ABSTRACT
Waddington’s career path was typical of paedophile offenders in that each of his roles had provided him with trusted access to children – first as a school chaplain and then headteacher – despite his lack of any educational qualifications. Physical evidence may be critical to verifying facts that form the basis of an investigative story. Investigative stories of all kinds can be enhanced by public participation. News outlets have invited citizen participation in large-scale investigative journalism projects that have resulted in greater public accountability of businesses and enhanced agency of individuals. Web based communication technologies such as email and Skype have been readily adopted into the work routines of investigative journalists because of the obvious advantages they offer. The cyber forum and the global collaboration focused world attention on the injustice of tax havens and yielded collaboration of the G20 leaders to pass legislation in many countries to prevent money laundering and tax evasion.
