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Independent website to carry out investigations for daily

A daily newspaper has joined forces with an independent investigative journalism website for a series of regular articles.

Glasgow-based daily The Herald has announced the new partnership with The Ferret, which will see the latter produce investigative pieces for the former.

The stories will appear in both the newspaper and on The Herald’s website for subscribers.

The first investigation, which examined half a billion pounds worth of land and property sold by Scotland’s public institutions in just four years, provided a splash for the paper on Saturday, pictured below.

Herald Ferret

Karin Goodwin, co-editor of The Ferret, said: “The Ferret is delighted to be partnering with The Herald to bring its readers a series of in-depth investigations in the public interest that will give them real insight into Scotland today.

“This new valued partnership builds on an existing one with the Sunday National, and signals our continued growth in the Scottish media landscape.

“Our award-winning work shines a light on the issues that matter, and proves good journalism really does change things.

“As a non-partisan, independent and not-for-profit media co-op, we look forward to developing a growing relationship with Herald readers in the coming months and getting their input to help us produce some exciting projects.”

Donald Martin, editor in chief of The Herald, added: “Investigative journalism is vitally important to democracy and to society in general.

“The truth matters and we need the facts to allow informed debate and analysis.

“As a quality media brand, we aim to deliver in-depth, insightful coverage for our readers and I’m delighted to be partnering with The Ferret to strengthen our investigative reporting.”