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Comment by Strahinja Tanaskovic on February 3, 2011 at 12:20

Dear all, i would like to inform you about new contest.Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) is pleased to announce the launch of the fifth Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence programme on the .Chek out the brief info by clicking on link below..http://www.erstestiftung.org/call-for-applications-2011-topic-justi...

Comment by maria laura franciosi on November 28, 2010 at 20:10

Qamar you are absolutely right. Anything that can help peace is a welcomed move. Let's make an effort to work along these lines. Also as you say to save lives.

Comment by Nikolaj Nielsen on October 27, 2010 at 8:33

Dear all, there is still some investigation going on. For those interested, here is a collection of some investigative journalism work in the field -

www.nikolajnielsen.com

Comment by Jelle Kamsma on October 13, 2010 at 14:05

I recently finished my thesis on online grounded investigative reporting in which I discuss the implementation of new online strategies in the field of investigative journalism. For those interested you can find my thesis here. I would very much like to hear your comments on my work.

Comment by Nadia Mirza on September 19, 2010 at 20:53

Investigative journalism is like adventurous but should be within ethical boundrie. short selling should not be the only motive. I am new in this feild so looking for tips and guidance.

Comment by Emma Brewin on September 8, 2010 at 11:22

Perhaps in this changing era of journalism, people may be taking advantage of the blurring/lack of clarity regarding the future of journalism, to cloak inappropriate ideas and concepts in its guise.

Comment by maria laura franciosi on September 8, 2010 at 10:57

Investigative journalism is also about ethics not only short selling.
I agree that short selling might be one of the driving forces but it is certainly not the only one. Otherwise I should agree with Felix Salmon who says that the majority of journalism is done for private gain. But I refuse to do so since I believe that journalism is not only that. And I would not call journalists those that are driven only by the short selling bug.
I believe that those who act in this way are NOT journalists even if they call themselves so. Journalism is communicating to other people informing them of what is happening elsewhere and showing them how other live. What do you communicate if you only aim at making profit or think of your private gain exclusively?
This is not the idea of journalism that I have had all my life. Have i been wrong all this time, then?

Comment by Emma Brewin on September 8, 2010 at 9:59

Felix Salmon added some interesting debate to the ethics of funding investigative journalism in seekingalpha.com yesterday.

His article was a direct response to criticism by writer Cary Spivak in American Journalism Review, of two web sites that investigate business fraud which are funded by short selling - i.e. placing market bets that the stock of companies they write about will go down.

Salmon says of this unconventional journalism business model:

"Personally, I’m all in favor of experimenting with new journalistic business models, including non-profits like ProPublica. But the fact is that the overwhelming majority of journalism is done for profit and for private gain. If seeking to make money off journalism disqualifies it as journalism, then journalism barely exists."

"Investigative journalism has always been about exposing and profiting — it’s just that the profit has historically come from newsstand sales or increased ad revenue rather than from short sellers."

Any thoughts?

Comment by Tahir Naseem on September 4, 2010 at 19:39

Thanks Emanthi now we can expand this proposal and start Colombo and Pakistan.

Comment by Emanthi Marambe on September 4, 2010 at 10:03

I agree with you Tahir.There should be a programme to exchange ideas and techniques used by the top Investigative Journalists.It will help newcomers to improve their skills.

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