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About this website
About this website
 Investigative Journalism team: Front row from left, Colleen Griffiths, Michael Graham, Terri Rorke. Back row from left, Dan Kelly, Tashieka Hammond, Robert Deckert, Jessica Mellet. Not pictured, Natalie Quiles |
Our web site about Personal Finance for College Students contains a wealth of information, and the latest news as of May 2008, about how students can and should manage the indebtedness they incur while attending colleges and universities.
These articles and related resources have been researched and written by students in the Investigative Journalism course (JRN-4600) of the Department of Mass Communications at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
The theme was chosen by members of the Spring 2008 class and the covers, section, pages, images, graphics, videos, wikis and blogs have been researched, written, photographed, videotaped, designed, prepared, managed and moderated by those students.
The staff for this project:
- Daniel Kelly, Editor
- Terri Rorke, Issues and Solutions Editor
- Jessica Mellet, Videographer
- Robert Deckert, Solutions Research
- Natalie Quiles, Survey Research
- Tashieka Hammond, Wiki Moderator
- Michael Graham, Graphics Editor
- Colleen Griffiths, Issues Research
What is an investigative journalist?
An investigative journalist has a perceptive, insightful and analytical mind with the strength of motivation to carry on when doors seem to be closed and facts are obscured or even asserted falsely.
Investigative journalism reporters:
- investigate a topic of interest at great depth
- spend considerable time researching and preparing a report
- conduct extensive interviews and research
- analyze legal, political and social documents
- scrutinize details in search of facts
- triangulate on the truth and sometimes identify lapses
Views implied or expressed in these articles and related materials are those of the individual writers and are not necessarily endorsed by the professor, the department, the university, or possibly anyone else.
Your comments on the articles and other materials here are welcomed by Professor Anthony Curtis who may be contacted via e-mail at acurtis@uncp.edu or by phone at (910) 521-6616.