 IRE thanks the Chicago Tribune Foundation, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the Las Vegas Sun, Barbara J. Greenspun, publisher for helping underwrite these events. |
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Watchdog Workshop
Indianapolis, Ind. — Oct. 26-27, 2007
(Friday and Saturday)
Hosted by Indiana University School of Journalism; Sponsored by The Indianapolis Star
Two workshops in one!
IRE is combining its highly rated Better Watchdogs Workshop for reporters, editors, and producers with a special program for midlevel editors, called Unleashing the Watchdogs, presented in conjunction with the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
The Better Watchdogs track will offer practical nuts and bolts instruction for reporters, especially those at small- to medium-sized newsrooms and in bureaus of larger news organizations. The instructors will be experienced journalists and trainers from IRE.
The Unleashing the Watchdogs track will feature top editors who have years of experience in producing investigative and enterprise work. They share tips and techniques on how to get watchdog journalism done, especially from reporters covering beats and daily stories.
The workshops also cover the guiding of reporters in the effective use of the Internet, open-records laws, computer-assisted reporting and anonymous sources.
Workshop Fee: (includes a boxed lunch on Friday and a one-year IRE membership): $70 professional, $35 student
Optional Computer-Assisted Reporting Training for reporters to be offered 1:30-4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27: $30
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 (Lab 254B, limited to the first 20 to sign up).
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 (Lab 268, limited to the first 20 to sign up).
