Investigativer journalism

As investigativen journalism (v. lat. investigare ) designates one "examines" the journalistic Search and Publication of Scandals. In English it becomes as investigative journalism or investigative reporting designated.

The subject of this form of the reporting are usually incidents or well-known personalities out Politics and Economics.

See also: Search, Network search, legally possible problems with untrue reports - see in addition u. A. "Chantage"

Examples

A considerable international example is uncovering that Watergate affair by the American journalists Bob Woodward and Carl amber in that Washington post office.

In Germany those became CDU Spendenaffaere and those Repairing affair of Hans Leyendecker in that South German newspaper uncovered. Further examples are those Kiessling affair (uncovered of Udo Roebel) and those Barschel affair (uncovered of Mirror).

A Swiss Investigativjournalist was Niklaus Meienberg.

Reversal and special case: The situation around the "Nine nine-Eleven":

The "Investigative journalism" unconditionally does not take place. This knows the journalist in the case of reversal even to occupation-atypical acting urge, if the true reporting meets the public interests, due however to a given economic or political separating or exceptional case, appears irresponsible (consciencesMoral of the journalist).

Requests of the US government - z.B. in September 2001 (special case) - to go around carefully and carefully with information during the reporting, to avoid straight around further panic in the over-sensitized public, did not only lead with the responsible persons large press organs, but also with the free journalists to a solidary freiwilligen self censorship or suspension of their own reporting to at that time highly explosive topics. - the straight at that time available special situation undeserved for many enterprises of the aircraft industry, should be calmed down with support of the press and not be heated up still additionally unnecessarily. Taken up ones safety-relevant searches were supplied to the authorities and damaged enterprises directly for examination and only later, if not different agreements were made, published. At that time the press in the sense of the economy and policy carried a solidary and honorable joint responsibility, in this form had so far not arisen and - exclusive - afterwards in its conversion only by the allgegenwertige "schockwirkung" of the "Nine nine-Eleven" to be justified can. By the press as after the "Nine nine-Eleven" as much consideration [ straight in relation to the internationally heavily gebeutelten airlines ] was practiced never before and the actual task of the press - the obligation for publication - in explosive subranges was suspended. Moral joint responsibility extended indirectly the recognized Pressekodex by this "consideration" with nearly a matter of course already mysterioesen, which in the occupation-atypical behavior of the journalists internationally was again-reflected. The journalistthe press became even the informant, however for the necessary purpose - not only particularly the enterprises economically concerned, to protect but also the public against itself - to be able to work against here in the reason of the Ausuferung uncontrolled developing panic, in that the enterprises concerned - direct - were informed, but the public was excluded at the same time at that time from these certain safety-relevant uncovering. The censorship, only in times of war is acceptable and usually in genuine democratic states one does not practice, a morally caused - sociological and right-philosophical - very interesting and singular "innovation" experienced - developing a "freiwilligen self censorship" - and this here - without any pressure of the legislator.

In the core thereby one expressed, that directly after that the community of states with its press stood for the "Nine nine-Eleven" actually solidary and 100%-ig closed behind the USA, like never before. Attacked the economy does not continue to should weakened, separate to be rather energetically supported. The community of states wanted the democracy-hostile Agitateuren, were responsible for the bad scenarios, everyone - also only theoretically geringst conceivable success in agreement place, which only with the help of the press had at that time been possible.

It had become a first-rate goal, to return the population of world the confidence into security. Only so the pulse of the economy could keep international and become again lively.

The martial measures of the USA threatened by the USA left however this invisible federation of the international press already starting from NovemberDecembers 2001 again up-crumble, since the opinions to certain action intentions of the weltmacht the USA in the policy and public internationally operated themselves noticeably.

Literature

• Johannes Ludwig: Investigativer journalism, Search strategies - sources - informants. UVK 2002, ISBN 3-89669-348-4

Web on the left of

• Interview u.A. with Hans Leyendecker to the search with the CDU Spendenaffaere
• Network search e.V. - supports journalists with investigativen searches
• The on-line version and current additions of the book of J. Ludwig: Investigativer journalism