Event overview
Panel Discussion organised and chaired by Irving Huerta, journalist and member of CONNECTAS, which supports investigative journalism in the Americas
Facilitated by new technology, collaboration is celebrated by investigative journalists. The Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Swiss Leaks, and most recently FinCen are high-profile examples, all co-ordinated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ). There are more regional examples of these types of collaboration too – Project Daphne, for instance (investigating the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, and the stories that she left unfinished), and the Red Latinoamericana de Periodismo de Investigación Estructurado (a group of investigative teams in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, that share information on the Odebrecht scandal).
Behind these high-profile stories of transnational collaboration, however, there are hidden issues. Crucially, questions of what journalism is and how it can be sustainable are brought into sharp relief. The ideal of collaboration challenges previously given assumptions about the competitiveness of media companies, while at the same time the shift away from previously sacred practices in journalistic cultures (e.g. exclusive scoops, fast production of news products, the praise of heroic individuals risking their lives to inform the public, and so on) is happening alongside the increasing concentration of media power and the hegemony of centres of knowledge that push back against the surge of more local and community based reporting.
This panel aims will discuss shifts in practice in investigative journalism and its implications for democracies around the world, for media organisations, practitioners, and the public. What is at stake when investigative journalists embark on transnational collaborations? What and who are driving collaboration? What stories are subjected to collaboration? How does transnational collaboration impact on local journalism?
Participants:
Vanessa Higgins: Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University and a Research Fellow at the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin.
Gabriela Manuli: Gabriela Manuli is the Deputy Director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), an association of more than 200 non-profit organizations in 80 countries. A native of Argentina, she has been a journalist for more than 15 years and has extensive international experience in Latin America, Europe and the United States.
Rodrigo Arteaga: PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Cambridge researching collaboration and cooperation in contemporary journalism in Mexico.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 28 Jan 2021 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
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