How Publishing Investigations as Books Can Add Depth, Increase Visibility, and Fight Censorship

Investigations as Books can add depth, increase visibility, and fight censorship.

Books give journalists more space to reflect on the topics they investigate.

Books offer journalists much broader spaces to explore important topics in greater depth than the day-to- day pace of newspapers, magazines, or digital newsrooms allow.

Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández ’s investigative journalism books have been the subject of lawsuits.

Publishing investigative journalism under a major label has the advantage that authors are supported by legal teams in the event of lawsuits or censorship attempts.

Publishing books under major labels like Calderón and Romandía have the advantage of being supported by a legal team.

Alejandra Ibarra , author of the investigative journalism books “Causa de muerte: Cuestionar al poder” (Cause of Death: Questioning Power) and “ El Chapo Guzmán : el juicio del siglo’s: The Trial of the Century ” Authors agree that books are less vulnerable to censorship attempts because they generally have more visibility than reports in traditional media.