Notes

1. qualifications needed:

Marshall Allen, a reporter at investigative site Pro Publica, was working in a Christian ministry before switching to a small paper in Los Angeles when, in his late 20s, he realised that he wanted to pursue journalism. He had not undertaken official training, but instead based their work on initiative and curiosity. he saw stories and looked into them with the time and tools available.

Dont train - just start and learn from doing

If I had to give any advice for someone starting out who wanted to do investigative work, one bit would be to just start doing it," said Allen.Sometimes you think that you have to do a massive, in-depth, year-long investigation that reveals some amazing finding that gets people fired, or gets companies shut down, or gets people thrown in jail. Those stories are really few and far between.

2. Skills needed:
Data analysis can provide you with the skeleton to the story but to really put meat on the bones you need all the on-the ground reporting
Get a team: Allen has a colleague who helps with much of the data analysis and Lewis, despite moving to the US, still runs a Guardian blog with Evans about undercover policing. The "lone wolf" image of some investigative journalists is another misconception, said Hird, and although it is possible to pursue smaller stories alone, as Allen did, bigger stories often require more hands on deck.

Our plan of action: We start by aiming Dawn, we read their content (v interesting articles) but also have a call with the guy i found his contact deltails are coming shortly, We focus on this alone for now and get you published, you can choose a story andwe can use lot sof contacts to do some leg work for you. Once you are there, we try and get you regular writer for a UK based mag too. You will find this as you know much more than i do