Benchmark Investigation Manual (Free!)
Published in the fall of 2009 but already a best-freeseller: Listed on over two hundred websites and used in journalism schools and centres from the US to Africa, Europe to China!
‘Story-Based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists’, by Mark Lee Hunter and others, is the first text that treats investigative journalism as an integrated process focused on producing an original story.
This little book (about 80 pages in A4 format) guides you or your class through the basics of conceiving, structuring, researching, composing and publishing an investigation. It’s based on doctoral-level research and an aggregate 100 years of professional practice, with experts from the Global Investigative Journalism Network like Luuk Sengers, Drew Sullivan, Nils Hanson, Pia Thordsen and Rana Sabbagh. Our thanks to UNESCO, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism and International Media Support for supporting this project.
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The world’s benchmark investigative reporting manual
Published in the fall of 2009 but already a best-freeseller: Listed on over two hundred websites and used in journalism schools and centres from the US to Africa, Europe to China! ‘Story-Based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists’, by Mark Lee Hunter and others, is the first text that treats investigative journalism as an integrated process focused on producing an original story.
This little book (about 80 pages in A4 format) guides you or your class through the basics of conceiving, structuring, researching, composing and publishing an investigation. It’s based on doctoral-level research and an aggregate 100 years of professional practice, with experts from the Global Investigative Journalism Network like Luuk Sengers, Drew Sullivan, Nils Hanson, Pia Thordsen and Rana Sabbagh. Our thanks to UNESCO, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism and International Media Support for supporting this project.
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Global casebook for teachers and students:
More than 20 great investigative stories explained
This Casebook follows and complements “Story-Based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists” (UNESCO 2009), which has been adopted by many journalism programmes in the Arab States, Asian countries, the United States of America, Europe and the Russian Federation. The Casebook contains more than 20 recent investigative stories from nearly every region of the world, with afterwords explaining how the authors conducted their research and writing. Many of the authors belong to the Global Investigative Journalism Network, and their stories exemplify the cutting-edge techniques and high standards developed within the network.
FREE DOWNLOAD: UNESCO Global Casebook (Draft version – definite publication will folllow soon)
SBI in de Nederlandse taal:
Onderzoeksjournalistiek – Researchproces van Idee tot Verhaal
Het uitgebreide handboek ‘Onderzoeksjournalistiek. Researchproces van idee tot verhaal’ introduceert story-based inquiry in Nederland en België. Het beschrijft de methode, van een onthullende invalshoek tot een levendig verhaal, met praktijkvoorbeelden en tips van ervaren onderzoeksjournalisten uit Vlaanderen en Nederland. Inclusief honderden links en tientallen handige softwareprogramma’s voor researchers en onderzoekende journalisten.
Met bijdragen van Mark Lee Hunter, Roger Vleugels, Henk van Ess, Peter Verweij, Wim Criel, Marcus Geers, Michaël Opgenhaffen, Tommy Kaas, Marleen Teugels, Jeroen Smit, Eric Hennekam, Marion Claessens en Margo Smit.
Luuk Sengers (red.), Onderzoeksjournalistiek. Researchproces van idee tot verhaal. Lannoo Campus/Amsterdam University Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-90-209-8572-6 Prijs: € 24,95
(Zie ook de speciale website bij het boek: www.onderzoeksjournalistiek.eu)
Software (nearly all free) that helps you organise and protect your investigations.
Links to advanced operators in Google, search engines, forensic tools to check the credibility of websites and portals for professional researchers.
Links to databases all over the world and data journalism manuals
From other journalists and organisations we admire.
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