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Investigative Reporting Jobs

Technology is Revolutionizing Investigative Reporting Opportunities

Many of today’s investigative journalists are working across regional boundaries and cross-border networks using tools and technologies that are changing the way this kind of reporting is done. The image of the “lone wolf” journalist working alone in a corner of the world isn’t so true anymore. Investigative reporting opportunities are often collaborative efforts with those who know the terrain and the sources.

“Investigative reporting has gone global,” says David Kaplan of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). “It is exploding to the far corners of the world, even in places you wouldn’t expect, where people can get killed for reporting the wrong thing. The important thing is that you establish a methodology – you get a generation of reporters trained in how to do this kind of reporting,” Kaplan says.

IJNet provides a wealth of expert resources to support those journalists searching for investigative reporting jobs. You’ll find tips on the latest technologies and tools being used in the field, manuals that guide you to dig deeper and expose injustice and real-life case studies written by the worlds’ foremost investigative journalists. You’ll read about challenges in specific regions, how to gather data in developing countries and how to avoid dangerous situations.

Classes and videos are hosted on IJNet about how to find story ideas and develop sources before starting to interview anyone or write anything. Investigative reporting jobs require you do your homework. Read all you can before you begin interviewing. When you finally meet the subject of your investigation, you want to be well-informed.

Each investigative journalism job is still based in the same principles and requires the same skills as it always has. IJNet articles written by those with first-hand experience can provide a framework in which you can think about your stories systematically. By refining your methods, gaining skills in new technologies and networking with others globally, you can seize investigative reporting opportunities in your area of expertise.

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Upcoming Deadlines

  • Veteran U.S. lecturer to hold training in South Asia

    Date: 12/19/05

    Several training sessions are planned the second week of January for journalists in Maldives and Sri Lanka. Former Chicago Tribune reporter William Recktenwald, now a lecturer at Southern Illinois University, will lead the programs.

  • Provincial workshops focus on election campaign coverage

    Date: 12/19/05

    A network of provincial journalists is organizing a series of three workshops in northern Peru, in advance of Peru’s general elections in April.

    The Red de Periodistas de Provincias, a Peruvian group that works for colleagues outside the major cities, is organizing the workshops in Piura, Iquitos, and the Ancash province. The title of the training is “Quality Journalism in Times of Election Campaigns: Promises, Truths and Civil Society.”

  • IAPA Journalism Awards call for entries

    Deadline:

    2/13/06

    Latin Americas and Caribbean journalists have until February 13 to apply for the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Journalism Awards.

    The competition has 11 categories: inter-American relations, human rights, news coverage, features, in-depth reporting, photography, cartoons, infographics, opinion, newspapers in education, and – for the first time – online news coverage. Materials must be in Spanish, English or Portuguese, and must have been published in the Western Hemisphere in 2005.

  • Mathematics for Journalists

    Date: 12/8/05

    In Asuncion. Organized by participants of the “Periodistas Paraguay” listserv, an open discussion forum sponsored by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Argentine journalist Sandra Crucianelli will lead the workshop. Topics include understanding government statistics, estimating sizes of news events such as marches and rallies, and infographics.

  • Math to be theme of workshop in Asuncion

    Date: 12/8/05

    An upcoming workshop for Paraguayan journalists is based on the idea that math and statistics are often the difference between “he said, she said” reporting and quality journalism.

    The workshop is scheduled for December 14 to 17 at the Universidad Americana in Asuncion, Paraguay. It is organized by participants of the “Periodistas Paraguay” listserv, an open discussion forum sponsored by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.

  • Public information access theme of Argentine competition

    Deadline:

    4/14/06

    Argentine journalists and students who formally petition for public documents in their reporting are eligible for a competition titled “Si es P?blico no Debe Ser Secreto,” or “If it’s public, it shouldn’t be secret.” Winners receive a trip to the United Kingdom.

  • New books cover investigative reporting, media law

    Date: 12/1/05

    Southern Africa

    Legal threats to independent media and basic tips for investigative reporters are the topics of two new books for African journalists.

    The Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Sub-Sahara Media Program released the books on November 28: “SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practitioners, Volume 3” and “A Watchdog’s Guide to Investigative Reporting.” Both are available for free online, and hard copies are available for journalism organizations and schools.

  • Al-Jazeera plans second international TV festival

    Deadline:

    12/1/05

     

    Satellite channel Al-Jazeera has announced details on its next international television production festival, planned for March 2006.

    The event is open to journalists and representatives of satellite channels, TV stations, production companies, and independent filmmakers. The festival, scheduled for March 27 to 30 at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha, Qatar, will feature a competition and a media exhibition.