ABSTRACT
In March 1999, the European Commission under Luxembourgish Jacques Santer did indeed step down, forced by the European Parliament and the findings of a special committee. Jacques Santer considered himself and his cabinet “a victim of the international press” or rather of “a certain part of the press, that which plays investigative journalism American style rather than fulfilling its mission to inform”. The chapter addresses journalism as an expression of the underlying mindset and of the role of journalism in a given society. It describes journalism practice, including how to trace those responsible, which topics are investigated and which methods applied to do so, citing several investigations. The chapter also introduces the recent trend of cross-border collaborative journalism.
