To avoid getting lost while reporting a story, reporters and editors need to take dedicated steps to plan their investigations, from the hypothesis to the publishing stage.
Great investigative editors make stories stronger, protect and motivate reporters, and make investigations more efficient.
Bulletproofing your story demands much more than getting the facts right. It requires a meticulous approach from the start in order to pass quality control.
This week’s Friday 5, where we round up our favorite reads from around the online world in English, includes Abraji’s report on the investigation into the murder of journalist Léo Veras, a guide to decoding Chinese state propaganda on Twitter, a study into bot-generated coronavirus activity on Twitter, and Hostwriter’s tool to help connect editors to local journalists worldwide.
Whether editing on an old Steenbeck or on a smartphone, the focus is still story. In this month’s MoJo Workin’ column, Ivo Burum offers up some basic tips for editing on the go.
