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Money in Politics:
Following the money trail in 2008 elections
Evanston, Ill. — March 24-25, 2007
Return to IRE Training
Host: Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
At this one day workshop, learn how to follow the money and its influence after the election. The workshop, led by Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times, and Derek Willis, Washingtonpost.com, will emphasize money in local and state elections on the horizon, including the impact of 527 organizations at those levels. And a second half-day, hands-on computer-assisted reporting session — limited to the first 32 who sign up — will emphasize analysis of campaign finance data.
This workshop is being made possible in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Workshop Fees (includes a one-year IRE membership): $40 for professionals, $20 for students
Optional Computer-Assisted Reporting Training will be offered Sunday, March 25. There are only 32 spaces for CAR training, available on a first-come, first-serve basis.This hands-on, computer-assisted reporting class will build data analysis skills for reporters covering money in politics. The class will use federal and state-level data, including "527" data from the IRS. Instructors will emphasize story ideas generated by the analysis.
Workshop Location Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
1870 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
http://www.northwestern.edu/campus/directions/
http://www.northwestern.edu/campus/maps.html
Maps, driving directions, etc.Recommended Hotel Hilton Garden Inn
Evanston, IL 60201
847-475-6400
Rate: $139 plus tax, per night. Please ask for the Northwestern University rate.
Need a roommate?
Schedule Preliminary Schedule Registration Register Online (Secure server) Online registration is now closed . There is still plenty of space in the workshop. Please print out the PDF registration form (below) and bring it with you to the event. PDF Registration Form - Please do not fax your registration at this time; we are no longer processing pre-registrations. Cancellations need to be sent via e-mail to jgreen@ire.org. There is a $20 processing fee ($10 for students) for cancellations until the day before the event. Refunds will not be given for cancellations on the day of the event. See what other specialized training IRE offers.
ARON PILHOFER is projects editor for CAR at The New YorkTimes. He previously was database editor at The Center for Public Integrity. Pilhofer spent a year on IRE’s national training staff and served as director of IRE’s Campaign Finance Information Center. He is a co-author of “Unstacking the Deck,” an IRE beat book about campaign finance. He was a projects reporter at The News Journal in Wilmington, Del., and covered politics and state government in New Jersey for Gannett.
DEREK WILLIS is the research database editor at Washingtonpost.com. Most recently he worked on CAR projects involving campaign finance at The Center for Public Integrity; prior to that he was a staff writer at Congressional Quarterly. He began his journalism career in the news library at The Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach, Fla. He is a co-author of “Unstacking the Deck,” an IRE beat book about covering campaign finance. He lives online at www.thescoop.org.
