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On profiling a serial killer
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August 20, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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In a video, The Mark interviewed journalist Stevie Cameron to discuss her new book about Robert Pickton, Canada's most prolific serial killer...
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Interrogation, sensory deprivation and the CIA: A Canadian connection
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August 23, 2010 - Posted by Cecil Rosner
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When Omar Khadr's trial resumes, the issue of interrogation methods and torture techniques will once again be canvassed.
Not well-known is the role played years ago by a Manitoba professor in the field of sensory deprivation, a technique that figures prominently in various manuals of interrogation.
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Getting at the truth in the Mulroney-Schreiber affair
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August 23, 2010 - Posted by Cecil Rosner
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Harvey Cashore has a new book on the stands about the Airbus Affair.
It's called : The Truth Shows Up: A Reporter's Fifteen-Year Odyssey
Tracking Down the Truth About Mulroney, Schreiber and the Airbus
Scandal.
I have reviewed it in the July/August issue of the Literary Review of Canada. Here is a portion of that review:
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Highway of Tears revisited
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June 22, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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Since 1969, 18 women have died or disappeared along a notorious B.C. road. So why is intense, investigative coverage fading along with them? This week we feature Adriana Rolston's story from the summer issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism...
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Tyee fellowship final countdown
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June 9, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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With just 3 days left to donate, The Tyee's Investigative and Reporting fellowships are just $1,000 shy of the fiesty publication's $10,000 goal. The money raised will fund two stories - one investigative and one solutions-based - on critical issues in British Columbia...
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A guide to investigating anything
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June 8, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 Ever want to see inside the brain of an investigative journalist? Harvey Cashore spent 15 years investigating the missing Airbus millions, and half a year on a lottery theft exposé. The senior producer has been involved in dozens of complex investigations with his team at CBC’s the fifth estate and now the Investigative Content Unit. He recently led a workshop at the CAJ conference in Montreal titled “Managing Complex Investigations: four steps to investigative happiness,” where he offered tips and tricks for investigations big and small. Dana Lacey reports.
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Reuters gets more investigative
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April 29, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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A year after its foray into investigative journalism, Reuters is stepping up its investigative reporting efforts, which have resulted in the news organization's best-read stories.
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A killer story
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May 5, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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Hot Docs film Life With Murder documents the life of a small-town Ontario man who murdered his sister and the family that continues to stand by him. Dana Lacey chats with three-time Emmy-winning filmmaker John Kastner in his Toronto home about becoming the Dostoyevsky of documentary.
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Fire the editors, and keep working till you die
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April 25, 2010 - Posted by Cecil Rosner
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Seymour Hersh is one of the most iconic figures in the world of investigative journalism.
His speech at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference also shows that, at age 73, he remains one of its biggest gadflys.
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Outsourcing the I-Team
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April 21, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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As newsroom budgets slash, well, everything, investigative reporting is increasingly going private. Some news giants are catching on.
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edited by Cecil Rosner
 Investigative journalism aims to hold powerful institutions of all kinds to account, and it does so with a rigorous search for the truth. Cecil Rosner is managing editor for CBC Manitoba. He teaches investigative journalism at the University of Winnipeg, and is the author of Behind the Headlines: A History of Investigative Journalism in Canada (Oxford University Press).
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