By Marina Savchenko
How to be an investigative journalist – from research to topics, from sources to implementation?
On the first day of the M100 Young European Journalists workshop, 25 young journalists from all over Europe could gain first-hand experience of an investigative journalism.
Are you interested, how to be an investigative journalist and to use freedom of information laws? Here is an exclusive interview with Daniel Drepper, co-founder and senior reporter at correctiv.org, Germany’s first non-profit investigative newsroom.
About Daniel Drepper:
Daniel is a co-founder and senior reporter at correctiv.org,Germany’s first non-profit investigative newsroom. He is working on investigations related to sports, health, justice and freedom of information. Daniel is also involved in further developing CORRECT!V and organizes the work of other reporters. He teaches how to be an investigative journalist and how to use freedom of information laws. From August 2013 to May 2014 Daniel was a fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and a scholar at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation. Both are part of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. Before going to New York Daniel worked as a reporter for the investigative unit of the biggest regional paper in Germany, Funke Media Group. Daniel worked there from 2010 to 2013. Daniel has been a freelancer since 2001 and did multimedia reporting for national German media since 2008. Daniel has a diploma in journalism and sports from the University in Dortmund.
