Pengertian“Investigative Reporting”(laporan investigatif)

Peliputan yang: Menguak sesuatu yang ingin

disembunyikan oleh seseorang Menerangkan penyebab masalah

kompleks dengan maksud untuk mencari keberanan

Berbicara kebenaran kepada penguasa Reporter yang bagus adalah reporter

investigative

Investigative reporting skills Developing sources, on and off the record Studying documents and records Understanding the workings of government

and business Keeping good files Confrontation interviewing Computer analysis of data Verification of what you learn

Contoh: good investigative reporting Watergate scandal,Penyelundupan

BBM Mirage Bar in Chicago Miami projects:

“Crime and No Punishment” – poor justice “What Went Wrong” – Hurricane Andrew Miami election

Recent: Secret prisons and spying on citizens

Investigative ethics Honor your promises of anonymity Give your targets a fair opportunity to

respond to what you have found Write only what can be supported by

evidence Reveal your methods Don’t hype trivial investigations

Problems for international journalists American reporters have it easy Many international reporters face:

Violence against them Repressive laws Government secrecy of records Poor salaries Corruption

You’re not alone -- IRE Investigative Reporters & Editors Organized in 1975 with the murder of Don

Bolles in Phoenix Today more than 5,000 members Growing number of international members World’s leading organization for training of

professionals Reporters helping reporters!

IRE website

www.ire.org

IRE books and materials “IRE Journal” and

“Uplink” Books:

Investigative Reporter’s Handbook

Beat Books Newsroom Math

Tipsheets and stories IRE conference tapes

Some IRE books

Global Investigative Journalism Four-day conference

held in Amsterdam in October

About 500 reporters from Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas

Discussed story ideas, techniques and problems

GLOBAL-L email list Next conference:

Toronto

Precision journalism CAR: Computer-assisted reporting Use of software and statistics to

analyze government data Software: Spreadsheets, database

programs, computer mapping Do stories that otherwise would be

impossible No public records? Create your own!

Demo: Indonesian statistics

National Institute ofComputer-Assisted Reporting

www.nicar.org

Questions?