Mathew CharlesInvestigative Journalism II: Planning an InvestigationInvestigative journalism carries great social responsibility and legal risk. It also requires a lot of work. This is why planning is…Feb 21, 2018Feb 21, 2018
Mathew CharlesInvestigative Journalism III: Hypothesis-based InquiryA hypothesis driven investigation has many advantages. It is usually based on human sources as opposed to mountains of data.Feb 12, 2018Feb 12, 2018
Mathew CharlesInvestigative Journalism IV: Dealing with SourcesNo matter how prepared or how much we refine our methods, much of dealing with sources is down to our behaviour as human beings. As…Feb 5, 2018Feb 5, 2018
Mathew CharlesInvestigative Journalism I: An IntroductionInvestigative reporting or “muckraking” as it is sometimes called goes to the heart of journalism’s democratic responsibilities: to…Jan 29, 20181Jan 29, 20181
Mathew CharlesImpunity must be the priority for Mexico after journalists’ murdersJavier Valdez Cardenas, an award-winning journalist and one of Mexico’s best known reporters, was murdered on 15th May. He was shot dead…Jun 21, 2017Jun 21, 2017
Mathew CharlesThe debate sparked by the Netflix series Narcos is about more than the (mis)representation of…Narcos has caused quite a stir. In Colombia, many are up in arms that the majority of the programme’s actors are foreign. It is…Sep 27, 2016Sep 27, 2016
Mathew CharlesRe-thinking the TV news packageWe’ve all noted the formuliac approach to storytelling in our TV news bulletins. If not, then Charlie Brooker’s hilarious and insightful…Sep 23, 20151Sep 23, 20151
Mathew CharlesThe lonely crusade for Colombian journalists daring to take on the country’s armed actors.Luis Carlos Cervantes had a passion for journalism that was infectious. I first met him in 2012 and over the past two years he became a…Aug 2, 2015Aug 2, 2015
Mathew CharlesThe Central American child migrant crisis:Changes to immigration law won’t stop the violenceAug 2, 2015Aug 2, 2015