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William C. Gaines is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist known for his work with the Chicago Tribune.
Known for: Investigative Reporting for Print and Broadcast
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Investigative Reporting for Print and Broadcast
This book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William C. Gaines provides a comprehensive guide to investigative reporting for both print and broadcast media. Using a case-study approach, Gaines explains the principles, ethics, and techniques of investigative journalism, illustrating how reporters uncover hidden truths and hold institutions accountable.
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The Distinctive Nature and Ethics of Investigative Reporting
One of the first lessons I impart is that investigative reporting is fundamentally different from routine or interpretive journalism. Routine reporting describes what happens; interpretive reporting analyzes what those events mean. Investigative reporting, however, digs beneath visible reality to ex...
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Finding and Planning Investigative Stories
Investigative projects begin not with inspiration but with curiosity. Many of my best stories arose from a single perplexing figure in a government budget or a casual remark overheard in conversation. The key is to identify hints of wrongdoing or systemic failures, then to evaluate whether those hin...
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About William C. Gaines
William C. Gaines is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist known for his work with the Chicago Tribune. He later became a professor of journalism at the University of Illinois, teaching investigative reporting and mentoring future journalists.
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