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Better Watchdog/ Host: Newhouse School/Syracuse University Co-sponsors: IRE, NewsTrain, APME and ASNE IRE thanks the Chicago Tribune
Foundation, the Ethics and
Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the Las Vegas Sun, Barbara J. Greenspun, publisher for helping underwrite this event. |
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| SCHEDULE | |
| Saturday, April 14, 2007 | |
| Newhouse School of Public Communications, Room A-1 | |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Registration and continental breakfast |
| 9-9:15 a.m. | Welcome and introductions |
| 9:15-10:15 a.m. | What is investigative journalism? How to do it on a daily, weekly and long-term basis. What resources to use. The importance of knowing and using freedom of information laws. • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR • Tim Nostrand, The (N.J.) Hackensack Record |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | The right to records and meetings. How to use federal and state laws. How to write an open records request. How to appeal and challenge denials. How to keep a steady flow of information and ideas coming in. And data you need to know about and get. • Bob Port, Albany Times Union |
| 11:15-Noon | Making effective use of the Internet for investigations. From better search techniques to the "Invisible Web." Find out everything you are missing. • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR |
| Noon-1 p.m. | Lunch on your own |
| Newhouse School of Public Communications, Room A-2 | |
| 1-1:50 p.m. | Paper and database trails. Documents and data you need to know about and get. • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR |
| 2-2:50 p.m. | The art of finding and cultivating sources. How to get the best information and interviews through source development to the interviewing techniques. • David Cay Johnston, The New York Times |
| 3-3:50 p.m. | Dissecting for profit businesses. Using regulations and licensing documents to dig deeper and find great stories. • David Cay Johnston, The New York Times • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR |
| 4-4:50 p.m. | Following the money trail in elections. How to uncover the stories by looking at contributions, expenditures, committees and nonprofit groups and all the financial loopholes. • Charlotte Grimes, Knight Chair in Political Reporting, Newhouse School • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR • Deborah Nelson, University of Maryland |
| 4:50-5:15 p.m. | Questions and answers. Review of follow-up resources. |
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 | |
| Newhouse School of Public Communications, Room A-2 | |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 9-9:50 a.m. | Dissecting charities and nonprofit businesses. Using regulations and licensing documents to dig deeper and find great stories. • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR |
| 10-10:50 a.m. | Managing and juggling. Putting it all together. How to cover a beat and still produce investigative stories. How to manage your day. How reporters and managers can collaborate. • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR • Deborah Nelson, University of Maryland |
| 11-11:45 a.m. | Brief overview of computer-assisted reporting. Examples of blending databases into investigations. What to ask for in electronic files and how to ask for them. • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR |
| Newhouse School of Public Communications, Room A-1 | |
| Noon-1 p.m. | Dealing with change in your newsroom • Jacqui Banaszynski, Missouri School of Journalism • Randy Covington, IFRA NewsPlex |
| 1 p.m. | Close of workshop |
| Newhouse School of Public Communications, Lab 28 | |
| 2-5 p.m. | Optional Computer-Assisted Reporting Training Attend this hands-on workshop and learn how to use Excel, a powerful electronic spreadsheet, for deadline and beat reporting on budgets, salaries, and Census data. Also learn how to dig deeper using the Internet and find valuable datasets for your stories. • Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR |
