Magazin: Investigative journalism

My road to a good story and award for investigative journalism

MCOnline Redakcija
13/11/2006
A participant in the first generation of the program “Investigative Journalism and Organized Crime” implemented by NetNovinar Training Center of Mediacentar Sarajevo and Investigative Journalism Center Zagreb, who won an Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia award for the investigative story “Bird Mafia in SCG,” written during the educational program, writes about the challenges in his research.Written by: Đorđe S. Padejski, journalist from Zrenjanin

Serbia: Open hunt on protected species

MCOnline Redakcija
27/09/2006
A participant in the ‘Investigative reporting and organised crime’ training programme of the Mediacentar Sarajevo and the Centre for investigative journalism from Zagreb has proved that illegal unhindered hunting of protected bird species takes place in Vojvodina in a very organised way. He lined up an illegal hunting trip through an agency offering these on their web site and got a former guide of one such agency to reveal details of their “work”. An ongoing, dreadful, illegal slaughter of wild birds takes place in Serbia, yielding great profits.By: Đorđe Padejski, Zrenjaninske novine

Tuberculosis in Belarus

MCOnline Redakcija
16/06/2006
In Belarus a thousand of people still die from tuberculosis every year. In closed prison clinics Penitentiary Departments does not support keeping extra months to feed by high-calorie diet. And some patients are discharged from prison hospitals before they are cured when their stretch is over. Material is prepared by “Journalistic Investigation Agency” Creative Studio under assistance of Danish Journalists-Investigators Association.

Our Cheating Culture

Steve Buttry
08/03/2006

Recent scandals at US newspapers, made editors to as themselves: “Do all young colleagues know that facts are not to be fabricated and passages plagiarized?” This is a handout for young “cut and paste” generation of journalists who, sometimes, do not consider copying material from the internet without proper attribution, an issue. 

The Civil Disobedience Test for Journalism

Tom Rosenstiel
02/02/2006

The director of Project for Excellence in Journalism, organization of US journalists concerned about the state of professional standards, names three simple steps for analyzing the dilemma: “Is it justified to break the law in order to gather information?”

The Hierarchy of Accuracy

Investigative journalist revealed fraudulent cell claims of a national hero scientist

50 places to shop for story ideas

Critical Thinking: What Do You Mean by That?

How to request documents From the American Secret Archives

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