Case Studies

Case Studies

Winning over readers with a compelling story

  • by Makoto Watanabe
Like many others, when I first began working as a newspaper journalist, I was told to construct my articles using the classic “inverted pyramid” model. The inverted pyramid sorts the article content by importance, with the need-to-know info coming first. At newspapers, as news rolls into the editorial…

Using freedom of information requests

  • by Makoto Watanabe
In Japan’s press club system, authorities only share information that they want to make known. Freedom of information (FOI) requests, on the other hand, can unearth facts that the authorities would rather keep hidden. It is the authorities’ legal obligation to disclose information requested…

Why investigative journalism is necessary in Japan

  • by Makoto Watanabe
Waseda Chronicle once held a panel discussion about the intersection of investigative journalism and reggae music at a club in Tokyo’s Nogizaka neighborhood. One of the panelists, a DJ who goes by the name of Moofire, raised the following question…

The Panama Papers

  • by Miranda Patrucić
‘John Doe’ gave Bastian about 2.6 terabytes of data – more than 11 million internal documents – from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca – that contained information on more than 214,000 anonymous companies set up around the world…

State-Of-Play of Investigative Journalism in South East Europe

  • by Miranda Patrucić
This is especially true in regions like South East Europe where corruption has eroded all aspects of society for decades and other democratic institutions besides an active press remain weak…

‘Skopje 2014 Uncovered’: How to create a useful database

  • by Ana Petrusheva
When the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) Macedonia initially started documenting ‘Skopje 2014’, it was searching for an answer to a question that was repeatedly asked by the public without a response: ‘how much the entire project costs’…

Why do we investigate and how do we develop a story? Two examples from the Center for Investigative Journalism Serbia (CINS)

  • by Branko Čečen
Perception Index, however, has been stagnant in Serbia for years. But how do we prove whether the state tackles corruption or not?

Prepare yourself for traumatic experiences

  • by KAS Media Programme Asia
Cait McMahon from the Dart Center of Journalism and Trauma explains how journalists can prepare themselves from possible traumatic experiences during investigations. Watch the video for her recommendations and find out what she thinks are the responsibilities of an editorial department during an investigation…

Tips on how to find sources

  • by KAS Media Programme Asia
Lkhagva Erdene told us how he finds his sources. Watch the video to know where the Mongolian journalists looks for his contact persons and what he thinks about anonymous sources…

How to proof a fact

  • by KAS Media Programme Asia
Fact-checking expert David Schraven from Correcti!v explains in the video how a fact can be proven…
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