The document discusses different types of primary and secondary sources for investigative journalism, including published sources like newspapers, reports, and directories, as well as unpublished public records and some non-public documents. It also outlines challenges to accessing information from public records and tips for overcoming obstacles to obtain important documents. Primary and secondary sources are important research materials for understanding subjects, laws, structures, and gaining insights for investigative stories.
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1. The News Sources & Their
Protection
The Source-Reporter relationship
The Sotto Law
Anonymous Source vs. Confidential
Source
Children and Women Protection Laws
Public and Private Documents
3. The Paper Trail
One of the investigative trail in IJ
Documentary research
Involves the use of public & private
records
Classified as Primary and Secondary
sources
Types of Documents: Public Records
and Non-Public Records
14. Classification of Documents
1- Helps you know:
Sources the subject
What is secondary the law/procedures
sources for? the structures and
Primary Source : unpublishedprocesses
documents
2- So you know how
Secondary Source : previouslyto proceed
published books, reports, articles, etc.
Newspapers & other periodicals
Corporate Reports
Directories & Yearbooks
Biographies & Family Genealogies
Specialized Publications: Industry studies,
donor reports, etc.
15. Types of Primary
Documents
Company
PUBLIC Documents: websites,
publications
Corporate Records
Property Records SE
SALN C
Court Records
Audit Reports
Budgets
Contracts
Election & Campaign Records
16. Types of Primary
Documents
Assessors
PUBLIC Documents: Office
Corporate Records
Property Records Registry
SALN of Deeds
Court Records
Audit Reports
Budgets
Contracts
Election & Campaign Records
17. Types of Primary
Documents
Office of the
Ombudsman
PUBLIC Documents:
Corporate Records
Property Records
SALN
Court Records
Clerk of
Audit Reports Court of the
Budgets Supreme
Court
Contracts
Election & Campaign Records
18. Types of Primary
Documents
Clerk of
PUBLIC Documents: Court or the
Criminal
Corporate Records Record
Property Records Section
SALN
Court Records
Audit Reports Prosecutors
Office
Budgets
(Receiving/Filin
Contracts g Clerk)
Election & Campaign Records
19. Types of Primary
Documents
PUBLIC Documents:
Corporate Records
Property Records
SALN
COA
Court Records
Audit Reports
Budgets LGU
Contracts
Election & Campaign Records
20. Types of Primary
Documents
PUBLIC Documents:
Corporate Records
Property Records
SALN
Court Records
Audit Reports DBM
Budgets
Contracts
LGU
Election & Campaign Records
21. Types of Primary
Documents
PUBLIC Documents:
Corporate Records
Property Records
SALN
Contractors
Court Records Agency
LGU
Audit Reports Legislative
Budgets Council
Contracts
Election & Campaign Records
22. Types of Primary
Documents
PUBLIC Documents:
Corporate Records
Property Records
SALN
Court Records
Audit Reports COMELEC
Budgets
Contracts
Election & Campaign Records
23. Types of Primary
Documents source: pcij
Non-PUBLIC Documents:
Investigative files
Pending Administrative Cases @ the Ombudsman
Juvenile Court Records
On-going police investigations
Intelligence reports
Classified/Top Secret files
Bank records
Income tax returns
Credit investigations
Medical/psychiatric files
Other Personal Records
Birth Certificate
201 File
Pay Slips
24. When youre denied a public
record source: pcij
Assert your right to information. (When
laws guarantee access)
Follow-up. Follow-up. Follow-up.
Write a demand letter to the agency and
quote the law.
If there are disciplining agencies, let the
instance known to them.
Another person or office could have a copy.
Remember that these documents often
have more than one copy.
25. Obstacles to access to
information remain source: pcij
Culture of secrecy
Political intervention
Lack of public information about
the right to information
procedures to access information
Unclear/undefined laws and procedures
Inadequate/undeveloped information
infrastructure
26. Documents are precious, but
source: pcij
Be cautious: Avoid being rash and
jumping to conclusions
Documents can contain information
that may already be pass辿
Even if published, information must
be verified
Remember that documents, like
people, can lie