Preiskovalno.si bo medij posebnega pomena. Posebnega zato, ker bo prvenstveno namenjen novinarskemu preiskovanju vaših zgodb, obenem pa bo gledal pod prste vsaki vladi.
Osnovno poslanstvo medija je usmerjeno v izpričevanje zgodb ljudi brez zvez, brez političnega pedigreja in ljudi z roba. Pri nosilcih oblasti bomo terjali odgovore na vaša vprašanja in opozarjali na kritične razmere v družbi. Brez dlake na jeziku bomo pisali o tem, kdo se odziva in kdo ne. Kateri politiki so tisti, ki so resnično v službi ljudi in si prizadevajo za socialno pravičnost, in kateri so tisti, ki so neodzivni in brezbrižni do volivcev in medijskih izpraševalcev. Skrbno bomo objavljali napredek v zgodbah in jih skušali pripeljati do epiloga. Preprosto bo ugotoviti, kateri župani, ministri, nosilci javnih funkcij so odzivni, katere politične stranke imajo v ospredju agendo, ki je blizu ljudem.
Poleg vaših zgodb bo Preiskovalno.si tudi medij, ki se bo posvečal najbolj perečim temam tega stoletja. Zdravstvu in okolju. Morda manj klikane zgodbe, a pomembne za družbo, v kateri se najpogosteje umira za posledicami rakavih obolenj.
Preiskovalno.si bo zapik resnice. Zapik avtonomnega in transparentnega novinarstva, kjer bomo zavzeli aktivno, vendar apolitično držo do aktualnega družbenega dogajanja, brez izjem. Mediji smo namreč krona vsake družbe, ustvarjamo življenjske vzorce in postavljamo pravila družbenega ravnanja. Z mediji človek živi in umre. Dobesedno in v prenesenem pomenu, saj je moč peresa lahko celo bolj usodna od moči meča. Mediji imamo moč nosilca četrte veje oblasti ali sedme sile, izpostavljena nadzorna in kritična funkcija novinarske dejavnosti pa ohranja temelje zdrave družbe. Ustava Republike Slovenije nam v svojem 39. členu zagotavlja svobodo izražanja misli, govora in javnega nastopanja, tiska in drugih oblik javnega obveščanja in izražanja. »Vsakdo lahko svobodno zbira, sprejema in širi vesti in mnenja. Vsakdo ima pravico dobiti informacijo javnega značaja, za katero ima v zakonu utemeljen pravni interes, razen v primerih, ki jih določa zakon.« Novinarjeva profesionalna dolžnost je, da razkriva deviantna dejanja, anomalije nosilcev oblasti in predstavnikov ključnih institucij v družbi in z njimi seznanja javnost.
In to je moč in odgovornost Preiskovalno.si. Novinarjev moralni kompas je namreč zlato nihalo, ki nas ohranja v polju pravičnosti in prava, usmerja in omejuje v svobodi izražanja, ki pa je odgovorna svoboda. Svoboda izražanja namreč zavezuje k veliki odgovornosti, svobodi za odgovorno akcijo. Le na podlagi avtonomije lahko novinar svoj poklic opravlja pošteno, resnicoljubno in verodostojno. Zavezanost tem osnovnim postulatom in vrednotam sloni na svobodni novinarjevi izbiri biti odgovoren in odgovoriti na ključna vprašanja v družbi. Jih pretehtati, oceniti, postaviti v kontekst in jih predočiti potrebam obče javnosti, zahtevati sistemske spremembe in se nanje ustrezno odzvati.
Vse to pa novinar lahko počne le v mediju, v katerem ni ujet v polaščevalnem razmerju, kjer medijski gospodar ne tlači njegovih vrednot z zahtevami po služenju ekonomskim in političnim interesom, ampak mu dopušča suvereno in odgovorno držo. V nasprotnem medij, kot je pred leti zapisal vrhunski slovenski literat in francoski lavreat Drago Jančar, vse skupaj pelje »ne samo v nadzorovane in usmerjene medije, ampak tudi v nadzorovano družbo, ki ji bodo vladali betajnovksi mogotci in njihovi odvetniki, asistirali pa jim bodo politiki in dobro plačani žurnalisti«. In tukaj je zaveza medija Preiskovalno.si, da bo cilj bralec, gledalec, poslušalec, torej človek, ki bo moralni zakon in ne plen. Sveža medijska paradigma brez apokaliptičnega senzacionalizma, zavezana javnemu dobremu, toleranci in prosvetljenim idejam.
Objektivnost, pravičnost in javni interes so najina načela. Medij ustvarjava dolgoletni novinarki Nataša Markovič in Barbara Pance.
Barbara Pance prihaja iz medijske hiše Delo, pred tem je postavljala informativni program na Planet TV, urednikovala na Svetu na Kanalu A. Je magistrica znanosti iz področja novinarske etike, pravice do popravka in odgovora, slovenistka in novinarka. Nataša Markovič je prav tako magistrica znanosti, zadnjih 11 let je delala na RTV Slovenija, novinarsko pot pa je začela na komercialni televiziji.
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