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" Journalism is
about results.
It's about
affecting your
community or
your society in
the most
progressive
way."
Anas Aremeyaw
Anas
Career Choices: Becoming an
Investigative Journalist
B Y
R I T A
O F O R I
A M P O N S A H
Do you have any deep desires to create
great impact in your society and eradicate
crime?
One of the means of doing this is through
investigative journalism. If you are
dreaming of becoming Ghana’s own
Sherlock Holmes or the next Anas then
lets dig into what investigative journalism
is and the qualities you will need to
succeed as one.
An investigative journalist Qualities for success
may spend months or
A. CURIOSITY
years researching and
Asking questions is where
preparing a report.
investigative journalism
Some tools of trade
An investigative reporter
may make use of one or
more of these tools,
among others, on a single
story:Analysis of
What is investigative journalism?
documents, such as
Investigative journalism is a form of
lawsuits and other legal
journalism in which reporters deeply
documents, tax records,
investigate a single topic of
government reports,
interest, such as serious crimes, political regulatory reports, and
corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. corporate financial filings
among many others
starts. The questions can
be about events in the
news or about things you
see or hear about
2. INITIATIVE
Be ready to take the
initiative, do your own
preliminary research and
shape the idea into a
solid story plan.
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