Of media we settled on west africa and a documentary exposing Sexual Harassment on University Campuses hong kong 1st person videos capturing Police Brutality on the front lines of the protests there brazil a tale of corruption at the heart of the both are not a government as well as the United StatesInvestigative Journalism on the sex trafficking of children that has had International Ramifications journalists take a lot of heat some of them deserve it will be back on their case next week but for now for examples of the 4th estate making news for the right reasons. Its been viewed by more than 2 and a half 1000000 people and been trending its way to the top of twitter feeds in both nigeria and ghana africa or i has been watching. Sex for grades is a film produced by africa the investigative arm of b. B. C. Africa it follows a radio presenter and investigative journalist kiki mordy as she exposes Sexual Harassment in West African University. Morty says that she herself was a victim of that harassment. She and a team of undercover reporters posing as students inside the universities of lagos and ghana clandestinely captured teachers abusing their authority and demanding sex from female students in exchange for better grades. The film has its critics who say the undercover methods used were on journalist we put that to the b. B. C. Which argued that if there is no other way to expose the story secret recording must be done as for the films impact all 4 lecturers incriminated have been suspended despite their denials of misconduct a Sexual Harassment bill has been reintroduced by the Nigerian Senate and a whole lot of West African University students feel safer on campus you might find some of the following scenes disturbing but Good Journalism sometimes has that effect deal with it. I came across the story when i met a member of the africa i scene who had to explain to me that they received a number of messages from people asking that these of Sexual Harassment and universities be investigated im not sure at what point we came to the decision that i. Tell my personal story its something that everyone already knew that i was invested in emotionally and professionally. Electra began to target me. For 2 semesters he withheld my exam results and pretended i never sucked the papers. When i asked him to explain why he repeated and demanded to have sex with me. And i was. Also into about. Him as a result. My result but. I never go to degree im ever graduated. The harassment forced me to drop out of university. We had a small team of journalists in one juror in ghana and in the u. K. And we were all working simultaneously together we had a lot of obstacles we had to overhaul. But some of the hardest would include from having to depend or rely on a person whose care for testimonies because we had a number of times where people just want to we are their parents are asked not to contact them again. Several current and former students claimed they had been abused or harassed by the top one offense. 2 of them agreed to speak to us on camera on the condition of your faces and their voices. He always seemed really friendly he comes to your toes he passed 2 so you dont even see the danger all right you hear testimonies from that 2 different women say exactly the same thing and these women dont know each other and whats worse we go into that room and that exact script is played out all over it in front of you it was equal parts scary shocking in and it just tiring and just tiring like how has this crippling playing out for this long and no one has done anything about it i knew deep down that this was a part of i think it was more shocking to experience a pattern being played out. Oh it was. You know people like to make excuses for abusers and people like that because excuses for harassers what right there visualizing it seem it and putting your own daughter in that room i think you would have a rethink about the excuses you are going to make for abusers or lecturers who harass their students so it was really important that we put that part in the film since the release of sex will greets all 4 lecturers that were featured in the film have been definitely suspended and theyre being called from various factions asking for. An investigation into these schools about 15 universities somehow found themselves been embroiled in the sex for grades movements and it resulted in about 25. 00 dismissals or suspensions that just tells us that perhaps maybe we are ready to do something about this culture of sex for green. There was a turn he told me. When hes done with me. Hes going to give me to one other lecturer in my department to do what he likes with me. And then when shes done she transfer me to someone else. And there is nothing i can do about it because hes graduates. People are finding healing in their own way myself i personally am finding healing in my own way people are reaching out and people are Just Community and there is a sense of community a lot of people have feared for my safety because i did i mean about for a lecture i was in this documentary and i still live here in lagos and i still work here in needles and i jury and. This is my country im not running anywhere i was like thank you. He invited me to his office 3 times for tutorials. He was consistently inappropriate with me at one point he leaned in really close to me. I could see from his eye like he was you know again were here leering at my breasts this was not a film to coddle the emotions of the feelings of anyone this was. University life through the lens of a young nigerian you know on the graduates and if we cant stomach 5 minutes of the discomfort that she feels in real life almost every day do we then understand how bad the problem is. What began 9 months ago as a spontaneous demonstration against a proposed extradition bill between hong kong and Mainland China has evolved into the largest protest movement hong kong has ever seen. Covering it can be dangerous for media workers have come under attack repeated by both Uniformed Police and plainclothes security personnel some reporters have been caught in the crossfire but theyve also been targeted despite wearing some of the tools of the trade those helmets and vests with press spelled out on them in all caps. With hong kongs once independent print sector now in retreat the job of chronicling this story has fallen on a new generation of digital journalists reporters like y. P. Lam from stand new. 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Brazil now and a journalistic investigation of a legal investigation both have had a major impact on politics they love a shot or operation carwash was the biggest Anti Corruption investigation in brazils history it started 5 years ago and landed hundreds of politicians and business figures in jail resulted in the fall of one president and the imprisonment of a former president Lula Da Silva the judge who led that investigation sergio morrow was later appointed minister of justice by president bush. This past june the online news outlet the intercept brazil published a series of expose is largely based on leaked phone Text Messages they called it was a shock to a play on love a shot to get exposed to corruption at the core of the Anti Corruption investigation and implicated sergio morrow the judge turned Justice Minister himself. 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Our last example of impact journalism is a deep investigative dive into the Jeffrey Epstein story the American Finance seer who sexually trafficked and abused underage girls it was published by the miami herald as a 3 part interactive web series produced by a team led by julie caper out. With the support of them in denmark has gone silas among others brown uncovered the real story behind a legal case brought against epstein in 2007 how a millionaire with friends in high places like wall street and Buckingham Palace got a sweetheart deal from the florida courts pleading guilty to serious sexual crimes against children and getting just 13 months in prison by speaking with key players in the original investigation and digging through years of court and f. B. I. Documents the herald exposed how the american Justice System failed epsteins young victims allowed him back onto the streets and put so many other girls at risk the herald called it serious perversion of justice. 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The piecing together of how this deal had come together all of it i think had an impact that was far beyond our expectation and i will say that we were assisted from some excellent Investigative Journalism when the indictment was announced in new york they credited. Some investigative reporting for help. But the case of that was really very. You know that was very rewarding for for us abstain investigation is a perfect example of a story that was really a south florida story that became national and has had repercussions not just here in the United States but abroad but you staying the house has convicted sex offender. It was a convenient place to stay if theres one thing that the jeffrey absi investigation i think embodies it is the power and importance of local and Regional News organizations and so in this time of you know truth. And fake news i think that the emphasis is regional on the ground local reporting is making a difference in every community not just ours but across america and readers we need you to support it because that is really a hallmark of our democracy its no accident that we ended that piece on a call to action a cry for help for Financial Products fake news is cheap to produce you just make it up but investigative reporting particularly at the regional level is time consuming resource demanding and expensive the organizations producing it whether they work in west Africa Hong Kong brazil or the u. S. Are needed now more than ever youve been watching a special edition of our program on journalism that has made an impact well see you next time here at the listening. In africa is technological at the center been awful a lesson group over to live side by side. 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