It's often said nowadays by journalists themselves that investigative journalism is now dead. However with things like the FA bribery and Panama Papers revelations, it's clear that this is far from true, with both of these two cases happening within the past year. Cited as one of the newspaper industry's 'greatest reasons for existence,' a range of different groups and organisations are valuing investigative journalism quite highly. This is apparent with things such as the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) being given a grant from Google for more local reporting and also NGOs like Greenpeace having investigative journalism units who hire reporters to look into things such as climate change. Something also quite interesting to note is that global collaboration between journalists has become particularly notable, the Panama Papers exposure highlighting this especially with journalists from around the world coming together to make the discoveries.
- Panama Papers exposure was carried out by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a network of more than 190 investigative journalists based in more than 65 countries
- If the amount of data released by Wikileaks was equivalent to the population of San Francisco, the amount of data released in the Panama Papers is the equivalent to that of India
To me the thought that investigative journalism could be seen as dead surprises me. With things such as leaks regarding Amber Rudd's involvement in offshore firms and the FA scandal happening within the past few months alone, how it could be dead is beyond me. It's even said that the concept is one of the greatest reasons for the existence of the newspaper industry and it's clear that this is true with the effect that stories that have come out due to investigative journalism have had. For example, the 1.7m US diplomatic records that were published on Wikileaks had caused a notable amount of uproar that is still often audible today.
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