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“To Me, It's Normal Journalism” Professional Perceptions of Investigative Journalism and Evaluations of Personal Commitment

Auteur(s)
Cancela, Pauline 
Académie du journalisme et des médias 
Gerber, David 
Académie du journalisme et des médias 
Dubied, Annik 
Académie du journalisme et des médias 
Date de parution
2021-1-28
In
Journalism Practices
Vol.
6
No
15
De la page
878
A la page
893
Revu par les pairs
1
Mots-clés
  • Journalism - Investigative Reporting - Practices - Investigative Commitment
  • Journalism - Investig...

Résumé
This paper examines how professionals define investigative journalism, which criteria they use to assess their and others’ work, and how they apply them. Based on 23 in-depth interviews with Swiss journalists, our research sheds new light on professionals’ normative assumptions, and provides insights on how to think about investigative journalism more generally. Implicit and explicit professional definitions reveal a shared conception of journalism, which has strong normative implications. According to their narratives, professionals rely on a gradual and multilevel definition of investigative journalism, while often talking about it as an absolute. Rather than a discrete category, “investigative journalism” is best seen as existing on a continuum between full-fledged investigative endeavor and the most basic reporting, with the main cursor being the personal commitment: professionals value the extent of efforts provided during the investigative process, as much as other constitutive elements such as exposing breaches of public trust. They built on a mix of various elements regarding what constitutes investigative journalism. We distinguished three types of defining criteria: motive, extent of efforts and technique involved. These criteria counterbalance each other in practice. Arguably, these gradual conceptions allow for adjustments between a clear-cut ideal and the real work context.
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Identifiants
https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/30137
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10.1080/17512786.2021.1876525
Type de publication
journal article
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 main article: 2022-09-08_1841_7358.pdf (1.51 MB)
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