Periodismo de investigación

Abstract

Research journalism is a discipline to claim today more than ever. There are many issues to be discussed and updated in this regard. We also explain the change in the use of New Technologies as a tool for the research process. Emulate Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein currently no easy task, even if the purpose is not as ambitious as to overthrow a president of the United States with a scandal like the Watergate, milestone in the matter. The crisis has tested the quality of investigative journalism in Spain, and the big headlines and media have given size, unmasking the major structural problems of our society. Since 2007, the Media have not stopped publishing scandals of political and financial corruption such as the Gürtel and Punic cases, the scandal of the ERE, the papers of Panama, the Black cards, The Caja Madrid case and a long list of investigations developed by local means and of more regional scope. Research journalism has acted in these recent times as an exhaust valve and has been channeled the indignation of the population, leaving a record of its value and claiming itself as a useful instrument of social cohesion, institutional regeneration and democratic state. This text is addressed to the general public and academic members (teachers and students) of Communication.