METHOD
What a single source can actually establish
A look at how reporters overstate what one account can carry on its own, and what to do instead.
NAIROBI, KENYA — TODAY
OUTWARD — SCOPE
Support for reporters working on their own terms
Torvenis works alongside independent journalists in Kenya on the parts of the process that rarely get outside attention: deciding whether an assignment is worth pursuing, judging how much a piece of evidence can carry, and staying oriented across a long project.
6
YEARS WORKING WITH REPORTERS
120+
SESSIONS HELD
3
SERVICES OFFERED
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INWARD — DETAIL
What we actually do
Most support built for journalists addresses the writing or the pitching. Torvenis addresses the thinking that happens before either: whether a story idea can bear the weight it's being asked to carry, and whether the material gathered along the way actually supports the claims a reporter wants to make.
- ✓ Structured scoping before time is committed
- ✓ Honest frameworks for weighing partial evidence
- ✓ Steady outside perspective across long projects
NAIROBI — SERVICES
Three ways to work together
Assignment Scoping Session
A session for reporters deciding whether a proposed assignment is worth the time it will take.
Learn more →Evidence Weighting Workshop
A workshop on judging how much weight a piece of material can carry in the text.
Learn more →Extended Project Accompaniment
Ongoing support across a project lasting two months or more, with regular scheduled conversations.
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Recent writing
PRACTICE
Deciding when a story is ready to leave the notebook
On the gap between having enough material and having enough certainty.
FIELD NOTES
Working alone on a long story without losing the thread
Practical habits for keeping an open-questions record across months of reporting.
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How we work
- ✓ We describe scope honestly rather than promise outcomes
- ✓ Every session ends with something written down, not just discussed
- ✓ We work from your material, not from a general template
- ✓ We tell you where the effort is likely to be wasted, early
If you're weighing whether an assignment is worth the time, that's a conversation worth having before you start, not after.
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What reporters say
The scoping note saved me from a month spent chasing a story that had no real ending.
Achieng Otieno
Freelance reporter, Kisumu
I finally have language for describing a gap in the evidence instead of writing around it badly.
Njeri Wambugu
Investigative desk, Nairobi
Having someone check in every two weeks kept the project from drifting for four months straight.
Barasa Simiyu
Independent, Eldoret
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Frequently asked
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