Many of the hardest-hitting investigations, even in recent times, have appeared in books.
Here we will announce new books in investigative journalism (and related fields), as well as recommending pioneering and ground-breaking work which may not be available to view online.
Fuel on the Fire – Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq, by Greg Muttitt, (Random House)
Oil lies at the heart of Iraqi politics. Yet in the eight years since the bombs began to fall on Baghdad it has been a taboo subject. In Greg Muttitt’s gripping and far-reaching investigation we are taken behind the scenes of the occupation to answer one of the war’s most pressing questions: what is happening to Iraq’s oil?
Price: £9.89 (paper)
Silent State: Secrets, Surveillance and the Myth of British Democracy, by Heather Brooke (Arrow)
Revealing that the recent MPs’ expenses scandal is merely the tip of the iceberg, Heather Brooke exposes the shocking and often farcical lack of transparency at all levels of government.
At a time when the State knows more than ever about us, Brooke argues that without proper access to the information that citizens pay for, Britain can never be a true democracy.
Price: £6.50 (paper)
Londongrad – From Russia with Cash: The Inside Story of the Oligarchs, by Mark Hollingsworth and Stewart Lansley (Fourth Estate)
The inside story of the London-based oligarchs, how they built vast personal fortunes from Russia’s historic wealth and spent them in Britain. A real life case study of the rise of the world’s super-rich, Britain’s remarkable compliance in the transfer of wealth from Russia and the consequences it has wrought.
Media Law and Human Rights, by Andrew Nicol QC, Gavin Millar QC, and Andrew Sharland (Oxford UP)
The incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights in UK Law, has made the principle of free speech a positive right. But what is the law of freedom of expression and privacy and how does it affect the media? This new edition of Media Law and Human Rights provides practical coverage of the impact of human rights principles in media law. Recommended reading for journalism students.
Price: £49.95 (paper).
Follow the Money, by Paul Radu, (Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism)
Paul Radu’s new handbook for investigative reporters tracking corruption across borders is now available online from the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism.
The handbook, which is published by the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism and the International Center for Journalists, provides an array of new tools for investigative journalists that will help them give the public a better understanding of regional and global criminal networks.
The Dream That Died, by Ray Fitzwalter:
A unique insider account of the rise and fall of ITV, as seen through the fate of Granada Television, and the ripple effect on the standard of broadcasting we see on our screens today. The Dream That Died unfolds the story of 25 years in which ‘The best broadcasting system in the world’ was turned into ‘Ignorance and self-interest, the idiocy and feeble mindedness that is 21st century ITV’.
To order email ray@fitzwalter.co.uk
(hardback £19.99 plus postage; softback £14.99 plus postage)
Flat Earth News, by Nick Davies (Chatto & Windus)
An award-winning reporter exposes falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media. Davies names and exposes the national news stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a new machinery of international propaganda.
408pp, £17.99
FOUL! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote-Rigging and Ticket Scandals, by Andrew Jennings (HarperSport)
FOUL! is the result of seven year’s research into the dark depths of the men controlling the world’s favourite game. It reveals the vote-rigging that put Sepp Blatter in power and the cronyism and ticket rackets that keep him there. And in the background … the relentless flow of kickbacks to selected officials in return for billion-dollar contracts.
448pp, £5.99
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