Preliminary schedule and expected speakers

9 - 9:40 a.m.	Doing Investigative Journalism: Tips, techniques and how to find time to do it with limited resources. Welcome. 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 law. Brant Houston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:45 - 10:30 a.m.	Conceiving of and carrying out the investigative story on limited resources. Making best use of time. Weaving the work into your daily routine. Mc Nelly Torres, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Alden Loury, The Chicago Reporter
10:40 - 11:30 a.m.	Freedom of Information: Knowing your legal rights and how to deal with the legal issues you may face. How to use federal and state open records 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 through the use of open records laws. Mc Nelly Torres, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Andy Hall, Wisconsin State Journal
11:40 - 12:15 p.m.	Using the Internet for Investigations and daily enterprise stories. Making effective use of the Internet for investigations. From better search techniques to the "Invisible Web." Find out everything you are missing, what to ask for and how to get it. Brant Houston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 - 2 p.m.	Backgrounding businesses and people in your community. Using regulations and licensing documents on the Web and at local offices to dig deeper and find stories about people from politicians to community and business leaders. Tracking the powerbrokers. Sharon Chan, The Seattle Times Mc Nelly Torres, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
2:15 - 2:45 p.m.	Getting it Right: Being accurate, fair and bulletproofing your stories. Avoiding unnecessary errors, libel and other legal threats. Mark Horvit, IRE/NICAR Alden Loury, The Chicago Reporter
2:50 - 3:30 p.m.	Covering cops TBD
3:35 - 4:20 p.m.	Investigating immigration issues Alden Loury, The Chicago Reporter
4:25 - 5 p.m.	Discussion on ethics, advocacy and standards of investigative reporting. All speakers available. Led by Brant Houston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mark Horvit, IRE/NICAR

SUNDAY

9 - 9:45 a.m.	Investigating Non-Profits: Documents and sources Brant Houston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10 - 11 a.m.	Cultivating Sources and Interviewing Techniques Manny Garcia, The Miami Herald
11:10 a.m. - noon	Using the census and other information to profile your community. Alden Loury, The Chicago Reporter