The Investigative Journalism Manuals are filled to the brim with strategies, tactics, techniques and methodologies that will enable you to dig deeper, unearth more truth, and expose as much injustice as possible.

The Investigative Journalism Manuals have been put together with the help of the worlds' foremost investigative journalism experts and are filled with real-life case studies.

Best of all, they are tailor-made for journalists who work under difficult conditions and face many challenges, such as in Africa.

The Investigative Journalism Manuals are also easy on the eye, very practical, and can be taken in per chapter, depending on what kind of advice and tips one is looking for in a specific situation.

The Investigative Journalism Manuals have been written and edited by renowned journalism trainer and author Gwen Ansell on the basis of case studies and contributions sent in by FAIR journalists. They have been proofread by FAIR staff and our partners at the University of the Witwatersrand. They have been helped along by worldwide expert input (see the chapter on The Team) and financially sponsored by our funding partners in this project: the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. All these parties came together for this single objective: to create a first comprehensive guide for investigative journalists working in the African context and place it online.

The basic Manuals consist of eight chapters. Afther these eight, a number of 'beat' chapters, covering various fields of investigation, will be added. The first of these 'beat' chapters, on health, has already been produced and is listed here as 'chapter 9'. Other beat chapters, either edited and published by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, or by FAIR, will follow. However, due to the ending of the IJ Manuals partnership between FAIR and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, there will be no more chapters published by FAIR and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation jointly.

Please click here to find a foreword by the Konrad Adenauer's Foundation Frank Windeck.

Introduction
Introduction.pdf

How to use these manuals for self-study
How to use.pdf

Chapter 1: About Investigative reporting
What is investigative journalism and why is it worth doing?
Chapter 1.pdf

Chapter 2: Generating story ideas
How do I find topics worth investigating?
Chapter 2.pdf

Chapter 3: Planning the investigation
How do I set about doing an investigation?
Chapter 3.pdf

Chapter 4: Sources and spindoctors
How do I deal with people who offer me tip-offs?
Chapter 4.pdf

Chapter 5: Forensic interviewing
How do I get my questions answered properly?
Chapter 5.pdf

Chapter 6: Basic research tools
How do I find and make sense of hard data?
Chapter 6.pdf

Chapter 7: Telling the story
How do I present my findings to my audience?
Chapter 7.pdf

Chapter 8: Ethics and general legal principles
What values should I stick to as an investigative reporter?
Chapter 8.pdf

Chapter 9: Investigating health issues
Health is about people.
Chapter 9.pdf

The Team
Writers & contributors 
The Team.pdf

Trainers' Notes
How to use these Manuals if you are a trainer
Trainers' Notes.pdf