Investigative Journalism: Context and Practice

✍ Scribed by Hugo De Burgh

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 316
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Investigative Journalism is a critical and reflective introduction to the traditions and practices of investigative journalism. Beginning with a historical survey, the authors explain how investigative journalism should be understood within the framework of the mass media. They discuss how it relates to the legal system, the place of ethics in investigations and the influence of new technologies on journalistic practices.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
Part 1 CONTEXT......Page 11
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 13
2 THE EMERGENCE OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM......Page 33
3 THIRTY YEARS OF BRITISH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM......Page 53
4 SOME ISSUES SURROUNDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM......Page 69
5 CRITICAL APPROACHES TO THE MEDIA......Page 90
6 GLOBALISING MEDIA AGENDAS......Page 107
7 THE ENGLISH LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM......Page 124
8 THE REGULATORY AND ETHICAL FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM......Page 152
9 JOURNALISM AND NEW TECHNOLOGY......Page 170
Part 2 PRACTICE......Page 187
10 INVESTIGATING CORPORATE CRRUPTION......Page 189
11 LOCAL POWER AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY......Page 202
12 SCRUTINISING SOCIAL POLICY......Page 218
13 EXPOSING MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE......Page 231
14 GRAVEDIGGING......Page 241
15 PILLAGING THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS......Page 253
16 HIGH POLITICS AND LOW BEHAVIOUR......Page 269
17 INTERFERING WITH FOREIGNERS......Page 282
ENDWORD......Page 295
INDEX......Page 297