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Bulgaria has given 1 100 619 US dollars to 3 foreign companies between September 1997 and December 2001 to lobbying for its cause in the USA, showed an investigation of Bulgarian 24 Hours Daily. By Alexenia Dimitrova

What are particularities of investigative reporting? How to differentiate investigative reporting from "standard" reporting? What is the role of an investigative reporter? How was investigative reporting created and how did it develop?

Lars Moller, Danis freelance journalist and investigative reporting trainer
Ernest Hemingway once confided to George Plimpton during an interview that he rewrote the ending to "A Farewell to Arms" 39 times before he was satisfied. Why so many rewrites? Plimpton asked. Because, Hemingway responded, he wanted to get the words right.
Each reporter is different and each story is different. Gauge the needs and personalities of your staff and try these techniques as you think they fit the situations and people. Remember that you are working not just to improve the story at hand, but future stories as well. By Steve Butrry NTNG

Trafficking in Women: Slavery at the Dawn of the 21st Century

"Word has reached me that you are having fun on the set. This must stop." -- Jack Warner, quoted in "Lauren Bacall By Myself"

In 1996 I was fellow of the World Press Institute in Saint Paul, MN. There were nine of us in the group, from all over the world, and I was the only Bulgarian. It was the first time I had set foot in America, so, naturally, I was excited. By Alexenia Dimitrova, 24 Hours Daily, Sofia, Bulgaria

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