Communications Management

Thinking about Press Freedom

Self-regulation should come from a source of pride journalists should have in their profession, writes from Prague Josh La Porte, head of media department at EJC.
Josh LaPorte, 03/05/2009 , (1) Comments

A Guide to the Investigative Synopsis (IV)

In part four of the guide to the investigative synopsis, we organize and analyze available information by type and importance and whether it is verified or not, in such a way that we constantly focus ...
Branko Čečen, 17/12/2007

A Story from our Program on the Vijesti Cover Page

A six-month investigation conducted by the journalist Slavko Radulović in the framework of a Mediacentar Sarajevo education program revealed a deal that went sour between the top police officer in Ra...
MCOnline, 03/03/2008 , (6) Comments

Information-gathering Strategies: The Investigative Mindset

Believe your instinct when it tells you that something “just doesn’t look right”. Always ask yourself “Who would know?” Figure out the system. Look for victims and enemies. Do not forget to ...
Don Ray, 11/12/2007

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  • The latest book by the American journalist Kristina Borjesson "Feet to the Fire" investigates the views of the top American journalists on the shabby reporting following the tragic events of September 11, before the war in Iraq and the fate of American journalists whose work unveils the ‘official truths’.

  • Written by Stacy Sullivan and Janet Anderson, this handbook is intended for journalists undertaking one of the most challenging, important and potentially rewarding of tasks: reporting on the trials of war crimes suspects or investigating war crimes on the ground. War crimes reporting, like any journalistic specialisation, makes its own demands and has its own rules. The historical background, procedures and law must be understood.

  • Neda Todorović’s book is a sort of textbook, one of the first such textbooks in Serbia produced for reporters and those who intend to become reporters. The book highlights great possibilities of the investigative and interpretative reporting, but also to numerous limitations the profession is faced with.