1. Quantify the issue?
2. Potential change?
3. Good v. bad?
Outlined the story and fact-checked...no surprises to DSHS
No stealth reporting
Bullet-proof stories
look for advocates...
there are people who are deeply concerned about these issues...just as there are UFO experts out there who 'know their stuff'
attornies
lawsuits
state ombudsman's office
Point of view journalism (investigative journalism)
not an advocate, but someone who sees something that needs to change
"he said, she said, now i'm gonna tell you who is lying."
He comes out with a thesis, present his case, then the reader is either going to believe him or not.
Newspapers don't want investigative reporters anymore:
almost a year on salary working on this story... forty or fifty people on this project... Times didn't sell any advertisment based on this, it didn't make the paper any money... the job doesn't make sense economically.
People want that watchdog out there.
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