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In-depth reporting, source verification, document analysis, FOI requests, investigative techniques for political accountability
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Apache-2.0
🔍 Investigative Journalism Skill
🔴 AI FIRST Quality Principle
Apply the AI FIRST principle: never accept first-pass quality. Minimum 2 iterations. Read all output, improve every section. No shortcuts.
Purpose
Provides expertise in investigative journalism techniques for deep political accountability reporting. Covers source verification, document analysis, freedom of information (FOI) requests, data journalism, and ethical investigative practices for systematic transparency in Swedish governance.
Core Principles
Truth-Seeking - Uncover facts that powerful actors prefer to hide
Rigorous Verification - Multiple independent sources for major claims
Public Interest - Investigations serve democratic accountability
Investigating conflicts of interest among MPs/ministers
Tracking voting pattern anomalies and party discipline breaches
Examining government contract awards and procurement
Analyzing lobbying activities and influence operations
Financial Investigations
Budget analysis for waste, fraud, or misallocation
Political party financing and donation sources
MP expenses and allowances audit
Agency spending and procurement irregularities
Regulatory Oversight
Agency enforcement patterns and selective prosecution
Regulatory capture by industry interests
Compliance failures and cover-ups
Interagency coordination problems
Systemic Issues
Patterns of discrimination or bias in government
Institutional failures and accountability gaps
Long-term policy implementation problems
Democratic deficit identification
Examples
FOI Investigation
**Investigation: Ministry of Finance Real Estate Contracts****FOI Request Strategy**:
1. Initial request: "All contracts over 1 million SEK with real
estate companies, 2024-2025"
2. Response: 47 contracts totaling 890 million SEK
3. Follow-up: "All email correspondence regarding contracts
[specific IDs] with [specific companies]"
4. Response: Partial denial citing "ongoing negotiations"
5. Appeal: To Ombudsman, citing public interest override
**Document Analysis**:
- Contract [X]: No competitive bidding, sole-source award
- Company [Y]: Owned by former Ministry official (3 years ago)
- Contract value: 40% above market rates (per audit office data)
- Timeline: Award 2 weeks after official left government
**Verification**:
- Land registry: Confirmed company ownership
- Audit Office: Provided comparative pricing data
- Former Ministry colleagues: Confirmed relationship (anonymous)
- Company representative: No comment
- Ministry spokesperson: "All contracts followed proper procedures"
**Publication Decision**:
- Public interest: Clear (taxpayer money, potential conflict)
- Evidence: Strong (documents, comparative data, timeline)
- Right to reply: Exercised (Ministry, company, individual)
- Legal risk: Low (factual reporting, documented)
- Privacy: Former official is public figure, minimal privacy expectation
*Result: Published investigation with full document citations*
Voting Pattern Investigation
**Investigation: Voting Discipline Breach Pattern****Data Analysis**:
- Analyzed 2,487 Riksdag votes (2023-2025)
- Identified 12 MPs with >15% deviation from party line
- Focused on 3 MPs with systematic pattern in specific policy area
**Interview Process**:
- Background research on MPs' constituencies and donor relationships
- Initial contact: Open-ended questions about voting rationale
- Follow-up: Specific questions about industry connections
- Confidential sources: Two party insiders confirmed pressure
**Document Trail**:
- Committee minutes: Revealed close relationships with industry reps
- Meeting schedules: Frequent meetings with affected companies
- Campaign finance: Donations from industry PACs (legal but relevant)
**Analysis**:
- Pattern: All 3 MPs voted against party on regulations affecting donors
- Timeline: Votes correlated with campaign donation dates (+/- 30 days)
- Context: No principled explanation given, pattern suspicious
**Publication Considerations**:
- Public interest: High (accountability, potential undue influence)
- Evidence: Circumstantial but strong pattern
- Alternative explanations: MPs claim "constituency concerns"
- Balance: Present evidence, note alternative explanations
- Conclusion: Let readers judge, provide context
*Result: Published analysis with call for stronger disclosure rules*
Ethical Guidelines
Source Protection
Confidentiality - Never reveal source without explicit permission
Use this skill when: Conducting in-depth accountability investigations, filing FOI requests, analyzing documents and data for corruption patterns, verifying sources for major revelations, or navigating ethical boundaries in investigative reporting.
🔗 Integration with agentic workflows & analysis artifacts
This skill is consumed by the 11 agentic news workflows in .github/workflows/news-*.md. The authoritative contract lives in .github/prompts/README.md; this skill supplies domain expertise on top of that contract.
Required before any article: 9 core artifacts (14 for Tier-C) in analysis/daily/$ARTICLE_DATE/$SUBFOLDER/; 05-analysis-gate.md is the single blocking gate.
