Watchdog Workshop
Salt Lake City — May 1-2, 2009
Friday - Saturday

Hosted by
Salt Lake Tribune and University of Utah

IRE is bringing its highly rated Better Watchdog Workshop to Salt Lake City.

We'll offer several of our core sessions that will improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to key documents that will help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories and give you tips on the best approaches when conducting interviews or developing sources.

In addition, this workshop will give you tips on how to bulletproof stories, how to deal with freedom of information laws and public records, and useful Web sites and strategies for using Internet tools such as wikis, blogs, robots and RSS feeds.

These sessions are designed for reporters, editors and producers from small, midsize and large publications and TV stations and Web-only news sites and news blogs. Join IRE’s experienced trainers and a group of veteran reporters for our Better Watchdog Workshop May 1, with an extra half-day of hands-on computer-assisted reporting training on May 2 for those who are interested.

Get the tools and the tricks of the trade that you need to be a better, faster, watchdog journalist.

Workshop Fee (includes a six-month IRE membership): $40 professional, $20 student

Optional CAR Training will be held on Saturday, May 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $30; 24 seats available.

Schedule

Download handouts

At the workshop, participants will receive a password to access these files.

Workshop location — Friday

  • The Salt Lake Tribune Building
  • 90 S. 400 West
  • Salt Lake City, UT 84101

CAR training location — Saturday

  • The University of Utah
  • Languages and Communication (LNCO) Building
  • 255 S. Central Campus Dr.
  • Room 2400
  • Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Parking location

*Parking is available Friday at the Tribune building for a fee of $7.00

**Parking is available Saturday on campus near the LNCO building at no cost.

University of Utah campus map: http://www.digit.utah.edu/print/pdf/MainCampus_color.pdf

There is a TRAX light rail system that provides an inexpensive alternative to travel between campus and downtown hotels. It takes approximately 15 minutes. http://www.rideuta.com/

Registration information

Online registration is now closed. You may print out a copy of the registration form and bring it to on-site registration.

Download a registration form (.PDF)

Cancellations must be sent via e-mail to jgreen@ire.org at least one day before the event; no refunds will be given the day of the event. There is a $20 processing fee ($10 for students) for the full day of training and a $15 processing fee for the optional CAR training.

Recommended hotels

Marriott City Center
220 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT

Marriott Downtown
75 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT

Hotel Monaco
15 W. 200 S.
Salt Lake City, UT

Embassy Suites
110 W. 600 S.
Salt Lake City, UT

Hilton
225 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT

To request a Watchdog Journalism Workshop in your area, send an e-mail to watchdog@ire.org

 

Upcoming Watchdog Workshops

Sept. 24-25, 2010  Miami, Fla.
Sept. 25-26, 2010  San Francisco, Calif.
Oct. 9-10, 2010  Eugene, Ore.
Nov. 6-7, 2010  Charleston, W.V.


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Sponsors

IRE thanks the following sponsors for supporting our Watchdog program: