Investigative Journalism without Media Organizations or Publishers

Our colleague Hazel Feigenblatt, attending the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, reports on the challenges of investigative journalism in an era of declining traditional media. One of the big topics of interest here at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Geneva has been new models for financing investigative journalism around the world. Non-profit models, media loans,…

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Kenya’s Corruption Tax

Kepher Otieno, lead reporter in Kenya for the Global Integrity Report: 2009, is concerned with the lack of financial accountability in his country. Yet he doubts that legal reform alone will curb graft in Kenya. Speaking to this impunity, Kepher describes his Mashup Challenge entry as an attempt to “dig into possible solutions” including coupling…

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Mashup Challenge Entry: A Thesis on Anticorruption Institutions in Latin America

For his entry, Jorge Meruvia sent us a portion of his thesis– a paper on the differences in the anti-corruption regimes of Chile, Brazil and Mexico. In Jorge’s words: In my thesis, I look at the diverse anti-corruption institutions in Chile, Brazil and Mexico, considering their effectiveness, weaknesses and strengths in prevention, education but mainly…

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