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Jan 03, 2011
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
Five hard working Canadian journalists have been awarded Tyee fellowships, Tyee editor David Beers writes.
Nov 23, 2010
- Posted by Cecil
Rosner
When you're investigating potential wrongful convictions, a variety of skills are necessary -- some journalistic, some legal. That's why a new partnership between journalism and law students at UBC makes perfectly good sense. Cecil Rosner reports.
Nov 22, 2010
- Posted by Cecil
Rosner
A consortium of investigative reporters has just published a unique investigation into offshore tax havens. Part of the investigation used undercover work that eventually led to the arrest of a man alleged to be involved in a money-laundering scheme.
Reporters with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which covers the Balkans and Eastern Europe, looked at schemes that stretched from Eastern Europe to New Zealand, Cyprus, Seychelles islands and to the US state of Delaware.
The project exposed schemes that helped people hide company ownership, avoid taxes, and skirt monopoly laws.
The CBC and the Globe and Mail have been following the case of tax havens in Switzerland that have attracted Canadian investors. This is an interesting complementary investigation that looks at how some people use the desire of international investors to hide assets to their own advantage.
Reporters with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which covers the Balkans and Eastern Europe, looked at schemes that stretched from Eastern Europe to New Zealand, Cyprus, Seychelles islands and to the US state of Delaware.
The project exposed schemes that helped people hide company ownership, avoid taxes, and skirt monopoly laws.
The CBC and the Globe and Mail have been following the case of tax havens in Switzerland that have attracted Canadian investors. This is an interesting complementary investigation that looks at how some people use the desire of international investors to hide assets to their own advantage.
Nov 16, 2010
- Posted by Cecil
Rosner
The recent release of more than 400,000 documents relating to the war in Iraq has focused unprecedented attention on the practice of whistleblowing. It has also divided journalists themselves on whether WikiLeaks, the site that published the material, is promoting transparency or treason.
Nov 09, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
It’s no secret that shrinking newsroom budgets and a demanding 24-hour news cycle are pushing investigative journalism to the sidelines. Enter the non-profit, independent news media to save the day. The lesson is clear: innovate or die. Bilbo Poynter reports.
Oct 12, 2010
- Posted by Cecil
Rosner
Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois, has written a useful summary of current issues in the field of U.S. investigative journalism.
Houston chronicles the downsizing that has taken place in conventional media outlets, and the simultaneous rise of new, mostly publicly-funded models.
Houston notes that a study last year showed that since 2005, foundations have contributed $56 million to investigative centres and projects in the U.S. That is a signifcant infusion of dollars and it has already reaped equally significant results.
The report is reprinted on the university's College of Media website.
Houston chronicles the downsizing that has taken place in conventional media outlets, and the simultaneous rise of new, mostly publicly-funded models.
Houston notes that a study last year showed that since 2005, foundations have contributed $56 million to investigative centres and projects in the U.S. That is a signifcant infusion of dollars and it has already reaped equally significant results.
The report is reprinted on the university's College of Media website.
Oct 05, 2010
- Posted by Cecil
Rosner
The last two weeks have seen a number of high-impact investigative stories in Canada. While hard economic times usually dictate a reduction in investigative work, can we take these stories as a sign of better times ahead?
"Explain what you want from us": Mexican paper restricts drug war coverage after journalist murdered
Sep 21, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
A photojournalist working for a major newspaper in Mexico's most violent city has been murdered, bringing the country's journalist death toll to 22 in just four years. In response, the paper will restrict its coverage of the drug war.
Aug 27, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
An article in the UK's Guardian explains why data needs journalists (and vice versa)...
Aug 23, 2010
- Posted by Cecil
Rosner
Harvey Cashore has a new book on the stands about the Airbus Affair.
It's called : The Truth Shows Up: A Reporter's Fifteen-Year Odyssey
Tracking Down the Truth About Mulroney, Schreiber and the Airbus
Scandal.
I have reviewed it in the July/August issue of the Literary Review of Canada. Here is a portion of that review:
I have reviewed it in the July/August issue of the Literary Review of Canada. Here is a portion of that review:
Investigative Journalism
Investigative journalism aims to hold powerful institutions of all kinds to account, and it does so with a rigorous search for the truth. Cecil Rosner is managing editor for CBC Manitoba. He teaches investigative journalism at the University of Winnipeg, and is the author of Behind the Headlines: A History of Investigative Journalism in Canada (Oxford University Press).
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