significant positive impact in a wide range of countries, including those in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Such funding will be most effective if it is long term and integrated into broader initiatives that include legal reform and freedom of information. Despite its frontline role in fostering accountability, battling corruption, and raising media standards, investigative reporting receives relatively little support - about 2 percent of global media development funding by major donors. Nonprofit investigative reporting organizations, now numbering 106 in 47 countries, have been pivotal drivers of the global spread of investigative journalism. These include reporting centers, training institutes, professional associations, grant-making groups, and online networks." (Executive summary)
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"This article presents a comparative study of investigative journalism in nine countries in the Central and Eastern European region (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia). The purpose is descriptive and analytical. Descriptively, the articl
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e charts the presence and provision of investigative journalism across the region and inventories and assesses the various funding forms that exist against the background of the recent (2008–2009) financial crisis. Analytically, the article focuses on assessing the relative autonomy (defined as autonomy from external actors) and effects (defined as the removal from office and sentencing of political actors revealed to be engaged in legal and moral transgressions, commonly various forms of corruption). The article finds investigative journalism across the region in general to be weak in terms of autonomy and effects, but stronger in countries that have had more stable and richer media markets (notably Estonia, Poland, and the Czech Republic). The article further finds that in some countries (notably Romania and Bulgaria), alternative news online sources play an increasingly important role as providers of investigative journalism." (Abstract)
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"Seit 2001 wird der »Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien « an Journalisten, Verleger, Publizisten und Institutionen vergeben, die sich mit Risikobereitschaft, Engagement und demokratischer Überzeugung für die Pressefreiheit einsetzen. Diese Zwischenbilanz stellt die bisherigen Preistr
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äger in Porträts vor und versammelt Interviews zur Zukunft des Journalismus, u. a. mit US-Enthüllungsreporter Seymour Hersh, Kriegsfotograf James Nachtwey, stern-Autor Hans-Martin Tillack sowie dem Schriftsteller Erich Loest." (Klappentext)
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"This book is a valuable collection of tips and techniques, covering both data as a source of journalism and as a tool with which the story is told. It starts with a general introduction on the main characteristics of data journalism, gives an insight into its practical relevance in the newsroom, an
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d presents inspiring case studies on elections, riots, school performance, corruption and other issues. It then introduces methods of data sourcing from open data portals, through freedom of information laws, and by crowdsourcing, followed by practical advice on how to extract and interpret information from raw data. The final section on "delivering data" shows how data visualisation helps to tell stories and provides tips on building news apps and feeding open data platforms." (CAMECO Update 2-2012)
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"The casebook serves as a complementary material for training purposes. It will also enable and enhance the exchange of good practices and networking in investigative journalism throughout the world. The Casebook contains more than 20 recent investigative stories from nearly every region of the worl
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d, covering a wide variety of topical subjects and of special interest to UNESCO such as freedom of information, good governance, social and legal issues, the environment, health and gender to name but a few, each followed by an explanation of how the authors conducted their research and the writing of the piece. Many of the authors belong to the Global Investigative Journalism Network, and their stories exemplify the cutting-edge techniques and high standards developed within this network." (Back cover)
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"This article appraises the general state of investigative journalism in seven Pacific Island countries—Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu—and asserts that the trend is not encouraging. Journalism in general, and investigative journalism in particular
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, has struggled due to harsher legislation as in military-ruled Fiji; beatings and harassment of journalists as in Vanuatu; and false charges and lawsuits targeting journalists and the major newspaper company in the Cook Islands. Corruption, tied to all the major political upheavals in the region since independence, is also discussed. Threats to investigative journalism, like the ‘backfiring effect’ and ‘anti-whistleblower’ law are examined, along with some investigative journalism success case studies." (Abstract)
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"[...] modern China runs an authoritarian system of the one-party rule, so where does the idea of investigative journalism fit in? Why can investigative journalism appear in such an authoritarian society and with what characteristics? Investigative Journalism in China examines the four aspects of Ch
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inese investigative journalism (the Idea of investigative journalism and its comparison against Western contexts; the Development/Influence; Reporters and their work; and the Impacts on society), by using empirical data from Dr. Jingrong Tong’s fieldwork at two newsrooms (the Southern Metropolitan Daily and the Dahe Daily) in 2006, 73 in-depth-interviews conducted from 2004-2008, and the analysis of internal and public documents and media cases in order to accurately survey the field and put it in context." (Publisher description)
