Hybrid Investigative Journalism

This open access book is a rare example of the ethnographic study of investigative journalism. This book explores entrepreneurial attempts to combine traditional investigative journalism with alternative ways of organising this work. It transcends watershed investigative projects in favour of the ways in which new actors (citizens, technologists, bloggers and local reporters, among others) join experienced investigative journalists in experiments with the practices of watchdog journalism in the digital era. Cases include Bristol Cable, Bureau Local and the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism, as well as Forbidden Stories. The book also includes two chapters on the impact of COVID-19 upon the development of cross-disciplinary work in a traditional newsroom and in the larger media ecosystems of both Norway and China. This is a timely book for journalism students, scholars and investigative reporters, who share a passion for this form of journalism.

Maria Konow-Lund is a professor at Oslo Metropolitan University. She was Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Cardiff University (2017-2019). Her recent work focuses on investigative journalism, terror coverage, practice during COVID-19, and changing roles. She has published her work in Journalism Practice, Digital Journalism, Nordicom Review and Oxford Encyclopedia.

Michelle Park was recently awarded her PhD degree by the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK. With experience as a newspaper reporter in the USA, her teaching and research interests include nonprofit news, data and computational journalism, AI journalism, globalisation, and digital media and communications.

Saba Bebawi is Head of the Journalism and Writing discipline in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Her work on the role of media policy and new technologies, with a focus on journalism in conflict and post-conflict regions, appeared in international journals and books.