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Keeping I-Teams alive on TV
Investigative reporting on local television has always been endangered. It’s expensive and time-consuming to dig up stories that hold the powerful accountable. Now, the economic pressure on news… more →
Advancing the Story
Award-winning investigations
Deborah Potter wrote 8 months ago: Three local TV stations have won prestigious Peabody Awards for the kind of in-depth reporting many … more →
The Web changes crime & coverage
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dhwenger wrote 10 months ago: Crime reporting is a staple of local news, so it’s important for journalists to provide context for … more →
Confrontational interviews
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Deborah Potter wrote 10 months ago: Investigative reporters often have to interview people who don’t really want to talk. In a co … more →
A successful reporter's approach
Deborah Potter wrote 11 months ago: He’s won three Pulitzer prizes, writes a regular column for the New York Times, and his non-fi … more →
Data for digging deeper
Deborah Potter wrote 12 months ago: The Los Angeles Times has quietly built a huge online resource that gives users the opportunity to e … more →
Network-local collaboration
Deborah Potter wrote 1 year ago: CBS News has broken new ground both behind the scenes and on the air in collaborating with local TV … more →
Small newsroom, big results
Deborah Potter wrote 1 year ago: “Coincidence or Cluster,” an investigation by the Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake, Illi … more →
New model for investigative reporting?
Deborah Potter wrote 1 year ago: Everyone knows that newsrooms have been cutting staff and shrinking their budgets. When there aren … more →
Hidden cameras make a comeback
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Deborah Potter wrote 1 year ago: Did they ever really go away? SPJ’s Jon Marshall contends that hidden cameras fell out of favo … more →
The best of the Web
dhwenger wrote 1 year ago: If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, then you might want to consider complimenting the win … more →
Who invented investigative journalism?
Deborah Potter wrote 1 year ago: Does the name Ida Tarbell sound familiar? At the turn of the last century, she wrote a series of sto … more →
Using FOI on the FBI
dhwenger wrote 1 year ago: Al’s Morning Meeting just featured a “how-to” for requesting FBI files on the famo … more →
Flash map brings story to life
Deborah Potter wrote 1 year ago: The Times Herald-Record posted an amazing investigative package this week that combines excellent us … more →
Making the most of numbers
Deborah Potter wrote 1 year ago: Everyone knows that people who go into journalism aren’t any good with numbers, right? I often … more →
Data as journalism
Deborah Potter wrote 2 years ago: Data should be a driving force in online journalism, writes Rich Gordon of Northwestern in a post fo … more →
Giving objectivity a bad name
Deborah Potter wrote 2 years ago: Journalists sometimes miss or underplay big stories by trying to be objective in the wrong way, says … more →
Lists as sources
dhwenger wrote 2 years ago: Sometimes good story ideas fall in your lap (or show up in your email). The following is a post from … more →
Do your homework
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Deborah Potter wrote 2 years ago: How can you avoid being suckered by sources or stampeded by the competition? Do your own homework. T … more →
Think like a detective
Deborah Potter wrote 2 years ago: Good advice from Bob Woodward of Watergate fame: Reporters should remember that investigative journa … more →
