Investigative Report
English 10
Goals:
How do I formulate a research question and develop a plan for the task?
How will I collect, analyze, and evaluate my resources?
How can I use digital tools to help me?
What is an Investigative Report?
Some resources . .
The resources below give examples, ideas and direction for understanding Investigative Reporting.
Reveal: The podcast - really great investigative work delivered in a podcast!
Expose: American's Investigative Reports [PBS]
Center for Investigative Reporting
Click on "CIR Investigations" to search a variety of investigative reports
Pulitzer Prize Links to the winners and finalists of Investigative Reporting (text features & photos)
Types of Sources
Primary Sources (Interviews, surveys, images and documents from event, and observations)
Ex. The actual newspaper articles and senate testimony during the McCarthy hearings.
Secondary Sources (Documents and researched information)
Newsletters, Policies, Scholarly Reports
Ex. An analysis article of the newspapers and testimony of the McCarthy hearings
Keeping track of your Research - Graphic Organizer
Getting Started with your research!
Places to start your research . . .
Places to start your research:
START HERE!!!>>> GHS Library Research page
Card# 260046834 PIN 1234
Use these databases also
Google Research Tool!! - now called Explore
Websites:
Citations:
For Further Thought...
Click the next slides to read about:
Making sense of the search results- Saving time!!
What clues can you gather from just the search results?
Dealing with Fake News and Media Bias
59%of people share articles on their social media that they don’t even read. (Forbes Magazine, 2016)
So what?
It makes it easy for the media to manipulate its readers. (Smithsonian Magazine, 2014)
How can you tell what news fits where for bias?
Vanessa Otero, patent attorney from Colorado, takes on the issue of media bias with her now viral chart.
Text Features- you will need some