Events and Training

IRE Training Events : March 2012

  • March 3, 2012

    Stillwater, Oklahoma

    Stillwater Watchdog Workshop

    Host: Oklahoma State University

    IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Stillwater.

    We’ll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories and give you tips on the best approaches when conducting interviews or developing sources.

    In addition, this workshop will give you tips on how to bulletproof stories, how to deal with freedom of information laws and public records, and useful Web sites and strategies for using Internet tools such as wikis, blogs, robots ...

  • March 3, 2012

    Spokane, Washington

    Spokane Watchdog Workshop

    Host: Gonzaga University

    IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Spokane.

    We’ll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories and give you tips on the best approaches when conducting interviews or developing sources.

    In addition, this workshop will give you tips on how to bulletproof stories, how to deal with freedom of information laws and public records, and useful Web sites and strategies for using Internet tools such as wikis, blogs, robots and ...

  • March 10, 2012

    New Britain, Connecticut

    Connecticut Watchdog Workshop

    Hosted by: Central Connecticut State University

    Co-sponsored by: Connecticut Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Central Connecticut State University Media Board, CCSU Journalism Program and CCSU Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

    IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Connecticut.

    We’ll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories and give you tips on the best approaches when conducting interviews or developing sources.

    In addition, this workshop will give you tips ...

  • March 15, 2012

    Indianapolis, Indiana

    Be a Better Business Watchdog – CAR for Business Journalists

    Even if you’ve never touched a spreadsheet, you will walk away from this daylong workshop able to use Excel, including pivot tables. You’ll also learn about publically available databases that you can download and analyze to produce great local business stories. Co-presented with the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, this training is free, but space is limited, and you must sign up at the center’s website: BusinessJournalism.org

    Time

    8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2012

    The workshop is hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and precedes SABEW's Conference March ...

  • March 25, 2012

    Columbia, Missouri

    CAR Boot Camp - March

    Learn how to acquire electronic information, use spreadsheets and databases to analyze the information and translate that information into high-impact stories. In addition, NICAR provides follow-up help when participants return to their news organizations.