ABSTRACT
Investigative journalism is more demanding both of its subjects and its evidential standards than normal newsroom practice. A range of differing methods has evolved, many aiming at the same result. Practices in some environments are not appropriate in others. In many national institutions, collegial working is uncommon and rarely practiced. In others, often in mainstream current affairs television, it is a frequent practice in complex investigations. For freelancers without major institutional resources it becomes increasingly difficult to replicate the standards of these often wealthy organisations. But some major stories have been broken by single individuals.
