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Sommario
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: What is Investigative Reporting?
Chapter 2: Finding the Story
Chapter 3: Set Up the Investigation
Part II: Gathering Information
Chapter 4: Finding Human Sources
Chapter 5: Document the Investigation
Chapter 6: Public Records
Chapter 7: The Interview Process
Chapter 8: Finding and Using Data
Chapter 9: Build Your Own Database
Part III: Writing and Publishing the Story
Chapter 10: Analyze a Big Story
Chapter 11: Writing the Story
Chapter 12: Legal and Ethical Considerations
Chapter 13: Bulletproof the Investigation
Chapter 14: Pitching the Story
Appendix
Info autore
Marcy Burstiner is professor of journalism and mass communication at Humboldt State University where she teaches beginning and investigative reporting and advises the student newspaper. She is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS), and co-founder of the Humboldt Center for Constitutional Rights.
She jumped into her professional journalism career as an assistant editor for The Multinational Monitor, a non-profit magazine founded by Ralph Nader. Before joining the faculty at Humboldt State, she was an assistant managing editor for financial magazine The Deal and a senior writer for the online financial news site, TheStreet.com. In 2014, the California Newspaper Publishers Association awarded her best column in a weekly newspaper for a monthly media column she has written for the North Coast Journal in Eureka, Calif. since 2006. She is a graduate of Union College and the Columbia University School of Journalism.
Riassunto
Investigative Reporting provides a step-by-step approach for tackling any investigative story, teaching reporters the skills they need to overcome common obstacles during investigative work.
