Investigative reporting : a study in technique /
David Spark.
- xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) and index.
What is investigative reporting? -- The making of an investigative reporter -- Insight and the development of techniques -- Finding the stories -- Pursuing inquiries I: Doing it right -- Pursuing inquiries II: Getting it right -- Finding the people -- Dealing with documents -- Getting people to talk -- Writing it: problems and pitfalls -- Two classic investigations -- Looking into companies -- The Maxwell investigations -- Social and consumer affairs -- Crime -- Trail of the bent coppers -- Security and intelligence -- Investigating local government -- Sleaze -- Cruelty and corruption: investigating abroad -- Books for further reading -- People who helped with this book -- Council information open to public view -- Press Complaints Commission - Code of Practice.