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In collaboration with: New York Community
Date
May 9-10, 2008 (Friday and Saturday) Click here to see the schedule and expected speakers. Registration Early and online registration have closed. Please fill out the PDF form and bring it to the workshop to register on site. Cancellations need to be sent via e-mail to John Green, jgreen@ire.org. There is a $20 processing fee for cancellations until the day before the event. Refunds will not be given for cancellations on the day of, or after, the event. Location The New York Times 620 8th Avenue New York City, NY 10018 Workshop Fees $25 professionals and $10 students. Includes a one-year membership in IRE. Optional Computer-Assisted Reporting Training on Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. You must be registered for the Ethnic Media training to attend the CAR training. Introductory: Attend this hands-on workshop and learn how to use Excel spreadsheets 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 (Class size is limited; register early to reserve a seat on a first-come, first-serve basis). Intermediate: If you can comfortably move around, write a formula and import information into a spreadsheet, this is the session for you. This hands-on workshop will help reporters use Microsoft Access to delve into databases for more in-depth stories. The session will cover searching a database, summarizing and sorting data, and importing information into a database (Class size is limited; register early to reserve a seat on a first-come, first-serve basis). If you have general workshop questions, please contact Stephanie Sinn, stephanie@ire.org or 573-882-8969. If you have registration questions, please contact John Green, membership coordinator, jgreen@ire.org or 573-882-2772.
About the Workshop
This workshop for journalists working for ethnic news organizations will cover how to do investigative and enterprise journalism quickly and effectively. Some of the best practitioners in the profession will show you how to find documents, databases and sources for topics such as education, immigration, homeland security, criminal justice, labor, and local government. The workshop will enable journalists to learn how to write penetrating stories from their investigative and public service efforts. IRE will post links to these stories on the workshop Web site to inspire journalists in other newsrooms to do these kinds of public service stories. This program is funded by The New York Times Company Foundation in collaboration with New York Community Media Alliance and New America Media. The workshop will be presented by Investigative Reporters and Editors. Learn about other IRE Watchdog Journalism opportunities. |
