JOUA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Investigative Journalism, Collaborative Software, Toronto Star
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"investigative journalism involves exposing to the public matters that are concealed -- either deliberately by someone in a position of power, or accidentally, behind a chaotic mass of facts and circumstances that obscure understanding. "there is a differen(cid:272)e (cid:271)etween a story that spots a (cid:271)ad do(cid:272)tor and a deeper story that spots a poorly performing hospital system" -- professor james hamilton, author, democratic. "journalists have expanded the definition to include analyzing and revealing the breakdown of social or justice system and documenting the consequences" -- the investigative. Reporter"s handbook: challenges to investigative journalism, shrinking newsrooms -- shrinking resources.
