Investigate.org.au goal is to promote deep thinking in journalism and also in the media around the world. This site goal is also to ask those questions that nobody else is asking.
We’re interested in the ways that investigative journalists are doing their job in a world of crumbling, shaddy media empires, and citizen journalism.
If you are to be successful as an investigative journalist, you need to have highly reliable sources. This is because your success as an investigative journalist, more often than not, depends on the extent to which you can lay your hands on confidential information of a controversial nature. And more often than not, you need […]
I have come to the conclusion that there are four things that normally drive people to develop a real passion for investigative journalism. Firstly, there are people who are driven to develop a real passion for investigative journalism by personal experiences: like, for instance, after being victims of various injustices. A certain gentleman told me […]
Investigative journalism costs a lot of money. Media houses therefore often face huge challenges, when trying to figure out how to finance investigative journalism. There are media houses that finance investigative journalism using their advertising revenues. They do so knowing that investigative journalism reports are likely to draw huge audiences, which are in turn likely […]
I recently came across an article where the investigative journalism genre was being severely criticized. The writer of the article was of the opinion that nothing justifies investigative journalism. He was of the view that investigative journalism only ends up nurturing a siege mentality, alongside a conspiratorial mindset in the general public. He was also […]
There is one question that people keep on asking me, whenever I give public lectures on the subject of investigative journalism. It is the question as to what sort of training one needs, in order to become an investigative journalist. I normally get this question from youngsters who are considering getting into this sort of […]
One of the hazards associated with investigative journalism is in the fact that this genre of journalism can easily ruin your reputation, as a practitioner. This is one of the facts you need to be aware of, before venturing out to build a career in investigative journalism. In today’s blog post, we will delve into […]