Comments on: Has investigative journalism found its feet online? (part 3) http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/08/25/has-investigative-journalism-found-its-feet-online-part-3/ A conversation. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:46:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darren Anthony Tynan http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/08/25/has-investigative-journalism-found-its-feet-online-part-3/#comment-185675 Darren Anthony Tynan Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:53:55 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15100#comment-185675 I am a Private Detective and have Identification card with my company on as proof that I am really a private detective with 4 years experience in investigation work, I have now turned Investigative Journalist and looking on the write I have found that this is very use full information for any investigative journalist and to reason of why onlie documents are needed for investigative journalist work with out obtaining these documents we investigative journalist would not be able to do our job's properly. I am a Private Detective and have Identification card with my company on as proof that I am really a private detective with 4 years experience in investigation work, I have now turned Investigative Journalist and looking on the write I have found that this is very use full information for any investigative journalist and to reason of why onlie documents are needed for investigative journalist work with out obtaining these documents we investigative journalist would not be able to do our job’s properly.

]]> By: Shanda http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/08/25/has-investigative-journalism-found-its-feet-online-part-3/#comment-142199 Shanda Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:58:27 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15100#comment-142199 So the expansion of all this access to sources and information scare you? I think it is great that citizens can now be knowledged and obtain the information that journalism was born to provide. Citizens can join forces in holding our leaders accountable. My fear is who will be the gatekeepeer. If everyone is able to be an investigative reporter and anyone can publish information on a wide variety of platforms, who will be there to make sure it is accurate. With overload of information being dispered will it make it easier for leaders to not be held accountable because nobody can really determine the facts. I do like what you said in teh end however that the internet is a tool that enhances the "proper" journalists job and invites the readers to help. If this is the fashion the world is headed I think it would be the perfect journalistic world. The accesability of information and piblication is what scares me. So the expansion of all this access to sources and information scare you? I think it is great that citizens can now be knowledged and obtain the information that journalism was born to provide. Citizens can join forces in holding our leaders accountable. My fear is who will be the gatekeepeer. If everyone is able to be an investigative reporter and anyone can publish information on a wide variety of platforms, who will be there to make sure it is accurate. With overload of information being dispered will it make it easier for leaders to not be held accountable because nobody can really determine the facts. I do like what you said in teh end however that the internet is a tool that enhances the “proper” journalists job and invites the readers to help. If this is the fashion the world is headed I think it would be the perfect journalistic world. The accesability of information and piblication is what scares me.

]]> By: WIlliam Diepenbrock http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/08/25/has-investigative-journalism-found-its-feet-online-part-3/#comment-129277 WIlliam Diepenbrock Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:02:30 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15100#comment-129277 This article/chapter makes it abundantly clear that a big factor in the future of investigative journalism is the ability to assess the quality of information you discover, weigh it against physical reality and determine those conclusions. You mention students doing work that would baffle reporters. I add a caution: I've watched reporters and students alike examine online documents with a Pierre Salinger-like naivete. Oh, it's on an excel spreadsheet -- it must be true. Doctoring documents is nothing new -- and yes, we have new and better tools to help discover those scams. But we need to continue to educate working journalists and students alike about the importance of reviewing online materials and tracking data back to its sources. That said, I agree that the digitalization of data is opening the door to new vistas of discovery. And I love that a large part of what our "proper" journalists can do these days is to help unearth meaningful data that they then place before readers along with their discoveries, and invite readers to help continue the process. This article/chapter makes it abundantly clear that a big factor in the future of investigative journalism is the ability to assess the quality of information you discover, weigh it against physical reality and determine those conclusions. You mention students doing work that would baffle reporters. I add a caution: I’ve watched reporters and students alike examine online documents with a Pierre Salinger-like naivete. Oh, it’s on an excel spreadsheet — it must be true.

Doctoring documents is nothing new — and yes, we have new and better tools to help discover those scams. But we need to continue to educate working journalists and students alike about the importance of reviewing online materials and tracking data back to its sources.

That said, I agree that the digitalization of data is opening the door to new vistas of discovery. And I love that a large part of what our “proper” journalists can do these days is to help unearth meaningful data that they then place before readers along with their discoveries, and invite readers to help continue the process.

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