This 29-page toolkit, published by Pact Tanzania, is designed for journalists to improve their capacity for investigative journalism (IJ). The toolkit was developed during an investigative journalism training conducted by Pact Tanzania and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Tanzania. The authors hope that this toolkit will help in improving the skills of journalists and further motivate them, the media houses, and training institutions to carry out even more public and investigative journalism.

The manual aims to empower journalists to take a “front seat position” in enforcing accountability and good governance through investigative journalism. It is also designed to meet the requirements of all stakeholders in search of accountability and transparency at national and local level. Each chapter covers a different area of investigative journalism.

• Chapter 1 defines IJ, how it works, and its advantages. It also looks at how to identify stakeholders, ethical conduct of an investigative journalist, and the concept and methodology of Public Expenditure Tracking Systems (PETS).
• Chapter 2 deals with corruption, its definition, major types of corruption, causes and effects and how to respond to corruption.
• Chapter 3 is about IJ in good governance (GG). It defines governance – the state and its three pillars, separation of powers, definition of politics and entry points for IJ.
• Chapter 4 covers the role of IJ in anti-corruption and GG, and how to identify entry points and possible stakeholders.

In each of the 4 chapters, there are a number of training modules relating to the topic. Objectives for the session, a list of training methodologies and facilitator notes are also included. The modules are designed as frameworks so that the sessions are participatory and interactive and require a facilitator who is able to draw out the experiences, opinions, and knowledge of the participants.

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Pact Tanzania website on February 12 2009.