Top 168 Investigative Quotes & Sayings

Investigative journalism is never mass-based; it's very focused, and you want people who are passionate about it to take it.

Given the multiple crises we are living through, investigative journalism is all the more important.

I am a fan of crime investigative series.

I believe investigative agencies should be run in an autonomous manner, and there shouldn't be any interference from the government's side.

Enacting the role of an investigative officer was like living my childhood dream!

As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.

A hard-hitting investigative report that uncovers a nugget of genuine truth is the ultimate viral hit.

Seymour Hersh is one of the giants of investigative journalism.

You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away.

Investigative pieces tend to be great stories because they haven't been told before. The process can be frustrating and stressful, but the result is often deeply rewarding.

Whether I'll get the chance to write fiction, I don't know. I could do political conspiracy thrillers, couldn't I? With an investigative journalist as the heroine.

I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.

In the United States, it's the mandate of the FBI to gather information relating to terrorism, go out and collect it, to do the interviews, to do the investigative work.

Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.

Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter.

The modern economics of the newsroom don't support big investigative reporting staffs.

Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.

No one is safe from Mattera’s hard-hitting, meticulously reported, and genuinely funny investigative journalism. CRAPITALISM blows the lid off crony capitalism.

FISA is one of the most important investigative tools we've got in preventing our adversaries from harming our country.

I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

There is space for a different kind of investigative reporting that's about immersion and obsessive attention to detail and deep listening.

If I wasn't a writer/director, I would be an investigative journalist. There's something about being an undercover journalist. I mean, that's freakin' cool!

In this very uncertain time for the media, serious investigative reporting - the expensive, time-consuming stuff - is under enormous pressure at newspapers and other commercial news organizations. Non-profits such as the Center for Public Integrity are taking on this vital work and without them the prospects for investigative reporting would be even more dire. The Center has been properly celebrated for its careful, rigorous work, and to my mind it has now ascended to the status of national treasure.

Investigative reporting is the bone structure without which the journalistic body collapses. The Center for Public Integrity's constant and consistently enterprising investigative work is an invaluable contribution not only to journalism, but to society and to a healthy democracy

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund's goal is to produce a broad range of investigative journalism created by both staff reporters and freelance writers, with a focus on working with the many experienced reporters and writers impacted by the economic contraction. The pieces will range from long-form investigations to short breaking news stories and will be presented in a variety of media - including text, audio, and video.

Quite frankly, I'm a member of the investigative committee, one of the senior members of the panel. I don't take our investigative facts and information from a magazine or some article.

I'm quite investigative. Believe it or not, my mum and dad were in the police, and I sort of like to read into things and stuff.

We were doing sports. It was entertainment. It wasn't like it was investigative reporting.

My investigative journalism is great; I know I get results.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long been regarded as our nation's premier federal investigative agency.

'Article 15' is an investigative drama where the audience too is an accused party.

As an investigative reporter, I'm trying to uncover things and expose them to create a dialogue.

The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies.

The media do not set their own investigative agendas independently, but operate as part ... of the political establishment.

I worked for a private investigative agency briefly. I rarely had the opportunity to snoop.

I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.

As an investigative filmmaker, I helped expose atrocities committed by ISIS against women and girls. They are evil, and we have to stop them.

What you realize hanging out with investigative reporters is that, while they may be personally liberal, they don't let that get in the way of a good story.

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.

At the core of investigative journalism is exactly the same thing that drives a page-turning thriller: telling a great story.

Our Constitution in many situations rightly demands a warrant or order before we take investigative steps. And the FISC provides that vital, independent oversight.

Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.

We were the first people who did investigative stuff, who asked occasionally abrasive, occasionally confrontational questions.

I want to help accelerate the evolution of the press because right now, newsrooms are cutting investigative journalists, and we need investigative journalists.

As the newspaper industry continues to contract, one of the most commonly voiced fears is that serious investigative journalism will be among the victims of the scaleback. And, indeed, many newspapers are drastically reducing their investigative teams.

Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And the last refuge for it is documentary filmmaking.

I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit them.

There will be occasions when someone has suffered a crime where it is either obvious that they are not looking for an investigation or that there are no investigative opportunities and you just have to be up front about that.

Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.

Al journalism should be investigative, from football to cookery

The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less.

The triumph of economic globalization has inspired a wave of techno-savvy investigative activists who are as globally minded as the corporations they track.

One of the great things about journalism, at its best I mean, is its forensic, investigative truth seeking instincts.

What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise.

I studied journalism and was idealistic as a student. In course of time, I learnt that there's a lot of politics, and it's not easy to put forth your point of view as an investigative journalist.

Anyone who does investigative journalism is not in it for the money. Investigative journalism by nature is the most work intensive kind of journalism you can take on. That's why you see less and less investigative journalism at newspapers and magazines. No matter what you're paid for it, you put in so many man-hours it's one of the least lucrative aspects of journalism you can take on.

There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

Downworld?" Tessa echoed, puzzled. "Is that a place in London?" "Never mind that," said Will. "I'm boasting of my investigative skills, and I would prefer to do it without interruption.

I learned a lot, investigative methodology - wise, from litigators - watching their process.

I'm a reasonably accomplished journalist. I've worked as an investigative journalist, I've done crime beat stuff.