Investigative Journalist in China

                                          Investigative Journalist -- an "Extinct" career

According to multiple sources, the number of active front-line Investigative Reporters

in China is under 20 and it continues to go down. The total amount of Investigative Journalist is under 100 for years. Investigative Journalist, an industry that was once hard and proud, withered quickly.

2000 kg of Investigation documents by Wang Keqin after his“dismissal” in 2013

Newspaper profit         total amount  

In 1894, the GDP of the United States surpassed Britain and became the world's first. What followed was not a democracy, civilization, and health, but corruption, exploitation, and pollution. The gap between rich and poor is widening, people at the bottom are anxious, the social mentality is impetuous, environmental pollution is serious, and food hygiene is bad

Faced with all kinds of chaos in society, American investigative reporters launched "muckraker", also known as a shady campaign. "Muckraker" had a far-reaching impact and positive social effects, and investigative reporting has become a tradition in American journalism.  

 

According to one of the Journalists report that 84% of them indicate that they have collaboration with other Journalists/reporters.

3 arrested Investigative Reporters in China during the COVID-19 pandemic:

 Zehua Li, Qiushi Chen, Bin Fang (from left to right)

Investigative journalists in China are still insisting on their careers. They live in China and report what they see in every activity/event. Many of them were not initial journalists but they decided to join the industry to 

Expose social issues and maintain fairness and justice

(Ranked 1st for The most attractive factor for investigative journalists)