10 October - Lecture Week 11

On week 10, I learned about Investigative Journalism. Yuck, bleh...I have been writing the same opening "on week X, I learned about..." I better think of a new one. Let's start again.

On 10 October 2011, for the 11th lecture, I learned about investigative journalism.

There are 4 purposes of investigative journalism:

1) Critical and thorough journalism

2) Custodians of conscience

3) Provide and protect people without voice

4) Becoming a watchdog toward government and public

There are three types of investigation method: 1) interviewing, 2) observing, and 3) analysing documents. Because of these methods to surveys and investigates facts, investigative journalism takes a huge amount of time and effort. On the other hand, online news, the biggest rival of investigative journalisms takes less amount of time, less amount of effort and thus, less amount of journalists. Another bleak future of journalism...