0 a type of journalist who tries to discover information of public interest that someone is trying to hide: --
As an investigative journalist with about 40 years' experience, I have read a couple of dozen books purporting to solve the JFK assassination.
In college, she studied to be an investigative journalist but then found herself spending too much time on routine stories for a neighborhood newspaper.
What he did not, or could not, explain was his apparent promise in the video to use his influence to steer investigative journalists away from an alleged arms dealing scheme.
Like his father, he's also become an investigative journalist who keeps a close eye on the government.