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"The political and economic environment in some regions of the world present specific challenges for investigative journalists: countries that score low on governance and transparency present particular risks and underline the need to build investigative journalism capacity. This Brief analyses the
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obstacles to investigative journalism in the East African region, focusing on Kenya and Uganda, and discusses what can be done to help address these barriers." (Page 1)
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"This manual provides a guide to basic methods and techniques of investigative journalism, and it consciously fills a gap in the literature of the profession. The majority of investigative manuals devote a lot of space to the subject of where to find information. They assume that once a reporter fin
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ds the information he or she seeks, he or she will be able to compose a viable story. We do not share that assumption. We do not think that the basic issue is finding information. Instead, we think the core task is telling a story. That leads to the basic methodological innovation of this manual: We use stories as the cement which holds together every step of the investigative process, from conception to research, writing, quality control and publication. We also call this approach hypothesis-based inquiry, because we begin by formulating the story we hope to write as a hypothesis that will be verified or disproved." (Introduction, page 2)
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"These first chapters form the core of what is planned as a growing guide to investigative journalism over the next two years. To begin, we have assembled the basics: definitions of the field and some key techniques and resources. We will add to these over time a series of supplements dealing with i
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nvestigative work in particular fields – such as politics or health – or particular countries, or types of institution. All will be available free to read and work from on the internet." (How to use these chapters)
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"On trouvera également une introduction qui replace le journalisme d’investigation dans le contexte de la tradition du journalisme professionnel en Afrique, une section consacrée à la manière d’utiliser les manuels dont le but est de fournir aux étudiants ou à ceux qui utilisent ce matéri
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el en autodidacte des pistes et des tuyaux de base, ainsi qu’une liste d’ouvrages, de ressources et de liens à caractère général. Des chapitres traitant plus spécifiquement de certains aspects ou domaines du journalisme d’investigation viendront s’y ajouter au cours des deux prochaines années. (L’un d’eux, sur le journalisme d’investigation dans le domaine de la santé, est déjà disponible). Les chapitres renferment toutes les informations nécessaires pour permettre à une personne de se servir de cette série comme d’un manuel de base sur le journalisme d’investigation: exercices, pistes et tuyaux et listes d’ouvrages complémentaires ou liens pour en apprendre davantage. Chaque chapitre est un mélange de manuel et de manuel d’instructions/journal intime. Les utilisateurs font des exercices et des « devoirs », et il leur est recommandé de garder trace de leurs réactions aux idées et arguments développés dans le texte." (Notes à l’intention des formateurs)
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"On trouvera également une introduction qui replace le journalisme d’investigation dans le contexte de la tradition du journalisme professionnel en Afrique, une section consacrée à la manière d’utiliser les manuels dont le but est de fournir aux étudiants ou à ceux qui utilisent ce matéri
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el en autodidacte des pistes et des tuyaux de base, ainsi qu’une liste d’ouvrages, de ressources et de liens à caractère général. Des chapitres traitant plus spécifiquement de certains aspects ou domaines du journalisme d’investigation viendront s’y ajouter au cours des deux prochaines années. (L’un d’eux, sur le journalisme d’investigation dans le domaine de la santé, est déjà disponible). Les chapitres renferment toutes les informations nécessaires pour permettre à une personne de se servir de cette série comme d’un manuel de base sur le journalisme d’investigation: exercices, pistes et tuyaux et listes d’ouvrages complémentaires ou liens pour en apprendre davantage. Chaque chapitre est un mélange de manuel et de manuel d’instructions/journal intime. Les utilisateurs font des exercices et des « devoirs », et il leur est recommandé de garder trace de leurs réactions aux idées et arguments développés dans le texte." (Notes à l’intention des formateurs)
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"This resource book is designed to walk the reporters, especially those in the regions, from the start to finish of an investigative journalism story or a project. By following the chapters in sequence, reporters and editors will learn how investigative reporting is different from conventional journ
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alism and what it takes to construct a high-impact report. The resource book includes the steps of finding an investigative story idea, following source trails—human, paper and electronic—to writing or producing a final report on a variety of platforms. It also addresses a crucial but often overlooked subject of how gatekeepers and media houses can support and manage investigative reporting projects. Where possible, this resource book draws upon real-life examples from Sri Lanka and elsewhere in South Asia." (Page 5)
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