Fixing the journalist-fixer relationship

“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship: A Critical Look Towards Developing Best Practices In Global Reporting is a study of the relationship between foreign correspondents and fixers, the local journalists who are hired to help journalists achieve their reporting goals around the world. The GRC created an anonymous survey of questions that were answered by 450 people working in global journalism, and 35 of the respondents volunteered to participate in follow-up interviews.

The findings were presented at the 10th Global Investigative Journalism Network conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, and are published in a joint article by Nieman Reports and Global Investigative Journalism Network.