A FEW years ago, the Panama Papers episode revealed how the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) held the rich and powerful to account. An investigative journalist must possess high integrity, ample knowledge, good investigative techniques, good public relations and write objectively. The investigative journalists rely on sources and whistle-blowers and protection of whistle-blowers based on the right to freedom of expression. We need to produce good investigative journalists who are brave, sincere and can unveil the truth about a particular subject, person or event based on the underlying principles of journalism. We need extraordinary investigative journalists to expose corruption to advance accountability and transparency.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2019 16:18 UTC