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Investigative Reporting: The Paul Williams Way

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Investigative Reporting: The Paul Williams Way

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    1. Investigative Reporting: The Paul Williams Way David Donald IRE and NICAR Western Knight Center, April 20, 2005

    3. Basic Tools Online - The Web, Commercial Documents and data in-house Books from the profession The Spreadsheet The Database Manager

    4. The Paul Williams Way Conception of investigation: One-time tips Regular source cultivation Clips, legal ads, professional newsletters Angles after the one-time story Looking: Walk-arounds, drive-arounds

    5. The Paul Williams Way Feasibility: Obstacles? Resources - document availability, reporter availability? Competition?

    6. The Paul Williams Way Go-No Go?: Minimum story Base-building, research list for standards Time-line

    7. The Paul Williams Way Planning: Files Duties Schedule FOI and Open Records Needs

    8. The Paul Williams Way Original Research: Paper and data trails People trails Re-evaluation: How often? Analysis of gaps

    9. The Paul Williams Way Writing and Re-Writing: Outline Chronology Appropriate leads Graphics Publication: Follow-up plan

    10. Writing and editing the story Accuracy Humans Use of graphics Use of chronologies The screenplay

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