Deck 13: Bulletproofing the Investigation

Question 1

Undercover reporting is becoming more popular now that news organizations have skeletal budgets.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Submersion journalism does not require deception.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

To do data scraping, you need to master basic programming skills.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A drawback of crowdsouring is that it involves deception.

Question 5

A strength of the running investigation is that it allows you to produce a lot of copy.

Question 6

Which of the following can be a map to a closed institution?

A) A building floorplan
B) An organizational chart
C) A diagram that shows its geographic location
D) A connection matrix

Question 7

When investigating a closed institution, you should find which of the following?

A) A guy at the bottom
B) The public relations official
C) The chief financial officer
D) The manager of the company cafeteria

Question 8

Crowdsourcing involves what technique?

A) Finding someone who knows about a big organization
B) Finding an expert on mass behavior
C) Throwing a question or problem out to the public
D) Attending a big gathering to find good sources of information

Question 9

Watergate was an example of which of the following techniques?

A) Distributed reporting
B) Computer-assisted reporting
C) A running investigation
D) Crowdsourcing

Question 10

Feminist Gloria Steinem first made a name for herself posing as what?

A) A Playboy Bunny.
B) The San Diego Chicken
C) The Eveready Bunny
D) A Playboy Centerfold.

Question 11

What is data "sniffing" and why should an investigative reporter be concerned about it?

Question 12

Who are the "exes" in an investigation and how can they be useful sources?

Question 13

How is investigating a secretive individual similar to investigating a secretive corporation?

Question 14

What is social networking analysis?

Question 15

What can you find using the Wayback Machine?

Question 16

What can a GIS map show readers?

Question 17

How can a student newspaper or Web publication do a distributed reporting project?

Question 18

How can a student newspaper do a running investigation?

Question 19

How might you crowdsource an investigation into how your student government allocates club funds?

Question 20

What kind of "exes" might you try to find if were investigating problems with retention of faculty or students at your university?