by Brian Thompson (Author)
"How to Be an Investigative Journalist" is an instructional book about how to be an investigative journalist. Once, investigative journalist Brian Thompson was just a regular person, but now he is an investigative journalist. How did he become so? Several details of his journey are no one's business. But some are fit for public consumption, and they are included in this book.Additionally, readers will learn which skills they should cultivate if they themselves would like to become investigative journalists. Such skills include nurturing curiosity, cultivating sources, speaking in various accents, and contorting your body to fit into any size safe.After reading "How to Be an Investigative Journalist", there is no guarantee you will become one. Scholars debate the matter, but a widely held view is that investigative journalism skill is granted solely by the god God who lives in the city called Heaven. But whether or not this is true, there is no harm in reading this book.