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The study “How (not to) Run an AI Project in Investigative Journalism” by Marina Fridman, Roy Krøvel, and Fabrizio Palumbo, all from Oslo Metropolitan University looked at the challenges and obstacles of integrating AI into the newsroom and how to overcome them. Artificial intelligence, AI, is a field of computer science aimed at developing ‘intelligent’ … Continued

Tags: artificial intelligence, interdisciplinary, investigative journalism, newsroom, practice-based research, transdisciplinary
Published: 9 Oct 2023

The roots of investigative journalism lie in the abolitionist press

The study ““Behold the Wicked Abominations That They Do”: The Nineteenth-Century Roots of the Evidentiary Approach in American Investigative Journalism” by Gerry Lanosga from Indiana University linked the roots of the evidentiary mindset in investigative journalism to abolitionism in the 1830s. In the popular imagination, Nixon’s Watergate scandal is intrinsically linked with the advent of … Continued

Tags: 1830s, abolitionism, abolitionists, evidentiary mindset, history, investigative journalism, investigative reporting, journalistic methods, muckrakers, slavery, the United States, Watergate
Published: 23 Dec 2022

The place of anger in journalism

The study “Anger and the investigative journalist” by Richard Stupart from University of Groningen theorizes on the role of anger in journalism, particularly investigative journalism, based on a discourse analysis of investigative journalists’ reflections on anger. Anger is often seen as a threat to the neutrality that journalists must maintain while working on a story. … Continued

Tags: anger, Emotions, injustice, investigative journalism, journalism norms, journalism profession, moral dimensions, South Africa
Published: 21 Oct 2022

Article: How Do Investigative Journalists Initiate Their Stories?

The study “How Do Investigative Journalists Initiate Their Stories?” by Lena Wuergler and Pauline Cancela from University of Neuchâtel interviewed Swiss investigative journalists to uncover the origin of investigative stories. Investigative journalism is seen contradictingly as both the way for journalism to survive amidst the changes to the journalistic ecosystem and as an endangered species. … Continued

Tags: communicative journalism, feedback loop, follow-up stories, investigative journalism, journalism profession, media ecosystem, newspapers, Switzerland
Published: 16 Sep 2022

Mafia journalism as a discursive network beat

The study “ The Discursive Constitution of Mafia Journalism as a Network Beat” by Sergio Splendore from University of Milan investigates the work of mafia journalists. The article utilizes a institutional discursive approach to study mafia journalism as a discursive newsbeat, even if it is not recognized as an official newsbeat. All the major Italian … Continued

Tags: discourse, investigative journalism, Italy, mafia, news beats, newsrooms, threats
Published: 21 Dec 2021

Investigative journalism and newsroom policies

New study “Between Structures and Identities: Newsroom Policies, Division of Labor and Journalists’ Commitment to Investigative Reporting” by Pauline Cancela from University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland studied how the division of labor in journalism and newsroom policies impacts the journalists’ willingness to engage in investigative journalism. There is a debate within the journalistic profession on what … Continued

Tags: investigative journalism, journalistic profession, media organizations, news beat, news work, newsroom, Switzerland
Published: 5 Oct 2021

Investigative journalism as relational skills and epistemic resources

New study “Inventive Factfinders: Investigative Journalism as Professional Self-representation, Marker of Identity and Boundary Work” by Fredrik Bjerknes of University of Bergen is situated in the context of the annual Norwegian investigative journalism award (SKUP). Qualitative textual analysis of 44 method reports submitted to SKUP in 2018 were investigated for the study. In it, the … Continued

Tags: investigative journalism, journalistic identity, journalistic practice, journalistic profession, Norway
Published: 25 Feb 2021

ARTICLE: Who pays for investigative journalism online – and why?

John Price, of University of Sunderland, has surveyed the subscribers of the online investigative journalism co-operative, The Ferret. Price wanted to find out who the subscribers are and what makes them want to invest money on the service. A total of 110 subscribers responded to Price’s survey, which represents a quarter of the small Scottish … Continued

Tags: audience, investigative journalism, journalism funding
Published: 13 Oct 2017

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ARTICLE: Tips from sources lead to more influential stories

Investigative journalism is more likely to produce policy changes when the investigation is launched by a tip from a source, Gerry Lanosga, of Indiana University Bloomington, and Jason Martin, of DePaul University College of Communication, write. The authors analysed 757 journalist descriptions of investigative projects, lifted from the archives of the Investigative Reporters and Editors … Continued

Tags: investigative journalism, journalistic profession, sources
Published: 13 Jan 2017

PAPER: Investigating and revealing tax havens

Journalistic investigations on tax havens are crucial but difficult and dangerous, writes Sidsel Dalen, a Norwegian freelance journalist and a Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism fellow. In her fellowship paper Dalen reviews the global state of tax evasion and problems associated with investigating them. In addition, Dalen has interviewed journalists and scholars involved … Continued

Tags: economic journalism, investigative journalism
Published: 16 Sep 2016