Comments on: MISSION http://www.investigationsfund.org supporting public interest journalism Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Malorie Boeshore http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-4929 Malorie Boeshore Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:36 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-4929 I was surfing for some innovative golf ideas and came across this on Bing! This is a very interesting article! Really appreciate you for submitting this! I was surfing for some innovative golf ideas and came across this on Bing! This is a very interesting article! Really appreciate you for submitting this!

]]> By: Wirejockey http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-196 Wirejockey Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:10 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-196 What a great initiative. Newsrooms in UK (well, the ones I worked in) are now staffed by people who purely rehash wire copy and get to the top by playing the internal politics right, not because of their investigative talent. Oh, and being chums with the right corporate PRs and government spokespeople helps. Show the newspapers what they are NOT doing, and even they might start promoting real journalism again. What a great initiative. Newsrooms in UK (well, the ones I worked in) are now staffed by people who purely rehash wire copy and get to the top by playing the internal politics right, not because of their investigative talent. Oh, and being chums with the right corporate PRs and government spokespeople helps. Show the newspapers what they are NOT doing, and even they might start promoting real journalism again.

]]> By: Mwenda http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-60 Mwenda Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:35:09 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-60 This is a great idea and one that needs to spread in Africa too where the need for Investigative Journalism is even more urgent given the socio-economic problems faced in various African countries simply because many African leaders can't keep their hands off the public till! I am an African Investigative Journalist also working on setting up a Centre to promote Investigative Journalism in my country Kenya in particular and Africa in general. All the best! This is a great idea and one that needs to spread in Africa too where the need for Investigative Journalism is even more urgent given the socio-economic problems faced in various African countries simply because many African leaders can’t keep their hands off the public till! I am an African Investigative Journalist also working on setting up a Centre to promote Investigative Journalism in my country Kenya in particular and Africa in general. All the best!

]]> By: Linda http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-23 Linda Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:33:11 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-23 Good luck with your project Good luck with your project

]]> By: Liberal Conspiracy » Journalists launch ‘Investigations fund’ http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-22 Liberal Conspiracy » Journalists launch ‘Investigations fund’ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:03:51 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-22 [...] mission is to: We are setting up a fund that will support the kind of risky, challenging reporting for [...] [...] mission is to: We are setting up a fund that will support the kind of risky, challenging reporting for [...]

]]> By: John Kampfner http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-19 John Kampfner Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:06 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-19 Britain's libel laws have long militated against robust investigative journalism. We at Index, in conjunction with English PEN, are leading a campaign to change those laws. We are making steady headway, although we have to deal with the erroneous idea that somehow the UK media are out of control. The reverse is the case. While columnists might rant and rave, the amount of factual information eked out by reporters seems more scant than before. We therefore support you guys in your efforts to harness good investigations. Britain’s libel laws have long militated against robust investigative journalism. We at Index, in conjunction with English PEN, are leading a campaign to change those laws. We are making steady headway, although we have to deal with the erroneous idea that somehow the UK media are out of control. The reverse is the case. While columnists might rant and rave, the amount of factual information eked out by reporters seems more scant than before. We therefore support you guys in your efforts to harness good investigations.

]]> By: Rhubarb Radio http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-16 Rhubarb Radio Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:07:01 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-16 It's about time too. We've got an open platform that will gladly give all a voice for this. Also, as a CIC, we fall into the same not-for-profit category. It's all about the content material, and if we can help get it out there, please let us know. It’s about time too.
We’ve got an open platform that will gladly give all a voice for this.
Also, as a CIC, we fall into the same not-for-profit category.
It’s all about the content material, and if we can help get it out there, please let us know.

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-15 Paul Bradshaw Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:27:51 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-15 Great to see this happening. Good luck - if there's anything I can do to help, let me know. Great to see this happening. Good luck – if there’s anything I can do to help, let me know.

]]> By: Tessa Mayes http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-14 Tessa Mayes Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:13:12 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-14 This is a fantastic initiative to pool ideas and resources. We can also raise our game and put the case for investigative journalism. At documentary film festivals they are encouraging impoverished documentary-makers - including investigative journalists - to experiment with ideas and funding from many different sources including:- launching a website for a campaigning documentaries to raise online financial and political support, seeking money from charities including NGOs and The Joseph Rowntree Trust and going international by seeking help with content and finance from public and private organisations around the world. The value of investigative journalism needs to be re-stated. For too long it's been seen in technical terms as if an investigation using secret cameras or involving the reporter digging around on the internet is enough to count as a job well done. The content and its relationship to current debates of the day are important too. Sometimes investigations seem to confirm the status quo rather than challenge it. We need to advance the idea of why a certain story is important. What taboo, powerful institution or contemporary issue is it challenging? That way we might also come up with a good source for inventive stories in the public interest. This is a fantastic initiative to pool ideas and resources. We can also raise our game and put the case for investigative journalism.

At documentary film festivals they are encouraging impoverished documentary-makers – including investigative journalists – to experiment with ideas and funding from many different sources including:- launching a website for a campaigning documentaries to raise online financial and political support, seeking money from charities including NGOs and The Joseph Rowntree Trust and going international by seeking help with content and finance from public and private organisations around the world.

The value of investigative journalism needs to be re-stated. For too long it’s been seen in technical terms as if an investigation using secret cameras or involving the reporter digging around on the internet is enough to count as a job well done. The content and its relationship to current debates of the day are important too. Sometimes investigations seem to confirm the status quo rather than challenge it. We need to advance the idea of why a certain story is important. What taboo, powerful institution or contemporary issue is it challenging? That way we might also come up with a good source for inventive stories in the public interest.

]]> By: Martin Moore http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-11 Martin Moore Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:48:37 +0000 http://www.investigationsfund.org/?page_id=9#comment-11 This is a great initiative - and certainly needed. Re funding - there are some useful thoughts in 'What's Happening to Our News', recently published by the Reuters Institute - that may be helpful. Lots of luck. This is a great initiative – and certainly needed. Re funding – there are some useful thoughts in ‘What’s Happening to Our News’, recently published by the Reuters Institute – that may be helpful. Lots of luck.

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