Notes From a Long-Distance Investigation
Lessons from the learning curve involved in big journalistic collaborations and data projects like ICIJ's Offshore Leaks.
Lessons from the learning curve involved in big journalistic collaborations and data projects like ICIJ's Offshore Leaks.
You're right on deadline and need to verify that claim flying around on social networks. Henk van Ess explains how the internet can help you to debunk the internet -- in real time.
Swedish investigative reporter Fredrik Laurin knows that power corrupts, but also that resistance in the form of journalism can have effect.
In this final part of our definitive guide to publishing your long-form journalism yourself as an e-book, learn how to deal with pesky issues such as DRM and tax.
So your work of long-form journalism is nicely formatted for the various e-book platforms. Take the next step: uploading. 
Strong words in defence of dedicated journalists, and unbeatable tips for investigative reporters young and old, from ICIJ's award-winning Thomas Maier.
The Guardian's investigations editor lists the essential skills to get a journalism job, and the most important lesson he's learned over the years.
Why a significant investment of time is the most critical component of each investigative report.
Dipping your toe into Computer-Assisted Reporting? We know most newsrooms don't offer training in this area, so we have put together some video tutorials demonstrating relatively simple Excel functions to help you wrangle spreadsheet data and find meaning in your numbers.
Maud Beelman shares how investigative reporters can make the most of limited time and resources using a four-part checklist to help prioritize which stories to go after.
There is no democracy without efficient institutions and too many journalists passively accept this, says Portuguese investigative journalist and "troublemaker" Rui Araujo.
In this extract from the new book The Social Media (R)evolution: Asian Perspectives on New Media, ICIJ's Syed Nazakat outlines best practices for investigative reporters using social media.
How Morton Mintz produced three decades’ worth of Page One stories for the Washington Post the hard way -- by mining documents and testimonies.
Bulgarian investigative journalist Alexenia Dimitrova reveals how she uses Freedom of Information laws in several countries to uncover secrets.
Tips for writing about espionage and military intelligence, from the authors of the explosive new book which asserts Israel killed five Iranian nuclear scientists.
ICIJ member Leo Sisti shared how he finds sources and information in Italy as part of the Covering Justice in Europe and the US panel at the 2012 IRE conference.
Jessica Plautz of the Investigative News Network offered advice on how to stand out from the internet crowd on the Promoting Your Investigation panel at the 2012 IRE Conference.
Terri Langford shares the tips she presented on the Nonprofit/For-Profit Collaborations: Navigating the Terrain panel at the 2012 IRE conference.
The ICIJ’s Sheila Coronel shares how to investigate illicit money trails ahead of her Tracking Corruption Internationally presentation at the 2012 IRE conference. 
Experts can be bought by powerful interests, which is why New York-based Jenny Nordberg has learned to look past their opinions when reporting. Read more about It Pays To Look Beyond So-Called ‘Experts’ in the Field

Carlos Eduardo Huertas, investigations editor at Colombia’s Semana magazine, talks about the traits of a good investigative journalist, and why it is essential to stick on a story.
What do you consider some of the most important lessons you have learned over the years? Read more about ‘Know Who You’re Working For and Why You’re Working’
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