This document defines investigative reporting and provides examples of skills, techniques, and ethics involved. It also discusses challenges international journalists may face, such as violence, repressive laws, and lack of access to government records. The Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) organization is mentioned as a resource for training and collaboration among investigative journalists worldwide.

1. Pengertian
“Investigative Reporting”
(laporan investigatif)
 Peliputan yang:
 Menguak sesuatu yang ingin
disembunyikan oleh seseorang
 Menerangkan penyebab masalah
kompleks dengan maksud untuk mencari
keberanan
 Berbicara kebenaran kepada penguasa
 Reporter yang bagus adalah reporter
investigative

2. Investigative reporting skills
 Developing sources, on and off the record
 Studying documents and records
 Understanding the workings of government
and business
 Keeping good files
 Confrontation interviewing
 Computer analysis of data
 Verification of what you learn

3. Contoh:
good investigative reporting
 Watergate scandal,Penyelundupan
BBM
 Mirage Bar in Chicago
 Miami projects:
 “Crime and No Punishment” – poor justice
 “What Went Wrong” – Hurricane Andrew
 Miami election
 Recent: Secret prisons and spying on
citizens

4. Investigative ethics
 Honor your promises of anonymity
 Give your targets a fair opportunity to
respond to what you have found
 Write only what can be supported by
evidence
 Reveal your methods
 Don’t hype trivial investigations

5. Problems for
international journalists
 American reporters have it easy
 Many international reporters face:
 Violence against them
 Repressive laws
 Government secrecy of records
 Poor salaries
 Corruption

6. You’re not alone -- IRE
 Investigative Reporters & Editors
 Organized in 1975 with the murder of Don
Bolles in Phoenix
 Today more than 5,000 members
 Growing number of international members
 World’s leading organization for training of
professionals
 Reporters helping reporters!

7. IRE website
www.ire.org

8. IRE books and materials
 “IRE Journal” and
“Uplink”
 Books:
 Investigative Reporter’s
Handbook
 Beat Books
 Newsroom Math
 Tipsheets and stories
 IRE conference tapes

9. Some IRE books

10. Global Investigative Journalism
 Four-day conference
held in Amsterdam in
October
 About 500 reporters
from Europe, Africa,
Asia, and the Americas
 Discussed story ideas,
techniques and
problems
 GLOBAL-L email list
 Next conference:
Toronto

11. Precision journalism
 CAR: Computer-assisted reporting
 Use of software and statistics to
analyze government data
 Software: Spreadsheets, database
programs, computer mapping
 Do stories that otherwise would be
impossible
 No public records? Create your own!

12. Demo: Indonesian statistics

13. National Institute of
Computer-Assisted Reporting
www.nicar.org

14. Questions?