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Money in Politics: Following the money trail in 2008 elections
Back to IRE Training

Host: National Press Club

This workshop is being made possible in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.



Friday,
April 27 		Campaign finance laws and loopholes
8:30 a.m. Registration
9 a.m. Federal campaign finance: What every reporter needs to know
  • Derek Willis, The Washington Post
  • Aaron Kessler, The (Charlottesville, VA) Daily Progress
    		•
    11 a.m. Reporting the money story
  • Jonathan Salant, Bloomberg News
  • John Solomon, The Washington Post
    		•
    The new soft money
    1:30 p.m. Money at the intersection of federal and state elections
  • Aaron Kessler, The (Charlottesville, VA) Daily Progress
  • Derek Willis, The Washington Post
    • 3 p.m. Best and worst practices for money in politics reporters
  • Aaron Kessler, The (Charlottesville, VA) Daily Progress
  • Derek Willis, The Washington Post
    • 4:30 p.m. Data: Getting and using federal campaign finance data
  • Derek Willis, The Washington Post
  • Aaron Kessler, The (Charlottesville, VA) Daily Progress
    		•
    5 p.m. Questions and Wrap-up
    Saturday,
    April 28
    		Working with raw data
    9 a.m. - Noon Hands-on: Working with federal data
  • Derek Willis, The Washington Post
  • Aaron Kessler, The (Charlottesville, VA) Daily Progress
    		•
    Hands-on: Working with state, federal and 527 data
  • Derek Willis, The Washington Post
  • Aaron Kessler, The (Charlottesville, VA) Daily Progress
    		•
    Questions and Wrap-up