This open access book is a rare example of the ethnographic study of investigative journalism.
This book explores entrepreneurial attempts to combine traditional investigative journalism
with alternative ways of organising this work. It transcends watershed investigative projects
in favour of the ways in which new actors (citizens technologists bloggers and local
reporters among others) join experienced investigative journalists in experiments with the
practices of watchdog journalism in the digital era. Cases include Bristol Cable Bureau Local
and the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism as well as Forbidden Stories. The book also
includes two chapters on the impact of COVID-19 upon the development of cross-disciplinary work
in a traditional newsroom and in the larger media ecosystems of both Norway and China. This is
a timely book for journalism students scholars and investigative reporters who share a
passion for this form of journalism.
