#CIJSummer: Four Rules on How to Survive and Thrive as an Investigative Journalist @thecentreforinvestigativej7520
#CIJSummer: Four Rules on How to Survive and Thrive as an Investigative Journalist  @thecentreforinvestigativej7520
Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want published; everything else is public relations.” In the same spirit, Martin Tomkinson distils fifty years’ experience as an investigative reporter into four key lessons, and reveals what you really need to succeed in a sometimes perilous profession.

Chaired by CIJ Director James Harkin.
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#CIJSummer: Four Rules on How to Survive and Thrive as an Investigative Journalist

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