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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.

29 June 2023

OSINT: Investigation Using Images

Taught by Paul Myers, one of Europe’s top open-source intelligence specialists, this session will focus on using images in an investigation. It will show how to find images, including searching by face, finding locations and verifying information using reverse image searching.

29 June 2023

OSINT: Finding People

Taught by Paul Myers, one of Europe's top open-source intelligence specialists, this session will demonstrate techniques for locating and investigating people using various resources and detective skills like jigsaw identification.

28 June 2023

Open-Source: Finding Russia’s Filtration Camps

After the mayor of Mariupol warned that tens of thousands of people from the city were being interrogated in Russian filtration camps and forced across the border, the i newspaper’s award-winning investigations correspondent Dean Kirby set out to try to find them.

29 June 2023

Corderoy vs State Secrets: Freedom of Information Act as a Tool and a Career

In this session, openDemocracy's Jenna Corderoy will lift the lid on how she has used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain vital documents for her investigations. She will talk about how and why the FOIA is such a vital tool in holding the powerful to account, and discuss her favourite investigations and stories obtained via the Act.

28 June 2023

Breaking into Investigative Filmmaking

With a proven track record of producing hard-hitting major network investigations, BAFTA and International Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Gesbeen (Gesh) Mohammad will share her journey of becoming a documentary filmmaker.

28 June 2023

Flash Floods: How to Report when Climate Disaster Strikes

Disasters triggered by climate change are many years in the making, but when they reach critical points the effects can unfold fast. If journalists are to capture and show the impacts of such events on affected communities, they too must act fast.

28 June 2023

Broken Promises: Greenwashing Uncovered

Recent years have seen significant improvement in both recognition and rhetoric from those in power around the need for action to address the looming impacts of the climate crisis. However, in too many cases, positive words have served only to obscure inaction at best and continued harm at worst.

28 June 2023

‘Fisayo Soyombo: Undercover in Lagos

A fearless Nigerian investigative journalist who has gone under cover on numerous occasions to expose corruption, 'Fisayo Soyombo is best known for spending several days in a police cell and a prison to expose corruption within the country’s criminal justice system.