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21 October 2023

Keynote: James Cruickshank

James Cruickshank, founder and editor-in-chief of The Digger, will talk about his life and work as a muckraker for Scotland’s best, and most notorious, investigative crime magazine. Cruickshank, whose work has seen him shunned by the authorities (he was once banned from Glasgow Sheriff Court) and targeted by gangland criminals (in 2020, his car was firebombed by […]

21 October 2023

Copper Geographies: Ignacio Acosta

In this talk, Ignacio will talk about his project 'Copper Geographies' and how he explores the global flow of mined copper. He will describe how he presents this series of fieldwork explorations of geographically disparate landscapes historically connected by copper.

21 October 2023

Truth amid wartime; “disinformation”, propaganda and investigative journalism

In this lecture drawn from one of one of his Syria investigations, James Harkin tells the story of how difficult it is to get to the truth in modern warfare, and why genuinely independent investigative journalism is more important than ever.

28 June 2023

Investigating Sexual Assault at the Workplace: the Case of  Crispin Odey

Crispin Odey reigned over London’s hedge fund scene for more than three decades. At its peak his firm, Odey Asset Management, was one of Europe's largest hedge fund companies. But behind the scenes, and known to the company's executives, persistent sexual misconduct and abuse was taking place.

29 June 2023

Investor-State Disputes: Exposing Shadowy Threats to Democracy

Multinational corporations and investors have filed almost 1,000 legal cases against entire countries at an obscure branch of the World Bank. Such cases have been successfully used by corporations to circumvent environmental regulations, as well as post-apartheid policies in South Africa designed to empower black communities.

28 June 2023

Of War Crimes and Libel Laws: The Case of Ben Roberts-Smith VC

In one of the most important libel trials for decades, this month three Australian newspapers won a historic victory over Ben Roberts-Smith VC, Australia’s most decorated soldier, after they accused him of killing three Afghan civilians in cold blood and he sued.

28 June 2023

BBC Data Team on Missing and Confusing Data

All the analysis tools and techniques in the world cannot land you a story when the data is missing or so messy as to be incomprehensible. Data journalists from BBC News share insights on how to tackle missing and confusing data in two subject areas.

29 June 2023

Keeping It Local: Inspiring Regional Reporters to Use Data Journalism Tools for Their Stories

Helena Bengtsson is Data Editor at Gota Media, Swedish publisher of 13 local titles. In this session she explains how to educate, train and work directly with local reporters to produce both title-specific data stories and projects which can be shared across other titles.

29 June 2023

Ukraine: Investigations in the Shadow of Invasion

The Russian invasion of Ukraine changed many of the topics covered by Ukrainian investigative journalists, though the key investigative techniques have often remained the same. Elena Loginova speaks about an investigation by the OCCRP, The Banality of Brutality.

29 June 2023

Investigating Covid Loan Fraud: How to Overcome Obstacles and Win an Award

British Journalism Awards winner in the Crime and Legal Affairs category, Stefania Spezzati speaks about her investigation into a massive taxpayer-funded fraud which the UK government tried to keep secret.