What are Charactersitics of reportage?

Answer 1

Divulging something out to the public does not make it an investigative report. Here are the common characteristics of the widely appreciated as investigative report:

1. Adversarial in nature. The report must make a stand not to conform to what is obvious or what is shared by institutions to the public. The approach in probing or challenging the suspected anomaly must be done in a professional and credible way.
2. Moralistic in tone. The report should present a MORAL stand solution to replace the anomaly being investigated.
3. In the public sector, the report is mostly on misuse of funds, mismanagement or abuse of power.
4. Checking and rechecking of sources and documents - a MUST to get the credibility of the report.
5. Involves investment of time, money and human resources.
6. Takes courage, persistence, conviction and enterprise on the part of the reporter and the paper.

Answer 2

Reportage simply put is a style or type of reporting. It's also been called gossip or rumors but is a style still used.