, Jan. 3 -- I attended the conference on a fellowship sponsored by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and the Incubator for Media Education and Development (iMEdD). These are four useful insights and tools, from the conference, for journalists wanting to incorporate more investigative methods into their everyday reporting.

Chapter One answers unequivocally how investigative reporting differs from news reporting. For me, the biggest point of departure is Hunter's argument that investigative reporters refuse to "accept the world as it is" and aim to expose wrongdoing, in order to "reform" or "denounce" it.

Chapter Two, delves swiftly into what I believe is the best tool in the hands of a prospective investigative reporter....