By Sylvia Akpan “The Press, radio, television, and other agencies of the mass media shall at all times be free to uphold the fundamental objectives contained in this chapter and uphold the responsibility and accountability of the Government to the people.” The above is the legal backing of section 22 of the 1999 Constitution of
By Etido Okon The founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, FIJ, Fisayo Soyombo and an Editor with CrossRiverWatch, Jonathan Ugbal have charged students of the Department of Mass Communication in the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, to pursue investigative journalism as a panacea to the ills in the society. The duo gave the
Being a presentation at the one-day workshop on Data Journalism for the extractive sector organised by Policy Alert. Due to diverse interpretation, to better understand what investigative reporting is, it may be best to start by explaining what it is not. It is vaguely said that all reporting is investigative. After all, journalists routinely dig