Category: Investigation tools
EYES OVER THE PACIFIC
Government Communications Security Bureau annual report 1986 (a rare top secret document)
Huge new tax haven leak reveals specialist money-laundering company
Jersey Offshore: multi-country collaboration
How do you make sense of more than a million leaked documents?
The story behind the massive leak of documents revealing the extent to which the world’s wealthy go to avoid and evade tax and New Zealand’s part in the investigations
Bruce Jesson Lecture, Maidment Theatre, Auckland
The second part of the lecture will be about investigative journalism. But before that, I want to use the opportunity of this lecture to talk much more widely, sharing some thoughts about the state of politics in New Zealand today.
Visiting Wikileaks in December 2010
I HAVE had many careful meetings with sources during the last 20 years, but never anything as cautious and mysterious as this. I was heading overseas to meet the WikiLeaks team in the midst of heavy threats from the United States government and more imminent threats of police action.
Wikileaks: the first cables released in New Zealand
These are the first US embassy cables released in New Zealand, in full except for one name being redacted.
Questions frequently asked by journalism students
How can a busy journalist ever have time for investigative work?
I understand that time feels like an insurmountable barrier to ever being able to do investigative work. However after looking at real examples around the world I don’t think time is as important as motivation, creativity and persistence. Journalists who really want to pursue something often find a way.