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Dr Mark Lee Hunter

Dr Mark Lee Hunter is a founding member of The Global Investigative Journalism Network, the principal author of Story-Based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists (UNESCO 2009) and the recipient of many awards for his reporting. He is the founding academic director of the Future Media Management Programme at Stockholm School of Economics Riga. He has lectured in 40 countries on five continents and pioneered collaborative investigations with NGOs, notably Greenpeace.  His most recent book with Luuk Sengers, Modern Investigative Journalism: A Comprehensive Curriculum, was published by Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism in 2019.

With Luk N. Van Wassenhove and Maria Besiou, he wrote Power is Everywhere: How stakeholder-driven media build the future of watchdog news (Stakeholder Media Project, 2017).
Free book downloads: https://www.storybasedinquiry.com/publications

Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method 1-4

The course sets out the Story-Based Inquiry (SBI) method, which has been successfully used by thousands of journalists, academics and NGO researchers since its publication by UNESCO in 2009. The method can be used for feature writing or documentary filmmaking as well as reportage.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method

The course sets out the Story-Based Inquiry (SBI) method, which has been successfully used by thousands of journalists, academics and NGO researchers since its publication by UNESCO in 2009. The method can be used for feature writing or documentary filmmaking as well as reportage.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online, Intensive

This four-part online course, which takes place over two days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

#CIJSummer: Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report. This course is part of the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2021. 
Summer Conference Event
 — Course Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over two days gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report. This course is part of the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2021. 
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online – Intensive

This four-part online course, which takes place over four consecutive days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online, Intensive

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Scheduled Training

Story-Based Inquiry Method

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report. This course is now SOLD OUT.  –> Register your interest here and we’ll inform you as soon as places become available.
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method

Story-Based Inquiry 1: Hypothesise Your Story Investigation has a dirty name with editors, who think it’s about slowly rummaging through piles of garbage till you find (or don’t find) a jewel. Too often, they’re right.