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The Dig: An Investigative Reporter’s Tips for Everyday Life

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, May 4, 2016, 8 a.m.

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We here at ProPublica are in the business of finding stuff out, especially information that powerful people would just as soon keep secret from you, the public. Fundamentally, we don’t think this task should belong only to investigative journalists. It just doesn’t seem fair to have so much fun without sharing . . .

We’d like everybody to be able to make the world a little more honest. So we hope this column will help teach you some of the tricks of our trade.

We hope you learn to use them in your own life.

 

 

"When I became a journalist, that’s exactly what I vowed to do. For the past 25 years, I’ve covered cops and courts, corporations and conflict. I’ve tried to keep the Powers That Be on their toes, and make sure that the Powers That Aren’t get heard. Ultimately, it is what I hope that you, dear readers, will do in making use of this column.

• Demand answers.
• Unearth truths.
• Raise hell.

 

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-dig-an-investigative-reporters-tips-for-everyday-life