Deviprasad Goenka Management college of Media Studies http://www.dgmcms.org.in/ Subject:Reporting unit1 : INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Faculty Name: Subhangi Ma'am

1. SECTION -2 UNIT 1
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
USE OF RAWEST MATERIAL
EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWING
MATCHING OR COMPARING FACTS

2. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• POTENTIAL WRONGDOING
• SUSPICION OF WRONGDOING
• NEGLIGENCE
• NO AVAILABLE EVIDENCE
• ACCUMULATE EVIDENCE
• REQUIRES TIME AND EFFORTS
• SUBJECT-MATTER OF IMPORTANCE

3. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• SECRET INFORMATION
• STARTS WHEN DAY TO DAY WORK STOPS
• SECRECY NOT ACCEPTABLE
• IDENTIFY LAPSES
• DISCOVER TRUTH

4. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• DISTINCT FROM APPERENT SIMILAR WORK
• EX.POLICE,LAWYERS,AUDITORS
• NOT LEGALLY FOUNDED
• CONNECTED TO PUBLICITY
• CUSTODIANS OF PUBLIC CONSCIENCE
• ENGUAGE PUBLIC SENSE OF RIGHT OR
WRONG

5. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• FREQUENTLY CITE-
• EMPIRICAL VERIFIABLE VIOLATION
• PUBLIC RESPONDS TO VIOLATION
• MAINTAIN SEPARATION-FACT & VALUE
• NO MORAL JUDGEMENTS
• RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUTH IN THE STORY
• MODEL OF JOURNALISTIC RESPONSIBILITY

6. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• REPORTERS LIMIT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
• SOCIAL,POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES
• POSSIBILITY OF PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES
• REQUIRES SCRUITINITY DETAILS

7. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• SOURCES-
• STUDYING NEGLECTED SOURCES
• EX. ARCHIVES,PHONE RECORDS,TAX
RECORDS, FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
• ANONYMOUS SOURCES
• GOING UNDERCOVER
• NOT EASILY AVAILABLE
• CONCELED,SUPRESSED,DISTORTED

8. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
• REPORTER
• ANALYTICAL &INCISIVE MIND
• STRONG MOTIVATION
• KNOWLEDGE OF LAW
• PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION
• PUBLIC RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS
• KNOWLEDGE OF STANDARD REFERENCE
SOURCES