Lanosga study on investigative reporting published
Assistant professor Gerry Lanosga‘s and University of Illinois professor Brant Houston’s article, “Spotlight: Journalists Assess Investigative Reporting and Its Status in Society,” has been published in Journalism Practice.
The study is based on reporting of a survey with responses from 861 mostly U.S.-based investigative journalists. While some regard the future of investigative reporting as bleak, Lanosga and Houston found many of the respondents to the survey reported high job satisfaction.
Respondents also argued that resources for investigative reporting are growing and that a sense of autonomy in the workplace is high. Lanosga and Houston also report that results indicate that more investigative journalists are moving to nonprofit newsrooms. Those working in nonprofit newsrooms, they say, report high satisfaction with the state of investigative journalism.
The article includes journalists’ own conceptions of their work and perceptions of the nature of their work.
Lanosga’s research is focused on journalism in a contemporary and historical context, particularly in regards to how journalism has evolved as a profession and how it intersects with public policy, as well as prize culture in journalism and freedom of information laws.
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