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Investigative Reporting Manuals

Transparency, honesty, and accountability are necessary in any democracy. A niche journalism topic, investigative journalism, challenges reporters to uncover truths through persistence, mining databases and finding the right sources. These manuals will help you develop these reporting skills as well as guide you in developing a story.

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Thanks to the Carnegie Corporation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Merill Lynch, ICFJ has a number of manuals--branded as "complimentary"--that are available free of charge. For other manuals not funded, visitors will be able to read a preview of the manual on our Web site. If you want to download a full manual, we hope that you will purchase a digital copy for US$5. International journalists who would like complimentary copies of ICFJ's manuals are asked to fill in this simple form. Once you have been approved, an ICFJ staff member will give you information about how to download the manual(s) of your choice. Please note ICFJ's Copyright Policy before purchasing.

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Available Publications
 
Dig Deep & Aim High: A Training Model for Teaching Investigative Reporting
Dig Deep & Aim HighReporters in developing countries and emerging democracies face obstacles that are higher and deeper and more impenetrable than any faced by the average American reporter. In many ways, everything these new journaists do is investigative reporting. They often have no information access laws in place, nor libel prtections. This brief course does not aim to be a definitive text but rather a practical outline to introduce Western-style investigative reporting.

This manual was developed during a Knight International Press Fellowship by Lucinda S. Feelson who traveled to Budapest, Hungary.

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10 Steps to Investigative Reporting
10 Steps to Investigative ReportingIt's especially hard for reporters living in emerging democracies and developing countries to do investigative reporting. Unlike countries with a strong foundation of democracies, journalists often times risk everything, including their lives to report on corruption and criminal activity.

While investigative journalism may be difficult, it is the livelihood of a successful democracy. This manual will help you dig deeper and aim higher.   Read More...

Follow the Money - A Digital Guide to Tracking Corruption
Follow the MoneyKnight Fellow Paul Radu created a new digital handbook designed to help investigative journalists track corruption across borders. The handbook provides an array of new tools for investigative journalists that will help them give the public a better understanding of regional and global criminal networks. The manual includes new techniques in cross-border investigative journalism and lists of Web sites and databases with information about commercial enterprises worldwide.   Read More...


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