ENGLISH LLCER AMC School year 2024-2025
REPRESENTATIONS Investigative journalism
DEFINING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
ACTIVITY 1 Listen to the audios and answer the following questions
Audio 1
1. Write down the three names given to investigative journalism.
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2. Write down the three key adjectives defining investigative journalism. Then pick out
some more information given by David E. Kaplan.
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Audio 2
3. The second definition is summed up by “start a hypothesis”. Find out what makes this
technique similar to a scientific method.
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4. Pick out who investigative reporters are compared to.
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Audio 3
5. Pick out the key words that are repeated.
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6. Listen to the audio again. Match the keywords you listed in question 1 so as to make sense
and reflect what David Kaplan says. Then complete with a few details he gives explaining
what it means to be an investigative journalist.
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7. A quote is given at the end of the audio. Try to get: who? where? what about?
If you need help, look at Culture Tip n°2 p. 87.
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ACTIVITY 2 READ THE CARTOON AND DO THE ACTIVITIES THAT FOLLOW
Match the following words with their definitions.
1excite, please A contractor 1
2 mean, not nice B turn on 2
3 not easy C dastardly 3
4 bad action D tough 4
5 company or person working for another company E wild-goose chase 5
6 a foolish and hopeless search F misdeed 6
1. Pair up the following words with a synonym from page 2.
reveal = ………………….. • confidential = ………………….. • documents = …………………..
2. Find the opposites of the following words in page 2.
delete, suppress ≠ ………………….. • secret, cover up ≠ ………………….. • gain legal
access (to) ≠ …………………..
3. Complete the following grid.
place characters Wikileaks’ Wikileaks’ Agreement
previous current signed
investigation investigation
3. Compare your findings and the sequel you imagined in question 3.
4. Act out your scene in groups of 4: Julian Assange and his collaborator meet the two characters to
explain their goal.
ACTIVITY 3 : READING AND GAP FILLING
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is (1) ____ hiding. He told
reporters he was taking steps to protect himself from a “superpower”.
He made a statement to Britain’s Guardian newspaper from a secret
location on December the 3rd, saying: "The threats against our lives are
a (2) ____ of public record. However, we are taking the appropriate
precautions to the (3) ____ that we are able when (4) ____ with a
superpower." He proclaimed that anyone threatening his life should be
charged (5) ____ incitement to murder. Professor Tom Flanagan, a
former adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
suggested assassinating Mr Assange. Flanagan said Barack
Obama should “put out a contract” to (6) ____ the world of Mr
Assange.
Julian Assange is also wanted by Swedish authorities (7) ____ alleged
sex crimes. Earlier this year two female Swedish WikiLeaks volunteers
accused Assange of sexual misconduct. Swedish prosecutors opened, (8)
____, then re-opened the investigation into the allegations. They have
not (9) ____ charged him with any crime. Assange’s lawyer Bjorn Hurtig
said “someone is pushing Sweden to push Interpol to make this arrest
(10) ____ public". Ex-Pentagon official KT McFarland called for Assange
to face terror charges. She told Fox News: "He’s (11) ____ cyber-war
on the United States and the global world order. Mr Assange and his
fellow hackers are terrorists and should be prosecuted as (12) ____."
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1. (a) on (b) at (c) by (d) in
2. (a) mattered (b) matters (c) matter (d) matter-of-fact
3. (a) diploma (b) degree (c) award (d) certificate
4. (a) dealing (b) deals (c) dealt (d) dealer
5. (a) at (b) on (c) with (d) to
6. (a) lid (b) bid (c) hid (d) rid
7. (a) by (b) for (c) from (d) with
8. (a) dropped (b) fell (c) let go (d) threw down
9. (a) formality (b) formally (c) formal (d) formalize
10. (a) warren (b) warrior (c) warrant (d) warring
11. (a) waging (b) paging (c) caging (d) raging
12. (a) so (b) some (c) seem (d) such
