Shelf 01 — Orientation
Methods for research that holds up to scrutiny
Norvelis teaches the groundwork of lawful investigative reporting — how to gather what already exists, read it properly, and keep a record you can trust months later.
7
Years teaching method
3
Core sessions offered
Nyahururu
Based and taught locally
1:1
Sessions on your subject
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What we actually teach
Norvelis is a small practice built around one idea: that careful, lawful research is a skill that can be taught directly, rather than picked up by accident over years. We work with people preparing an inquiry — journalists, researchers, curious professionals — on the groundwork that makes the rest of the work possible.
- ✓Grounded entirely in published and publicly available material
- ✓No workaround methods — only lawful, defensible practice
- ✓Applied to your own subject in each session
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Sessions on offer
Academic & Institutional Sources
Read studies and reports for what they actually establish.
Learn more →Investigation Reference Library Setup
A classification scheme that holds up over a long inquiry.
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From the reading room
Method
Reading a Report Without Inheriting Its Conclusions
Why the summary at the front of a report is rarely the place to start.
Sourcing
Who Commissioned the Study, and Does It Matter
A short guide to reading funding disclosures with proper care.
Organisation
Building a Reference File You Will Still Trust in a Year
Small habits that keep a long inquiry's paper trail usable.
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Why we teach it this way
- ✓We work with your actual material, not a hypothetical case
- ✓Every method taught stays within lawful, published sources
- ✓Sessions end with something written you can keep using
- ✓No pressure to decide quickly — take the time this needs
If you're starting an inquiry and want the groundwork right, we're glad to talk it through.
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What past sessions were like
"I came in with a stack of clippings and no order to them. The library session gave me a way to actually work with what I had."
Wanjeri Kamau
Freelance reporter
"The academic sources session changed how I read a study. I stopped skimming to the abstract and started checking the method."
Tumaini Odhiambo
Policy researcher
"No pressure at any point, just a clear method applied to my own subject. I left with a summary I still refer back to."
Achieng Mutua
Community journalist
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Common questions
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