Investigative journalism

How to request documents From the American Secret Archives

19/10/2005

The journalist who has decided to look for and to work with secret documents must combine at lest 2 talents – of a researcher and of a writer. But need one more before starting – to be a fighter - with the bureaucrats who keep the secrets and would be responsible the documents you asked for to be declassified.By Alexenia Dimitrova (24 Hours Daily - Sofia, Bulgaria)

A Guide to Computer Assisted Reporting

MCOnline Redakcija

14/09/2005

Read the detailed guide through CAR and tens of stories done by Pulitzer Prize winner and his team, their techniques, tips and tales of the succesfull reporting by computers. Learn of numerous advantages you could acquire through training and implementing CAR in your newsroom.

How I proved overdose of Mercury in Dimitrov’s brain

MCOnline Redakcija

02/09/2005

In 50 percents of the cases one investigation leads to another one. Exactly this was the case, which proved that there was overdose of Mercury in the brain and hair of the Bulgarian Communist leader George Dimitrov.

Writing Tool #50: The Writing Process

MCOnline Redakcija

20/04/2005

Use these tools to demystify your writing.In 1983, Donald Murray wrote on a chalkboard a little diagram that changed my writing and teaching forever. It was a modest blueprint of the writing process as he understood it, five words that describe the steps toward creating a story. As I remember them now, the words were: Idea. Collect. Focus. Draft. Clarify.By Roy Peter Clark (Senior Scholar, Poynter Institute)

The Diamonds Caroussel

MCOnline Redakcija

06/04/2005

The Chechen arms-trafficking brothers Mutaliev, with connections in Romania and the Republic of Moldova lost a plane in Angola in 1997. The aircraft, a Soviet-made AN 72 cargo belonging to the Renan lines in Moldova, but which flew for the Congo-based Pelikan Air, was forced to land and the crew were imprisoned by the Angolan army.By: Stefan Candea, Sorin Ozon

A Terrorist Manufactured by Secret Agents

MCOnline Redakcija

06/04/2005

In November 2002, the unit headed by general Ardeleanu set Europe ablaze, grounding their allegation on a .reliable source.. In fact, the reliable source was an anony-mous letter. The victim: Florin Padure, a Romanian established in Leipzig.By Stefan Candea, Sorin Ozon, Saturday, August 17th, 2002

The Ukrainian Mob feeds Rafo with petroleum and gas

MCOnline Redakcija

06/04/2005

In the night of August 20 the Ukrainian Volodymyr Rozumny was restrained by police men after a birthday party spent copious together with a fellow countryman with Romanian citizenship. Intervention troops, judicial police, secret services and whole weeks of spying in the countryside and Bucharest.By Stefan Candea and Sorin Ozon

The Diamonds Black Industry Develops at Bucharest Periphery

MCOnline Redakcija

06/04/2005

For most people, natural diamonds mean just precious stones and nothing more. Luxury, glittery, a special present. Not many people know the hidden world behind producing these stones. The indifference of Romanians authorities pushes the natural diamonds polishing into world underground circuit

Private Interests

MCOnline Redakcija

08/02/2005

The privatization of Romania's oil industry has enriched the well-connected - and corrupt. Here's the case of Iosif Dan, a top advisor to Romanian President Ion Iliescu.Dan had accepted money from a petroleum company vying for a piece of the country's oil-privatization action. By Paul Cristian Radu

131 Bulgarians versus US Attorney General John Aschroft

Alexenia Dimitrova

29/10/2004

131 Bulgarians initiated legal proceedings against American Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in 2001 showed an investigation of 24 Hours Daily in the US Court’s and INS’s archives. 2001 is the last year for which INS publishes the statistics. But closed to this number are the Bulgarian court cases against INS before and after that. All of them ask for political asylum.By Alexenia Dimitrova

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