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4 May

Whos funding the project, and why?

By Cecil Rosner Andy Hall spent 26 years working as an award-winning reporter in Arizona and Wisconsin before leaving the newspaper industry this year to become the founding executive director […]

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2 May

Kick-starting investigative journalism

Seymour Hersh was a young and little-known journalist when he approached the newly-created Fund for Investigative Journalism in 1969 for help. He wanted assistance to investigate reports of a civilian massacre […]

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2 May

Bribery investigation

In 2003, reports Frontline, Per Yngve Monsen, chief-controller at Siemens Business Services in Norway, “noticed some irregularities in the invoices Siemens sent to the Norwegian Department of Defence as part […]

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28 Apr

Alternative journalism and investigative reporting

Chris Atton of Edinburgh Napier University raises some provocative questions in the latest issue of Journalism with his paper entitled “Why alternative journalism matters.” While considerable attention has been paid […]

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23 Apr

Is history repeating itself?

Those of us old enough to remember the economic situation of the early 1980s may be wondering: is history repeating itself in the way the media are valuing investigative journalism? […]

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22 Apr

National endowments for journalism?

“The internet is well suited to detect scandals that require lots of bloggers to spend a little bit of time searching for bits of incriminating evidence. But it’s no substitute […]

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2 Apr

Huff Post to save investigative journalism?

The Huffington Post is teaming up with donors to create a non-profit fund for investigative journalism. The Huffington Post Investigative Fund will be funded by the Huff Post and The Atlantic […]

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7 Nov

Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting launches website

The newly formed Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting (CCIR) has launched its website and accompanying blog, Investigate This!. The Centre’s mandate is to “produce thoroughly researched reporting in the public […]

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21 Feb

Seven basic rules of investigative reporting

The Committee for Concerned Journalists has a variety of tools on its website to help journalists, students and teachers, including this list of seven basic tools for Investigative Reporting produced […]

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