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Management Team and multiplying Materials [* Presented in "Investigative Journalism Training, Student Press Agency (LPM) BEM Unesa Surabaya, Date 6 to 8 August 2010 at the Villa Rukmini Trawas Mojokerto
 

If we we observe, such as news reports in the magazine invetigasi tempo --- --- always put a lot of issues berintisarikan public interest (public interest), as the basis for the decision to expect an investigation of issues. And the coverage of the investigation, of course, must be able mempu answer as many questions that arise in a scandal that worked.

Management team:

In your editorial meeting were given the task of leading the coverage of a specific investigation into the scandal. Tarolah for example, sekandal Harmoko manipulation of various media in Indonesia. Manipulation is done Harmoko in his capacity as Minister of Information. You are given six reporters.

Target: Revealing the mode of manipulation and Harmoko culprit.
Search time: 1 month


1. Forms Team
What should you do? Langkap The first is to form a solid team. Only by establishing a good and solid team, excavation materials, resource development, and report writing can be done with the maximum.

However, forming a solid team can not simply born out of the sky. It takes a skilled manager to manage collaboration, control the work chain, dividing the pattern of existing teams, recognize the ability of each team, as well as a "gatekeeper" for deadlines. This task is usually held by the person in charge rubric (spiky). And supervised by a managing editor (redpel).

When the team has been formed, then jabrib and redpel design division of labor from week to week. The first thing to do is usually a lot of dealing with research and documentation. For that, the menajer must be able to allocate staff reporter to dismantle the old documents. The results of this research will be the basis for designing the outline and determine the resources that will be pursued.


2. Resources and Logistics

In designing the operational work of investigation, a manager needs to consider the following:

- The number of troops
- Strengths, weaknesses of each reporter
- Location inverstigasi
- Duet / budget
- Cooperation with regional teams (if any)
- Danger level

3. Working time:

- Check how much work time provided the editorial to your team.
- Design
- Design a division of labor per week, (for example: first week of research and making an outline, the second and third week the search field, four weeks of writing and editing)



Excavation Materials:

Factoring out the material in the investigation conducted by the principle of gradual and continuous. There are early sources, the source of derivatives, all of whom have developed rapidly in an outline. Factoring out the material and would be more effective if there is a strict checking at every stage or weeks that have been agreed. For example:

Phase I:
- Design the initial outline (yes, of course, in making the outline is preceded by research and a number of pre-checking field)
Spread outline to all the troops
Conducting a rigorous checking at weeks 1 to comb out irrelevant sources, strengthening of relevant sources.
On the first weekend, the acquisition of material should be analyzed.
In checking the meeting should be attended by all members of the team. While ang team can not participate the meeting, shall make a written progress report.


Phase II

Jabrik and writers began to propose and write an outline deepening.
Sources in the outline deepening began pursuing.
Already have collected all the questions and komfermasi to the source or the main accused in this investigation.
Documents obtained should be checked for validity.


Phase III

The team decides whether there will be change in angle / item based on all materials that have been entered.
Jabrik began to ask the reporter to write their reports.
The team of reporters to do konfermasi end to all sources.


Week IV:
redpel with assisted Jabrik had to be very careful to check all the perforated material, a perforated komfermasi, sources that need to be protected at the request of his own sources.
All the money and bribes received by the reporters during excavation of material can be returned after the project officially ended (if any)
Redpel and spiky advisable to check the ingredients until the end, a visual section, because there may be material scattered in the final editing.


Important remarks:
A reporter, though should be adept at improvising in the field, nimble in developing ideas, and gain additional resources, he must remain guided by the outline. Seba is a mental outline, veins, which ensure smooth all excavation material. Open discussions, willingness to listen to each team member will be very influential on the results of excavations of the investigation.

Good work ......


Thank you.

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