Crikey assembling new investigative journalism team
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Wednesday, 13th February 2019 at 12:37pmDigital subscription newsletter and online news website Crikey is recruiting a new team of investigative journalists.
Eric Beecher, chairman and EIC of parent firm Private Media, said that the company is looking to recruit up to 12 reporters plus an editor to be based across Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra.
The group, which is slated to be operational in April 2019, will be tasked with undertaking what he describes as “inquiry journalism” – a serious effort to publish stories based on the hardest facts available and free from any public relations-spinned materials.
Beecher said the aggressive research focus of the proposed team was borne out of studying the business and work models of other private media organisations in the US, France, and Britain. The content will r...
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