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Investigative Reporting provides a step-by-step approach for tackling any investigative story, teaching reporters the skills they need to overcome common obstacles during investigative work. Experienced reporter and instructor, Marcy Burstiner offers readers guidance on how to identify story ideas, craft a premise, seek out human sources and documents, file public records requests, and analyze data. Including tips and advice from student and professional reporters, this comprehensive textbook also offers strategies for conducting interviews and for organizing information into a compelling story or series of stories that engage the reader through multimedia storytelling.

Highlights of the new edition include:

  • Updated examples and anatomies of news stories.

  • Extensive discussion of data reporting and analysis for investigative projects.

  • Guidance on how to request public records using state public records acts and how to a

    Table of Contents

    Part I: Getting Started

    Chapter 1: What is Investigative Reporting?

    Chapter 2: Finding the Story

    Chapter 3: Set Up the Investigation

    Part II: Gathering Information

    Chapter 4: Finding Human Sources

    Chapter 5: Document the Investigation

    Chapter 6: Public Records

    Chapter 7: The Interview Process

    Chapter 8: Finding and Using Data

    Chapter 9: Build Your Own Database

    Part III: Writing and Publishing the Story

    Chapter 10: Analyze a Big Story

    Chapter 11: Writing the Story

    Chapter 12: Legal and Ethical Considerations

    Chapter 13: Bulletproof the Investigation

    Chapter 14: Pitching the Story

    Appendix

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/28/2018 12:06:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138572164, 978-1138572164
      ISBN10: 1138572160
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Investigative Reporting provides a step-by-step approach for tackling any investigative story, teaching reporters the skills they need to overcome common obstacles during investigative work. Experienced reporter and instructor, Marcy Burstiner offers readers guidance on how to identify story ideas, craft a premise, seek out human sources and documents, file public records requests, and analyze data. Including tips and advice from student and professional reporters, this comprehensive textbook also offers strategies for conducting interviews and for organizing information into a compelling story or series of stories that engage the reader through multimedia storytelling.

      Highlights of the new edition include:

      • Updated examples and anatomies of news stories.

      • Extensive discussion of data reporting and analysis for investigative projects.

      • Guidance on how to request public records using state public records acts and how to a

        Table of Contents

        Part I: Getting Started

        Chapter 1: What is Investigative Reporting?

        Chapter 2: Finding the Story

        Chapter 3: Set Up the Investigation

        Part II: Gathering Information

        Chapter 4: Finding Human Sources

        Chapter 5: Document the Investigation

        Chapter 6: Public Records

        Chapter 7: The Interview Process

        Chapter 8: Finding and Using Data

        Chapter 9: Build Your Own Database

        Part III: Writing and Publishing the Story

        Chapter 10: Analyze a Big Story

        Chapter 11: Writing the Story

        Chapter 12: Legal and Ethical Considerations

        Chapter 13: Bulletproof the Investigation

        Chapter 14: Pitching the Story

        Appendix

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