This booklet is a good resource for basic research tools for following paper trails and data mining. It also provides insight on identifying numerical information, statistics and carry out basic math functions.
The online version of the Basic Research – Skills and Tools can be found here.
This booklet and the accompanying exercises are a resource for understanding the rights of journalists under international human rights codes, precautions investigative journalists should took to protect themselves from civil suits and potential defences against such litigation. A number of other relevant investigative and legal elements are also discussed.
The online version of The Law and Ethics of Investigation can be found here.
The 30 days to learn HTML and CSS course is an online, video course. It’s an effective crash course for anyone looking to learn the basics of HTML & CSS.
The online course is available here. Editors and staff should ask the Gazette editor-in-chief if they need login information.
This volume of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Journal focuses on hidden stories on university campuses and how to go about looking for them. It’s an excellent starting point for new story ideas and a must-read for campus journalists.
The IREJ is available with subscription only. Editors and staff should request the editor-in-chief for access to the Gazette’s copy.
“Creating a successful journalist is not like passing a recipe down through generations. There is no single fixed formula of core skills that journalists need to be successful. It is a list that is forever changing and evolving, just like journalism itself.”
Core Skills for the Future of Journalism is a Poynter Institute publication by Howard I. Finberg and Lauren Klinger. The online version can be found here.
“This manual provides a guide to basic methods and techniques of investigative journalism, and it consciously fills a gap in the literature of the profession. The majority of investigative manuals devote a lot of space to the subject of where to find information. They assume that once a reporter finds the information he or she seeks, he or she will be able to compose a viable story. We do not share that assumption. We do not think that the basic issue is finding information. Instead, we think the core task is telling a story.”
An online version of the Story-Based Inquiry: A manual for investigative journalists can be found here.
“Authored by leading journalists from the BBC, Storyful, ABC, Digital First Media and other verification experts, the Verification Handbook is a groundbreaking new resource for journalists and aid providers. It provides the tools, techniques and step-by-step guidelines for how to deal with user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies.”
The online version of the Verification Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Verifying Digital Content for Emergency Coverage can be found here.
