Description
Book SynopsisLooks at such fields for inquiry as company frauds (including those of Robert Maxwell), consumer complaints, crime, police malpractice, the intelligence services, local government and corruption in Parliament and in overseas and international bodies. This book defines what investigative reporting is and what qualities it requires.
Trade Review'A sensible and well-researched handbook which breaks new ground and pretty well covers the waterfront.'
David Leigh, British Journalism Review
Table of ContentsWhat is investigative reporting?
The making of an investigative reporter
Insight and the development of techniques
Finding the stories
Pursuing inquiries I: Doing it right
Pursuing inquiries II: Getting it right
Finding the people
Dealing with documents
Getting people to talk
Writing it: problems and pitfalls
Two classic investigations
Looking into companies
The Maxwell investigations
Social and consumer affairs
Crime
Trail of the bent coppers
Security and intelligence
Investigating local government
Sleaze
Cruelty and corruption
Investigating abroad
Books for further reading
People who helped with this book
Council information open to public view
Press Complaints Commission - Code of Practice
