Investigative reporting in the digital age

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What ways have you used social media either to find sources or to debunk official versions of events? Or can you share other examples of this that you particularly admire? Or that fell short?

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What are your first steps when starting an investigation? Have you worked with a hypothesis in a story and how was your experience?

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Organizing your material as you research is of utmost importance. Tell us what your method is. How do you organize and process the information as you investigate? What tools, what types of files do you use?

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Interviews need to be memorable.  But sometimes pushing too hard can cross the line and take attention away from the subject of the interview and switch it to the person doing the interview.  When is it too much?   How could you have been better in interviews you previously conducted?

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What are some stories you’ve done in the past where you wish you would have incorporated crowdsourcing?  How would you do things differently now?

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Choose a recently published story that interests you that includes data elements. Share the link here and discuss how the reporter or team used data in the story. Did they use data add context, find characters, hold the government accountable, make the story more interactive, or in some other ...