Técnicas de apuração e checagem no jornalismo investigativo e sua relação com a credibilidade e a qualidade da informação jornalística.

Abstract

This monograph proposes the analysis of the investigative techniques of investigative journalism, based on the research represented in the film Spotlight: revealed secrets and the discussion of its relationship with the quality and credibility of journalistic work. For that, theoretical concepts such as investigative journalistic practices, sources of information, professional ethics, the social function of the journalist and the scenario in which it is developed this activity, from authors as Leandro Fortes (2005), Dirceu Fernandes Lopes and José Luiz Proença (2003), Luiz Costa Pereira Junior (2006), Eugênio Bucci (2000) and Nelson Traquina (2007). In this qualitative research, the bibliographic research, content analysis combined with the exploratory research, a focus group composed of eight journalists from small and medium-sized newsrooms from Vera Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul and Venâncio Aires, and a semi-open interview with Ricardo Luís Düren, José Renato Ribeiro and Álvaro Pegoraro, professionals with experience in investigative practices and in the police editor. In this way, the theoretical approach and the empirical object of this study – the investigative journalism practice – were approached with the current professional scenario. It was found that journalists, both participants in the focus group and reporters interviewed, consider investigative work important and attribute to this activity the concepts of information quality and the credibility of the professional and the vehicle, as fundamental. However, it was verified that the reality experienced in newsrooms does not allow the application of this specialty of journalism and, therefore, it is no longer exercised in the scenario of small and medium-sized journalistic enterprises. Consequently, it is lost in differential and in depth of the guidelines and information released to the public.