www.ire.org
Saturday, Jan. 26, at National Press Club
9 - 10:10 a.m. The Military Beat: From the basics to investigations
John Donnelly, Defense Week
Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post
Dave Moniz, USA Today

Investigations Using the Internet: The "pages" you may be missing since Sept. 11
Margot Williams, The Washington Post
Gary Price, author of "The Invisible Web"
10:20 - 11:30 a.m. Investigating Transportation Security and Safety
Jonathan Salant, Associated Press
Lisa Stark, ABC
Beth Marchak, The Plain Dealer
Kenneth Mead, inspector general of the Department of Transportation

Covering Public Health in a Time of BioTerrorism: Sources and documents
Cheryl Phillips, IRE Board
David Brown, The Washington Post
Antonio Regalado, Wall Street Journal
11:40 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Using FOIA in a Time of Heightened Security: Tips and techniques
Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post
Tom Blanton, National Security Archives
Rena Steinzor, Natural Resources Defense Council

Information Overload Roundtable: How to manage, juggle and still produce investigative pieces
Deborah Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Gordon Witkin, U.S. News & World Report
Marilyn Thompson, The Washington Post
2 - 3:10 p.m. Election 2002: Tracking the new twists of soft money, nonprofits and other tricks of the trade
Derek Willis, Congressional Quarterly
Larry Makinson, Center for Responsive Politics
MaryJo Sylwester, Center for Public Integrity
Jerry Zremski, The Buffalo News

Enron and More: How to mine regulatory agencies and Congress to investigate corporations
James V. Grimaldi, The Washington Post
Bob Young, Public Citizen
Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News
3:20 - 4:30 p.m. Homeland Security: From the Justice Department to immigration
John Aubuchon, Maryland Public Television
Mark Fazlollah, The Philadelphia Inquirer
David Burnham, TRAC/Syracuse University
Lisa Zagaroli, The Detroit News

Deciphering Charities and Nonprofits: From relief groups to the Red Cross
Diana Henriques, The New York Times
Gilbert Gaul, The Washington Post
Harvy Lipman, Chronicle of Philanthropy
4:40 - 5:50 p.m. Census Update: Reapportionment, new issues and how money influences the interpretations
Paul Overberg, USA Today
Maureen Hurley Schweers, Hotline, National Journal

Terrorism as a Beat: Tips on covering the new age of counterterrorism, from multinational investigations based overseas to your own journalistic backyard
David Kaplan, U.S. News & World Report
Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times
Kevin Johnson, USA Today
Sunday, Jan. 27 -- Optional CAR training at Medill School of Journalism
9 a.m. - Noon Beginners Track - Using data from the Internet in a spreadsheet
Advanced Track - Using federal and election data in a database manager
1 p.m. - 4 p.m. (Repeat of
morning session
if needed)
Beginners Track - Using data from the Internet in a spreadsheet
Advanced Track - Using federal and election data in a database manager