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Offering a critical overview of the state of contemporary investigative journalism, this book considers ways in which investigative journalism can bring about meaningful change and what conditions need to be in place for it to do so.
List of contents
List of ContributorsIntroduction: Exploring dark corners that some wish to keep in shadow
Part I: Historical background 1: Wandering crusaders: a short history of the investigative crime journalist
Bethany UsherPart II: Tools and Specific Techniques of Investigative Journalism2: Freedom of Information
Neil Macfarlane3: Frontline strategies for land rights and environmental journalism: Methodologies for melding ground truth interviews and primary records in investigative reporting
Chris Arsenault4: Investigating black box technologies, digital power and its invisibilities
Philip Di SalvoPart III: Constraints on Investigative Journalism - and Ways to Challenge Them5: The Impact of Legal Intimidation on Investigative Journalists
Barbara Longo-Flint6: How Did Journalism Professions and the Public Respond to Challenges in Investigative Journalism? Introducing Nonprofit Newsrooms.
Michelle Park7: In Conversation with David Conn: Award-winning Investigative Sports Journalist
Neil Farrington and John PricePart IV: The Impact of AI on Investigative Journalism8: Environment, Technology & Journalism: Tackling environmental issues using data and AI in Latin America
Mathias-Felipe de-Lima Santos9: Investigative Journalism and AI
Paul BradshawPart V: Two Crucial Strands: Teaching and Collaborative Investigative Journalism10: Cross-border Investigative Journalist Education - The Process towards Normalisation
Maria Konow-Lund, Lucia Mesquita and Carolyne Lunga11: Exploring the impact of non-journalists on the values and norms of journalism in an award-winning collaborative investigation
Carolyne Lunga12: Teaching Investigative Journalism - The Centre for Investigative Journalism
Tom SandersonIndex
About the author
Neil Macfarlane is a senior lecturer in online journalism at The University of Sunderland, UK. He is a freelance investigative journalist and has written for titles including Private Eye, The Mirror and HuffPost UK.
Barbara Longo-Flint is a PhD researcher at The University of Sunderland, UK. Previously she worked as a journalist in Italy for 20 years.
Dr John Price is a senior lecturer in journalism at The University of Sunderland, UK. He publishes research on topics including investigative journalism, sport and discrimination and the media.
