AS ESPECIFICIDADES DO JORNALISMO INVESTIGATIVO: UM ESTUDO SOBRE O PROCESSO DE PRODUÇÃO JORNALÍSTICA INVESTIGATIVA

Abstract

This research proposes to discuss the process of production of investigative journalism, with the objective of verifying specificities in the productive process of the investigative report, which they cross since the survey of the staff, the procedures of calculation and the construction of the final material. The study assumes that there are differences between the production of daily journalism and investigative journalism, differences that define the practice of each one. With this, the research intends to characterize if the specificities of the investigative journalism constitute as a method of the process of production of investigative reporting, to systematize the investigative investigative reporting procedures and to contribute to the research on investigative journalism in Brazil. For that point, this work carried out a bibliographical survey on the investigative journalism object, interviews with professionals who work in this area and analysis of investigative reports. The theoretical framework is based on the theory of social construction, newsmaking and concepts about investigative journalism. The study concluded that, despite the similarity of investigative journalism procedures, investigative journalism presents the main specificity of how professionals appropriate these procedures. From this perspective, the research falls under Line 1 - Journalistic Production Processes of the Postgraduate Program in Journalism of the Ponta Grossa State University, which includes research projects on aspects and situations of journalistic production processes