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Against a backdrop of pessimism about the future of investigative reporting, this study reports major findings of a survey of mainly US-based investigative journalists (N?=?861). Although respondents reflect some of the current negative discourse, they also report high perceptions of autonomy and job satisfaction and say resources for investigative reporting are maintaining and even increasing. The survey provides empirical indication of the migration of investigative journalists to nonprofit newsrooms, with nonprofit journalists offering especially positive appraisals of the state of their craft. Also explored are investigative journalists’ professional role conceptions as well as perceptions of the nature of their relationship with the public and public policymakers.     

No More Sources?

From June 2013, documents leaked by the National Security Agency (NSA) dissident Edward Snowden revealed that Western intelligence agencies are capable of bulk collection of electronic communications flowing through global telecommunication systems. Surveillance data shared by the “Five Eyes” eavesdropping agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand include journalist’s communications. In the wake of the Snowden leak, Zygmunt Bauman and colleagues called for a systematic assessment of the scale, reach and character of contemporary surveillance practices. This paper explores a specific part of Bauman’s task by assessing the impact of the Snowden revelations on confidential source-based journalism. Interviews were conducted with a range of investigative journalists who have experience of covering national security in Five Eyes countries. All expressed serious concern over the intelligence agencies’ greatly enhanced capability to track journalists and to identify and neutralise their sources. The paper concludes that there is clear evidence of a paradigmatic shift in journalist–source relations as those interviewed regard Five Eyes mass surveillance as a most serious threat to the fourth estate model of journalism as practised in Western democratic countries.     

Does the Cognitive Interview Promote the Coherence of Narrative Accounts in Children With and Without an Intellectual Disability?

We examined whether the cognitive interview (CI) procedure enhanced the coherence of narrative accounts provided by children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID), matched on chronological age. Children watched a videotaped magic show; one day later, they were interviewed using the CI or a structured interview (SI). Children interviewed using the CI reported more correct details than those interviewed using the SI. Additionally, children interviewed using the CI reported more contextual background details, more logically ordered sequences, more temporal markers, and fewer inconsistencies in their stories than those interviewed using the SI. However, the CI did not increase the number of story grammar elements compared with the SI. Overall children interviewed with the CI told better stories than those interviewed with the SI. This finding provided further support for the effectiveness of the CI with vulnerable witnesses, particularly children with ID.     

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ON CAMPUS

Despite many obstacles, investigative journalism continues to flourish in Australia. A significant part of the explanation for this appears to lie with universities which have journalism programs. Investigative journalism has a strong presence in these programs across Australia, a presence which is increasingly being felt at postgraduate level. As a result, an increasing number of journalism graduates have the skills and understanding necessary to embark on serious investigative work, and several institutions have embarked on projects with innovative approaches to collaborative investigative work. However, the wider context in which Australia's tertiary institutions operate is far from benign, and journalism programs—and thus the teaching of investigative journalism—are subject to many pressures. The paper finds that, although university journalism programs are increasingly taking responsibility for educating their students about investigative journalism, thereby picking up a key responsibility which would once have been borne entirely by the industry, there are also forces at work which limit their capacity to do this.     

"研究性学习理论"运用于新疆民族预科教育的初步构想

通过对“研究性学习理论”的介绍,结合新疆民族预科教学的特点,将此理论初步尝试性地引入到汉语预科教学过程中,界定了其有效运用的先导条件和几种主要运用手段及途径,以此达到推动汉语预科教学向更科学化的方向迈进的目的。     

多元智能理论对WebQuest设计的启示

文章简要介绍了多元智能理论,并针对现在大多数WebQuest设计中存在的问题,探讨了运用多元智能理论对WebQuest的学习环境和6个基本模块设计的启示。     

QQ软件在促进大学生研究性学习中的应用

利用社会性软件促进学习,虽然越来越受到社会的重视,但还有不少人把QQ看成是单纯的交流和娱乐工具,将QQ软件中一些促进学习的功能置于学习方式的范围之外。及时帮助、异步学习、信息资源共享的实现成为研究发展的新领域。资源的共享需要媒介,而QQ软件中的网络硬盘、远程协助等功能以其独特、快捷、普及等行之有效的特点博得大学生的青睐。     

论中西调查性报道题材的分野

本文通过普利策新闻奖和《南方周末》的“致敬!中国传媒”的对比以及《新闻调查》和《十字路口》栏目的对比将中西调查性报道题材区别鲜明地表现出来。     

浅论调查性报道的叙事技巧

调查性报道一般文本较长,涉及的新闻线索繁杂,这就需要在调查性报道的写作中讲究叙事技巧.本文从叙事切入口、叙事视角、叙事结构三个方面对其技巧进行了分析.     

刍议调查性报道伦理“向善性”保障

由于调查性报道在采写过程中体现的独立性、原创性和复杂性,导致调查性报道如果控制不当,极易出现一些违背伦理准则的现象和行为.同时,调查性报道中更存在一些难以明确界定是非的伦理冲突行为.因此,本文尝试提出一些伦理规范方案,以保持调查性报道的向善性.