Fredrik Laurin is one of Sweden's highest-awarded investigative journalists, alongside his reporting partners Sven Bergman and Joachim Dyfvermark. The team recently exposed how Swedish/Finnish telco TeliaSonera cooperated with dictators in countries like Uzbekistan and Belarus, allowing them to listen to private calls. He...
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“UNTIL YOU KNOW THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK, YOU CAN NEVER GET TO THE TRUTH”The riches contained in this questionnaire with multi-award-winning investigative journalist Michael Bilton rival the wealth of his decades-long output at the London Sunday Times and as a documentary film-maker.Read on to learn details about his research...
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By Colleen Gillard and Georgia WellsOriginally published on Bikya Masr. When what was expected to be a small protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square became massive and nationwide, journalists inside and outside Egypt were unprepared. “No one anticipated January 25th,” said former director general of the Al Jazeera news network Wadah Khanfar at...
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Finding, developing and maintaining good sources is crucial for an investigative reporter.Remember: “Everybody is a source.” (Monk Manny’s Guide to Source Development – IRE Tip Sheet) Having sources who hold senior positions is great, but some of your most valuable information and story leads might come from sources in the lower...
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An investigative report is one that reveals new findings based on the work and research of the reporter. Here are some quick tips from an ICFJ Anywhere online course to get you started.10 QUICK TIPS ON INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Do some preliminary research before launching an investigation or even pitching it to your editor. ...
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JOB DESCRIPTIONThomson Reuters Foundation has trained 10,000 journalists over more than a quarter of a century and has several thousand alumni in more than 170 countries. Its global workshops promote the core values of fast, accurate and impartial reporting that have made Reuters one of the world’s most read and trusted sources of news.Thomson...
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Regional media organization needs full-time chief operating officer to do the following: · Set up and execute bylaws· Manage the organization’s staff and overall program· Represent the organization in...
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By the International Academy of Journalism The application process for the 2012/2013 Fellowship program "Journalism in the Digital World" has started. We have posted some general information on the application procedure below. Please read these explanatory notes carefully. The deadline for your application is May 7, 2012 (11am CET). You...
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Seminar to Address What Every Reporter Covering Corruption Needs to Know On the day before the start of its annual World Congress in Trinidad and Tobago, the International Press Institute (IPI) will host a one-day seminar for investigative reporters covering corruption. Organised in cooperation with the U.S.-based Investigative News Network (...
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AfriCOG invites qualified journalists to apply for the Investigative Journalism Fellowship in the areas of anti-corruption and good governance.AfriCOG is an independent, non-profit making organization whose governance and anti-corruption reform initiatives are aimed at addressing the structural causes of Kenya’s governance crisis while...
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