SkillCity master trainers manual on investigative journalism with a focus on accountability and transparency in Afghanistan
Kabul:
Saba Media Organisation
(2009), 143 pp.
"This guide, compiled with the most updated sources at the time of going to press in early 2009, will take you step by step towards becoming an effective investigative journalist, gaining and practicing the necessary skills and thus gaining the self-confidence required to do a job that is both effective and fulfilling for you. We'll show you each step wit the help of examples of good reporting, both from Afghanistan, countries in the region as well as international examples which turned around situations and removed powerful people from the public scene after they crossed the line." (Preface)
Contents
1 Accountability, transparency and research methods: the basics, 17
2 Investigative journalism: theory and practice, 30
3 Journalism ethics, 81
4 Freedom of expression, 97
5 Access to information, 102
6 Media self-regulation: concept and practice, 106
7 Appendices, 115
Appendix 1: Afghanistan: death threats, intimidation part of journalists’ daily lives / Ron Synovitz, 116
Appendix 2: Attacks on the Press in 2008: Afghanistan – CPJ Report, 119
Appendix 3: Corruption and incompetence cripple reconstruction effort, say aid workers: The Guardian of 19 February 2009, 122
Appendix 4: The scam of reconstruction in Afghanistan, 125
Appendix 5: Investigating drug traffickers and corruption in Afghanistan: Ideas from the Latin American colleagues, 127
Appendix 6: Iran: Unprecedented report details official corruption, 129
Appendix 7: Investigating the German giant Siemens, 132
2 Investigative journalism: theory and practice, 30
3 Journalism ethics, 81
4 Freedom of expression, 97
5 Access to information, 102
6 Media self-regulation: concept and practice, 106
7 Appendices, 115
Appendix 1: Afghanistan: death threats, intimidation part of journalists’ daily lives / Ron Synovitz, 116
Appendix 2: Attacks on the Press in 2008: Afghanistan – CPJ Report, 119
Appendix 3: Corruption and incompetence cripple reconstruction effort, say aid workers: The Guardian of 19 February 2009, 122
Appendix 4: The scam of reconstruction in Afghanistan, 125
Appendix 5: Investigating drug traffickers and corruption in Afghanistan: Ideas from the Latin American colleagues, 127
Appendix 6: Iran: Unprecedented report details official corruption, 129
Appendix 7: Investigating the German giant Siemens, 132
