IRE Training || Upcoming Events and Training

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Feb. 18, 2010 11 a.m. (CST) — ,
Webinar: Online tips and strategies for journalists
IRE Training Director Jaimi Dowdell will help you uncover the best sites and strategies for tracking down data online during this webinar. The online session will also cover how to download the information once you've found something good.
(Open)

February 20-21, 2010 — Austin, TX
Watchdog Workshop
IRE is offering its Better Watchdog training designed for reporters, editors and producers from small, midsize and large publications and TV stations and Web-only news sites and news blogs. Get the tools and the tricks of the trade that you need to be a better, faster, watchdog journalist.
(Open)

Feb. 27, March 2 and March 4, 2010 — Columbus, Ohio
Customized Newsroom Training
IRE Training Director Doug Haddix will conduct specialized reporting training for journalists in The Columbus Dispatch newsroom. Interested in similar training for your newsroom? Please contact IRE training at training@ire.org or see our training page.
(Closed Session)

March 11-14, 2010 — Phoenix, Ariz.
2010 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference
Join IRE and NICAR for our annual conference devoted to computer-assisted reporting. Come and learn about tools you need to dig deeper into stories and give readers and viewers the information they want. The CAR conference offers something for everyone, from beginners to those on the cutting edge of digital reporting.
(Open)

March 22, 2010 — Carbondale, Ill. at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
WebCamp: Online tips and strategies for journalists
This special workshop takes the best of IRE’s popular Internet sessions and expands them to include the latest skills journalists need to succeed.
(Open)

March 27-28, 2010 — Oklahoma City, Okla.
Watchdog Workshop
IRE is offering its Better Watchdog training designed for reporters, editors and producers from small, midsize and large publications and TV stations and Web-only news sites and news blogs. Get the tools and the tricks of the trade that you need to be a better, faster, watchdog journalist.
(Open)

March 28-April 2, 2010 — Columbia, Mo.
CAR Boot Camp
Learn how to acquire electronic information, use spreadsheets and databases to analyze the information and translate that information into high-impact stories. In addition, NICAR provides follow-up help when participants return to their news organizations.
(Open)

April 9-10, 2010 — Los Angeles, Calif.
Ethnic Media 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.
(Open)

April 10-11, 2010 — Chicago, Ill
Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop
IRE training designed for ethnic media newsrooms will be offered at Columbia College in Chicago. The training, in collaboration with New America Media, is supported by a grant from the McCormick Foundation.
(Open)

April 16-17, 2010 — New York, N.Y.
Ethnic Media 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 immigration, criminal justice, labor and local government.
(Open)

April 16, 2010 — Providence, R.I.
Watchdog Workshop
IRE is offering its Better Watchdog training designed for reporters, editors and producers from small, midsize and large publications and TV stations and Web-only news sites and news blogs. Get the tools and the tricks of the trade that you need to be a better, faster, watchdog journalist.
(Open)

April 17-18, 2010 — Philadelphia, Pa.
Watchdog Workshop

(Open)

May 1-2, 2010 — San Francisco, Calif.
Watchdog Workshop

(Open)

June 10-13, 2010 — Las Vegas, Nev.
2010 IRE Conference
The best in the business will gather for more than 100 panels, hands-on classes and special presentations about covering business, public safety, government, healthcare, education, the military, the environment and other key beats. Speakers will share strategies for locating documents and gaining access to public records, finding the best stories and managing investigations. Join the discussion about how to practice investigative journalism in print, broadcast, Web and alternative newsroom models.
(Open)

Aug. 8-13, 2010 — Columbia, Mo.
CAR Boot Camp
Learn how to acquire electronic information, use spreadsheets and databases to analyze the information and translate that information into high-impact stories. In addition, NICAR provides follow-up help when participants return to their news organizations.
(Open)

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