Investigationsmethoden

Abstract

We can get information, by participating at different press-conferences, meetings, congresses, or debates. Another possibility is the press agencies, which supply their clients valuable information. There are situations, when journalists can directly ask questions, but they often receive information in writing. That is the reason why everything what we get as a piece of news, has to be checked. Statistics can also be used as a means of obtaining information. Every journalist has, however, to build a plan of research before starting his process of gathering information and the documents which may help him at his work are also shown here. One of the most important methods of research in journalism is the analysis of a phenomena by building a certain model. In order to make a correct analysis, we have to make a research of smaller units, like groups or minorities. These groups can be divided into smaller groups, but we can also work with a single person to establish a profile. The process of gathering information is carried out with the help of several techniques, the object of a journalistic investigation being the data from documents or men’s behaviour.