Lecture 12

investigative journalism

Watergate

the monlight state - Chris Masters, Phil Dickie, Shaun Hoyt.
2 years of research for 1 hour of TV.
Police in high positions, politicians went to jail.

The special branch- Joes secret police. Would have little files, directions. Special branch broke into the ABC film room- looking for 4 corners footage. Bought down a corrupt government.

Julian Assange- from townsville- 'WIKILEAKS'- Sarah Pailn "we should hunt him down like Osama."

Wikileaks- a bunch of stuff- journalists go through- to find story.

What do they have in common: Changed the world.

Local examples:

-Global mail
-Crikey
-Australian Story

Brooke Hargraves (a previous UQ Journalism student) wrote a story about the renovations for the schonell bridge grave site story.

Whistle blowers - usually go crazy.

Interviews - people concerned, whistle blowers

Observations- get out

Rudie Jouliani
- You've got to see it! second hand is not enough

Documents - online, annual reports, forensics

Briefings- officials

Leaks- where are they?

Trespass- not really allowed

Theft- another ethics issue


TRIANGULATION- What you observe and what you see in the documents

Where to look- ( not only google and Wikipedia)

Threats:
-Online news
-empty news rooms
-Journalism VS PR (propaganda)
Growth in PR= Shrinkage in Journalism

Future:
Youtube- channel for investigative journalism- filled with interviews of what investigative journalism is- What is there nothing out there?