Tips that are good to know-How to write investigative story

Show and tell - Don't be afraid of entering the "grey zone". Nothing is all simple, and do not show everything as black and white.
- Make notes of everything and do not throw the notes away. Keep coming back to them.
- Collect photographs, graphic images and anything that could be used for the visual aspect of the story from the beginning.
- Writing clearly and simply never means writing superficially and irresponsibly.
- If you cannot say everything in one story, write more than one. Every story must have a new, completely clear focus.
- You should not try to cramp everything you know into one story.
- Never write about something that you do not know in your story.
Write...Read...Write
- Many journalists spend a long time researching, and then quickly write their stories. This is wrong. Enough time and attention should be dedicated to writing. Read, add, change, and rewrite - until you are absolutely sure that you have done the best you can.
- Never forget your readers. Write logically, clearly and comprehensibly. Tell the story simply, as you would tell it to your mother, brother or friend.
- A good journalist always uses the work of his colleagues, but never passes off other's results as his own. Always note what you yourself have experienced, and what someone else's experience was.
- Research topics are not written short and simple. Write them long and clear.
- Start writing the story as soon as you start your research and constantly add more.
- Never forget what lead you to this story and what you wish to say with it.
Lars Moller, Danis freelance journalist and investigative reporting trainer