IRE thanks the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation for helping underwrite this event.

Unleashing the Watchdogs:
Become a more effective editor
(in collaboration with NewsTrain)

Cambridge, Mass. • May 15-16, 2006
(A program primarily for midlevel editors, but reporters welcome.)

Host: Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
Co-Sponsors: IRE, NewsTrain, APME and ASNE

Editors, put some new bite into your journalism!

This workshop, hosted by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and co-sponsored by IRE, NewsTrain, APME and ASNE, will feature top editors and trainers with a special focus on watchdog journalism; better editing techniques, and online journalism. We'll share tips and techniques on how to get watchdog journalism done, especially from reporters covering beats and daily stories. We'll cover how to guide reporters in the effective use of the Internet, open records laws, computer-assisted reporting, coaching writers, editing common story forms and new media convergence and anonymous sources.. We'll discuss story coaching, thinking through ethical dilemmas and writing for online.

Speakers will include: David Boardman; managing editor of The Seattle Times; John Carroll, former editor of the Los Angeles Times and Knight Visiting Lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; Robert Giles, curator of the Nieman Foundation; Brant Houston, executive director of IRE and NICAR; Deborah Nelson; Washington, D.C., investigative editor for the Los Angeles Times; Tim Nostrand, assistant managing editor/projects for The (Hackensack, N.J.) Record; Michael Roberts, deputy managing editor/staff development, The Arizona Republic; Daniel Rubin, a reporter who writes Blinq, a blog on blogs for The Philadelphia Inquirer ; and Lillian Swanson, project director, APME NewsTrain.

Workshop Fee: $35 per person (includes a six-month IRE membership). Limited to the first 50 people who register.