AL Jazeera “Gold Mafia” investigative journalist Alexander James has observed that law enforcement agencies are usually slow to act on investigative pieces detailing criminal activities, which he says presents challenges. And Hamadou Tidiane Sy, founder of Journalism school E-jicom, based in Dakar, says Journalists should be impartial, courageous and independent. Speaking on the sidelines of the 19th African Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg, Monday, James explained the effort that went into creating the four-part gold mafia series. “First and foremost, we’re confident in our journalism. We spent four and a half years investigating this (gold mafia investigation) and a lot of that [time] was going over and over the information we had again and again. Making sure that what we...