Throughout the 1950s, we see the prevalence of the big four. Investigative arrests explode. And then we see neighborhood destruction and the cementing of modern Detroit for freeway construction.Many people won't really associate this quote with 1961, but Detroit's decline has been going on for a long while.
as well. It just basically gives us a new way to tell a story. investigative reporting?
people engage with each other question investigative story like that there always changes in the system and they're they responded to the stories as they were coming out about changes they were
for about 20 some odd years and I've done a lot of big stories I've covered the FBI and I've uh done a lot of investigative work and I've one a lot of prizes when I published this cover story forNewsweek uh the response to it was beyond anything I've ever published or
I have to admit that the title of this panel is a little bit more pessimistic than my own view of the future of investigative journalism. And I'm going to just put out a couple of quick thoughts. And obviously, I know my panelists here will be quick to disagree, if they do.
as well. It just basically gives us a new way to tell a story. Because investigative reporting goes where it goes, and we're not going to be limited in what we report by virtue of promises
of that paint has survived antiquity. The investigative phase of this spanned at least 15 years and amassed an enormous amount of evidence but it was not enough to ultimately convict people, who I think the evidence would
Yeah, well people actually started calling them Mon-satan, so... and also an investigative journalist who'd been reporting on Monsanto for decades.
And with the latest book, the one that I'm here to talk to you about this afternoon, "Being Human," I'm now continuing that same kind of investigative process, trying to break apart what we're familiar with in our world, hold up a mirror to it, make commonplace, everyday things seem strange.
It works. And it works in the seconds. Some of those investigative questions, those curiosities, it adds so much value to our lives and the way
ever seen of. People who did this work were white men. So when we founded this organization to help train and grow the number of black and other journalists colors who do investigative reporting, we named it after Ida B. Wells so that we could show that there has actually been a long tradition of black people doing this, reporting of us innovating investigative reporting techniques and that it's really critical, Um, lynchings were occurring. Just no white media were
who do investigative reporting, we named it after Ida B. Wells so that we could show that there has actually been a long tradition of black people doing this, reporting of us innovating investigative reporting techniques and that it's really critical, Um, lynchings were occurring. Just no white media were investigating them. And that's the role that black journalists still play is. Things are happening in our community that get communities that get largely
They did nothing about it. are curious and investigative .
And that's still true, but it's now like nine years later, and I wanted to do something that was more inspirational, more helpful. I'm a classic investigative reporter. I'm happy to drop some big company's pants, or whatever.
And here at Google, I think you guys have a completely different approach on things, where it is about standing out and having ideas. There's more investigative journalism.
The Muslims in the towns and villages visited by the paramilitary force would have the men separated from the women and children like an investigative bit of journalism than the sort of "Making a Murderer," that I just didn't like it very much.
You could say that. There were some investigative journalists. There were some investigations in Congress, but nobody at the UN had opened their mouth and said this is true, and we knew about it.
because the FBI is continuing to rely on the ACS, which hampers FBI agents and analysts from adequately searching and sharing information from their investigative files. The 2005 DOJ OIG report further found that the need for a new automated investigative case management system to replace the existing obsolete and limited
A core element to this deficiency was that the FBI had a deficient information management system. The FBI's legacy investigative information system, the Automated Case Support, or ACS, was not very effective in identifying information or supporting investigations. So the ACS is so bad it's partially to blame, according to the FBI, for 9/11, and yet, this is still what the FBI is using for FOIA search purposes.
to go into doing investigative work, and understand that it takes resources, including money, to do that.
really doing some serious investigative reporting of of their foundations Etc um
And I do investigative projects.
We're seeing great investigative journalism done by small outfits that are winning Pulitzer Prizes.
I think there's been no small degree of romantization of the past performance of traditional media, when it comes to investigative journalism. And now we have, I think, many more voices participating in doing interesting things.
Kind of investigative reportage that brought you to this way quieter, less sexy subject, but so fundamental.
but a sort of investigative reporter.
Fiction and investigative reporting are all about secrets.
She's an investigative reporter with the Washington Post, but she's originally from California, so welcome home.
Print journalism is particularly well suited for investigative journalism and for shaping really deep detail.
And we used it for investigative journalism.
I found this story through an alternate investigative journalism method.
But they also do really good investigative reporting.
and focus a lot more on investigative watchdog-style journalism.
organizations like ours to do investigative reporting.
And also for there to be investigative reporting by regional news organizations, as well.
they did not view the investigative team at "The Boston Globe" as an enemy of the American people, as their enemy.
There are some stand-out examples of investigative work, but for the most part, you don't really
Because we really believe that investigative journalism is not something you should value with, well, more clicks and more
And websites that are doing in-depth investigative reporting are surviving and are healthy.
And it starts with sort of an investigative memoir.
And the Russians have their own investigative program as well.
But since I have . Something big is happening in investigative journalism, at least , the "Serial" podcast. And I was just wondering what you thought about that.
I'm never going to do another investigative story, because I'll never have another good idea.
of that paint has survived antiquity. to identify -- Jason Felch: I am an investigative reporter after all.
to travel writing I'm an investigative travel writer uh I'm not there to talk about lovely London or beautiful Bermuda
officers, people who do investigative interviewing, they have this high confidence level that they, because of their vast experience, can in fact tell whether the person across from them is lying to them, this witness, the
judge, the investigative judge in this investigation that is started, is has been started against me,
talking about myself just on cute. So let's do the following Your Twitter handle, for example, is Ida B. What else? And you're also the co creator of the Ida B. Wells, uh, center for investigative journalism. So if you would say a little bit about who Ida B. Wells is and her spirit and how her spirit reflects you, Sure. Thank you for interviewing me today. Um, my twitter handle was actually I'd obey Wells, not Ida B.
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