BISS: Story-Based inquiry

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This two-day-course by  Luuk Sengers gives you the foundation for starting, deepening, organizing and writing an investigative report or article. It covers the Story-Based Inquiry (SBI) method, which has been successfully used by thousands of journalists, academics and NGO researchers since its publication by UNESCO in 2009. The core insight of SBI is that investigating and writing can form one coherent process. The investigator begins with a hypothesis that is testable. From this follows an outline for the story and a map for locating sources. The final product is a database that records the quest and the material found. The theory of the method is also described in several textbooks, so we have time during the course to address the work and practice of the participants.

Participants will learn:

• how to conceive, assess and launch a viable investigation
• how to organize and extend the research step by step
• how to identify key sources and audiences
• how to structure the research and the story simultaneously

Your lecturer:  

Luuk Sengers