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Investigative Journalist

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Investigative journalists in India pursue long-form, source-driven stories that expose corruption, corporate fraud, human-rights violations, and institutional failure — the kind of work The Caravan, The Wire, Indian Express, and The Print publish under named bylines after 6-18 months of reporting. The job is adversarial by design: cultivating sources under surveillance risk, filing RTI applications under the RTI Act 2005, analyzing leaked government documents and OCCRP/ICIJ data dumps, and clearing every story through a lawyer before publication. Entry is through desks at digital outlets or sub-editing at legacy print; named investigative correspondents emerge after 5-7 years of documented sourcing depth. At the senior end — Rana Ayyub, Josy Joseph, the Siddharth Varadarajan tier — book deals, Substack, international speaking, and journalism fellowships (Nieman, Reuters Institute) compound income well beyond salary.

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Career Interests
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Tells us if the day-to-day activities of this role energize you.
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Personality Profile
8 min
Reveals whether the working style this role demands fits how you naturally show up.

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Investigative Journalist

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