Investigative Journalism: Proven Strategies for Reporting the Story / Edition 1

by William C. Gaines

Overview

Investigative Journalism is a "how-to" primer for beginning investigative journalists. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter William C. Gaines uses a unique case-study method to teach readers what investigative reporting is, why it is important, and how it is practiced. The case studies are punctuated by reflective questions and answers that systematically guide readers through the narrative. This clever pedagogical device mimics the path of a reporter gathering information and working on a story. Readers will get a first-hand, real-life look at investigative journalists doing their job.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900872894142
Publication date:	06/12/2007
Pages:	291
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

William C. Gaines is an investigative journalist who spent his career at the Chicago Tribune (1974-2001). He won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting in 1988 for a series of stories about corruption in the Chicago City Council and shared the prize in 1976 for special local reporting on a series of stories about unsafe medical practices in some Chicago hospitals. He was also a finalist for the prize in 1995 for stories about financial dealings of the Nation of Islam. Gaines has been teaching reporting courses since 1975, first at Columbia College in Chicago, then at University of North Dakota, and since 1999, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Gaines has also written an investigative biography of jazz composer and performer, Jelly Roll Morton.

Table of Contents

1. The Investigative Reporter
2. How to Investigate and Pitch a Story
3. Investigating a Person, Place or Entity
4. Using the Internet During Investigations
5. Investigating Those Who Guard the Public
6. Examining the Police and the Courts
7. Investigating Charities, Non-Profits and Foundations
8. Investigating Government
9. Reporting About Consumer Fraud
10. Investigating Health Care
11. Investigating Business
12. Special Topic and Tricks of the Trade
Appendices
Federal Freedom of Information Act
Law, Tax Exempt Organizations, and IRS 990 Filing
How TV, Newspaper, and Internet Writing Styles Differ
Glossary
Index