
<p>Moreover, the manual presents the forms and patterns of corruption in  the most vulnerable areas, the techniques of investigative reporting,  as well as ways of finding sources and interviewing.  It contains analysis of corruption in the public procurement area, state  companies and institutions, the public administration, illegal  construction and town planning, education, and health. It also addresses  the process and problems entailed in journalistic investigation, advice  for finding and interviewing sources, as well as naming and citing  sources during reporting on corruption.<br /><br />By applying investigative  journalism in detecting corruption, the media will inform the public  about the corruption in a comprehensive and objective way, thus  increasing the pressure on the authorized institutions in terms of  implementing measures for preventing and sanctioning the agents of  corruption.<br /><br />The Center for Civil Communications has been working  actively for three years now on narrowing the room for corruption in  Macedonia. The manual was a product of the project for improving  journalists’ abilities for investigating and reporting on corruption in  collaboration with the US Agency for International Development.</p>