THE FUTURE OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN PALESTINIAN MEDIA IN LIGHT OF OBSTACLES AND REALITY
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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.5521Keywords:
Investigative Journalism, Palestinian Media, Legal Restrictions, Media Organizations, Journalistic PracticesAbstract
This study aims at identifying the ways of developing investigative journalism in the Palestinian media in light of its reality and constraints. The study is a descriptive one having the survey method which relies on practice techniques. The study uses in-depth observation and interview as tools. The results reveal a scarcity in using investigative journalism in the Palestinian media due to several constraints associated with the legal status، the environmental conditions of the Palestinian society، and the media institutions' policies towards the investigative journalism; other constraints are related to the nature of the Palestinian journalist. The researcher suggests that there should be legal conditions that support the investigative journalism، and media institutions should also adopt such crucial journalistic art. Furthermore، cultural awareness should be disseminated in the Palestinian community to help accept such journalistic investigative notion. In addition، it is necessary to upgrade the competences of journalists who are practicing the investigative journalism in the Palestinian media.
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Ibid.
Ibid.
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