Want your next investigation to make an impact?
Think about what needs to change from the start
We often think about impact as the reform that occurs after an investigation. But if you want your story to make a difference, you should be thinking about what that difference might look like from the moment you decide to take it on.
And I don’t just mean the biggest, most obvious change — the one that would take a major political feat to accomplish. If you report deeply enough to understand how the system works, you’ll likely identify smaller, fixable cracks and gaps along the way.
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