What role does investigative journalism play in our media culture, and how will citizen journalism, blogs, online search engines, and other revolutions in the media industry impact investigative journalists?
(Photo courtesy of the OCCRP site) Eastern European/Eurasian organized groups seem to have their hands in a wide variety of organized criminal activity. They are often mentioned when referring to anything from auction fraud to payment (credit/debit) card skimming and computer crimes. eBay claims there are entire towns in Romania making a living via auction fraud on it's well known site. A new site called the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has been launched by a group of... Read Full Story
We're ladies. And we're genetically programmed to love compliments. We like it when you notice our hair, our clothes, our shoes, our skin, our bods, our earrings, our eye makeup, our cute moles, our weird cowlicks etc. and say really nice things about them. Nice respectful things (wolf-whistling, cat-calling, and yelling out your car window--need we say it even?--don't count). What also doesn't count as a compliment is telling us that looking at us gives you a ragin' boner, which is... Read Full Story
In conjunction with my investigative journalism module, I want to blog Wikileaks, which shows how a wiki can help journalism (unlike Wikipedia, which leaks accuracy like an incompetent colander each time some "prankster" or Internet troll makes an edit to declare that George Bush is dead or Mars is full of Amy Winehouse's fag ends). It's a submission site for leaked documents. The site makes clear how the shortcomings (and they are legion) of Wikipedia are avoided by Wikileaks. Although the... Read Full Story
I've just come from a talk by Richard Adamson on Investigative Journalism, which has re-iterated my conviction that I should be doing this module. Hopefully, I will also be doing finance modules with Andrew Grant-Adamson after the break. I have a strong interest in learning about finance and have been reading up on basic economics. Finance, government and society are closely linked. Richard Adamson gave examples of Andrew Jennings and John Sweeney as people who were excellent... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Investigative journalism". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own... Read Full Story
