The Jeremiad Over Journalism

important examples of transmission, transnationalization and appropriation before, after and in
between the years noted here, but the similarities between these key events described above are
notable.
In the following pages the transnational inspiration from the United States will be described while
acknowledgning that a variant of investigative journalism existed in Denmark before the Woodward
and Bernstein, and also noting that Danish undercover journalism has been inspired by the German
journalist Günter Wallraff.
The process of Americanization in the case of investigative journalism is depicted in Table 4 below
and describes three key events.
1974 - TRANSMISSION:
Book on methodology by
American authors
1978 - TRANSNATIONALIZATION:
Guest lectures at Danish School of
Journalism by Americans
Table 4 The process of Americanization in Investigative Journalism
A model depicting some of the important intermediary and subsequent events in the appropriation
of investigative journalism would include the description of American journalists‘ establishment of
―Investigative reporters and editors Inc.,‖ as well as the Danish organization directly modeled on
the American example. Such a model is illustrated in Table 5.
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1983 - APPROPRIATION:
Book on methodology by
Danish authors