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Flight MH17Searching for the Truth
Power Reporting 2015Wits University, Johannesburg
David CrawfordCORRECT!V
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MH17
Where is the public interest?
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When should we investigate?
When we have something important to say
When the story requires intensive research
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Our investigative goalsKnow everythingGet all the files
Know everything
Get all the files
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Things to find
Dutch investigation report
Satellite images
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Things to find
Photos
Art
Animation

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Things to find
A story

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Where to look
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Be confident
We have the right to interview people and view documents
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We don’t beg for access
We force it
German foreign ministry
Projected questions
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First find the easy information
Web-based information
Russian social media
Press conferences
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First the easy information
Ask your colleagues to suggest sources
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Analyse news stories
Bellingcat
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Other sources
Commercial registries
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How to find secret files?
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Collect whole sets of documents
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Russian soldiers in social mediaDownload it fast
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Russian soldiers in social mediaDownload it fast
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Look for absurd sources
CORRECT!V goes to court
sues for documents
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Files rarely tell the whole story
Find other sources
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Human sources
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“Yes people” and “No people“
Lots of people can say „no“
press officers
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“Yes people” and “No people“
Only a few people can say „yes“
Rupert Smid
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Avoid „no“ people
German Ministry of Defence
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Help the „yes“ people
Rupert Smid
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Don’t offer protectionJust protect the source if necessary
I meet with an informant. He knows everything about Russian warfare.
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How to identify potential sources?
Read your competition
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Voluntary sources
NGOs
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Unwilling partners
Government officials
Companies
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Beware of volunteers
Especially other journalists
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How do you gain trust?
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Never ask a question
If the answer is easy to find elsewhere
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A „No“ is hard to change into a „Yes“
Avoid asking questions that will lead to a „No“
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Plan interviews
Plan three meetings with key sources
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Plan interviews
How to get there
When to go

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East Ukraine is a war zone

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Plan interviews
Fill your notebook first
Ask hard questions last

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Plan interviews
Ask interview partners to suggest new sources

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I demand from sources
Reliable answers to every question
Complete access to documents
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Communicate your goals
We have a project
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What separates good stories from outstanding stories?
Unwilling sources
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We can force sources to talk
So no concessions
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We can force sources to talk
Don’t give your source a veto
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We can force sources to talk
Lawsuit demanding documentsAmbassador, Christof Weil, in Kiev
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Have patience
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Interview partners might hide
Wait them out
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How reliable is my source?
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Check the reliability?
Compare details with documents and info from other sources
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Check the reliability?
Is the source willing to answer questions completely
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Check the reliability?
Look for new sources
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Finally
Factcheck everything
Including your own pet theories