Power brokers: Social network analysis helps show relationships between business, city
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Investigative journalists need to be alert when it comes to politics and money since the rules have changed and there are more discrepancies when it comes to tracking the funds used by politicians. The journalists must recognize the changing norms and work towards exposing such affairs, whether it's using social network analysis, combing through campaign finance records, building databases or employing reporting.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2006
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Digging into history: AP investigates U.S. actions during Korean War
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Details of an investigation are presented on a massacre of civilian refugees by American military forces during the Korean War. The incident, which happened at No Gun Ri, involved the shooting of civilians to clear a railroad trestle, and was revealed through mapping US military battalion positions and interviewing veterans.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2000
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Don't overlook the obvious in search for the smoking gun
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A reporter's assignment to cover a summer jobs program in Chicago, IL, is used to illustrate the importance of everyday events to investigative journalism. Techniques include interviewing those directly affected by the issues under scrutiny.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2000
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