Caught in a trap: what journalists can learn from systems thinking

One of the most powerful ways to generate original journalism is to look at the systems behind stories — particularly the points where those systems fail.

Caught in a trap: what journalists can learn from systems thinking

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One of the most powerful ways to generate original journalism is to look at the systems behind stories — particularly the points where those systems fail.

So what tools do we have for recognising those patterns?

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One of the most powerful ways to generate original journalism is to look at the systems behind stories — particularly the points where those systems fail. For investigative work, those points are central. So what tools do we have for recognising those patterns?

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So what tools do we have for recognising those patterns?

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