Developing Great Investigative Ideas
Every impactful investigation begins with a nascent story idea. This course will teach you how to help your reporters hone ideas in order to build powerful investigative projects.
$300
Total: Course cost
07/06/2026
Next start date
10 Days to complete
modules
Online - scheduled
Learning modality
Earn a credential
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$300
Total: Course cost
07/06/2026
Next start date
10 Days to complete
modules
Online - scheduled
Learning modality
Earn a credential
View credential
$300
Total: Course cost
07/06/2026
Next start date
10 Days to complete
modules
Online - scheduled
Learning modality
Earn a credential
View credential
$300
Total: Course cost
10 Days to complete
Duration
Online - scheduled
Overview
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism's investigative editing curriculum fills a hole in professional ranks, caused by decades of newsroom downsizing. Our 12-part curriculum on how to be an investigative editor takes you from ideation to story pitches to guiding data and multimedia investigations, to managing the unique opportunities and challenges of new technology. It represents decades of collected wisdom from the professionals who teach the next generation at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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