PUNTA GORDA, Florida–Florida Gulf Coast University journalism students got a glimpse of what it is like to be an investigative reporter on Feb. 16, as they sat listening intently to a 30-year news veteran tell of his experiences while reinforcing the need for investigative journalists. Journalist Jerry Mitchell spent three decades as an investigative reporter at the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., dedicating his work to “report the truth.” “There’s no way to get justice without truth,” he told The Epoch Times. “And so that’s why what we do is so important.” Mitchell’s stories over the years helped put four Ku Klux Klan members and a suspected serial killer in prison, when his investigative reporting skills forced law enforcement to reopen cases and solve crimes, sometimes prompting death threats, he told the students.  This experience led him to write his book, “Race Against Time.” These [investigative reporting] skills cannot be taught, …