Investigative Journalism A Survival Guide
At a time of hyper-partisanship, media fragmentation and "fake news", the work of investigative journalism has never been more important. This book explores the history and art of investigative journalism, and explains how to deal with legal bullies, croo
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Investigative Journalism A Survival Guide
Investigative Journalism
David Leigh
Investigative Journalism A Survival Guide
David Leigh City, University of London London, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-16751-6 ISBN 978-3-030-16752-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16752-3 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: eStudioCalamar This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Few—if any—textbooks like this are available. The author combines an academic background with a prominent track record in investigative journalism. This is therefore intended to be a candid practical guide for journalism students interested in investigative reporting in print, online, or video. It will be useful to media professionals who themselves want to do more work in this demanding field and also to anyone in the wider public with a concern for keeping democracy alive. The book is based on long insider experience of adversarial writing. It sets out to describe the key enemies and dangers that investigative journalists face, with the intention of better equipping those reporters for professional survival. The idea is to provide guidelines for people who want to develop the discipline and flair they will need to succeed as public interest reporters in an often hostile environment. This is not, however, a training manual of the kind which explains how to do basic journalistic interviews, make freedom of information requests, manipulate spreadsheets, or scrape data. There are many such technical handbooks already accessible, some of which are indicated in the appendix. Nor does this
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