Eleventh Lecture: Investigative Journalism

“Isn’t all journalism meant to involve questioning investigation of facts and opinions presented to us?” - Ross Coulthart


Investigative Journalism is to discover the truth and where the truth is not being told. To be an investigative journalist, I think one must be:
- Intelligent: think on your feet
- Informed: know the subject your investigating
- Intuitive: go with your gut feeling
- Inside: gather connections and sources on the inside
- Invest: devote all your time to the story


Investigative journalism has a deeper meaning and purpose to it than just getting all the facts. It is about doing critical and thorough job of the story. Investigative journalism exposes the city's immoral behaviours to the society for them to respond. It provides a voice for stories that cannot get the attention they need and make people aware of them and who are responsible for them not being heard.


There seems to be some threats to the future of investigative journalism such as social media. I have been thinking for awhile a career path for myself and am now concerned about taking the path of investigative journalism.




Note: I was ill on day of lecture, no lecture notes were taking. Reason (excuse) for why blog is so short.