Scheduled Training
We run frequent and regular training courses on a wide range of investigative skills, from FOI to Web Scraping. All our courses are taught by working investigative journalists and experts in their field. They are designed to teach participants both theory and practice through real-world examples and hands-on exercises. Each course builds in time for responsive guidance from the trainers that can be shaped around the participants’ own projects and areas of interest.
These courses are open to all, but we charge booking fees on a sliding scale to ensure that larger newsrooms subsidise places for freelancers and small organisations.
If the course you’re interested in is already sold out or not yet showing on our schedule, register your interest here and we’ll inform you as soon as places become available.
Upcoming
Fully booked:
28 June –
1 July
2021
Finding Stories with Data – Online, Intensive
Upcoming:
5–6
July
2021
#CIJSummer: Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online
Fully booked:
5–8
July
2021
#CIJSummer: Finding Stories with Data – Online, Intensive
Upcoming:
6 July 2021
#CIJSummer: Understanding Company Accounts
Upcoming:
7 July 2021
#CIJSummer: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Open-Source Intelligence (frequently referred to as OSINT) has been adopted into many investigators’ practice over the past decade and now covers a wide range of skills, tools and techniques. This practical course will teach you the basics of some key areas of OSINT that will help you not only save time in your research, but […]
Upcoming:
8 July 2021
#CIJSummer: Financial OSINT. Deep Diving.
Open-Source Intelligence (frequently referred to as OSINT) has become crucial to many investigators’ ability to cross-examine allegations and reports of serious financial crimes. This practical course will take you through real-life cases to teach you the core techniques to conduct deep-dive investigations to uncover opaque global company structures used to facilitate money laundering, corruption, bribery, […]
Upcoming:
8 July 2021
#CIJSummer: Using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Upcoming:
26–29
July
2021
Finding Stories with Data – Online, Intensive
Upcoming:
26 July –
13 August
2021
Deep Dive into Data Journalism – Online
Upcoming:
9–13
August
2021
Data-Driven Investigations – Online, Intensive
Past
Fully booked:
24–28
May
2021
Data-Driven Investigations – Online, Intensive
Fully booked:
17–28
May
2021
Deep Dive into Data Journalism – Online
Fully booked:
17–26
May
2021
Story-Based Inquiry Method – Online
Fully booked:
17–20
May
2021
Finding Stories with Data – Online, Intensive
Archive
12–16
April
2021
This course will give participants an opportunity to take their core data skills to the next level and combine them with advanced internet research for rich, in-depth investigations.
29 March –
1 April
2021
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
29 March –
16 April
2021
Take a deep dive into data journalism by combining “Finding Stories With Data – Online, Intensive” (4 sessions: 29 March - 1 April 2021) with “Data-Driven Investigations – Online, Intensive” (5 sessions: 12-16 April 2021).
15–19
March
2021
So you’ve got the fundamentals of data journalism down. You’re interrogating spreadsheets like a pro and able to use pivot tables like the data Swiss-army-knives they are. But sooner or later you know you’ll come up against a dataset so big it’s going to crash Excel if you even try to open it.
8–12
March
2021
This course will give participants an opportunity to take their core data skills to the next level and combine them with advanced internet research for rich, in-depth investigations.
3–24
March
2021
This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
22–25
February
2021
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
22 February –
12 March
2021
Take a deep dive into data journalism by combining “Finding Stories With Data – Online, Intensive” (22-25 February 2021) with “Data-Driven Investigations – Online, Intensive” (8-12 March 2021).
22 February –
16 April
2021
Take a deep dive into data journalism by combining “Finding Stories With Data – Online, Intensive” (22-25 February 2021) with “Data-Driven Investigations – Online, Intensive” (12-16 April 2021).
8–11
February
2021
This four-part online course, which takes place over four consecutive days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
1–22
February
2021
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
18–21
January
2021
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
7–28
January
2021
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
4–13
January
2021
This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
7–10
December
2020
This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
30 November –
3 December
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
19–21
October
2020
So you’ve got the fundamentals of data journalism down. You’re interrogating spreadsheets like a pro and able to use pivot tables like the data Swiss-army-knives they are.
12–14
October
2020
So you’ve got the fundamentals of data journalism down. You’re interrogating spreadsheets like a pro and able to use pivot tables like the data Swiss-army-knives they are.
8–29
October
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
7–28
October
2020
This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
28 September –
1 October
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
3–24
September
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you. Group size: max 12 people. Class duration: 1.5hrs x 4 days across 4 weeks Level of participation: very high.
24–27
August
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
4–7
August
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
14–17
July
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
13–16
July
2020
This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report. This course is now SOLD OUT. –> Register your interest here and we’ll inform you as soon as places become available.
4–25
June
2020
You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
8–9
February
2020
This weekend workshop is designed as an introductory primer to learning to code, showing recent story examples, explaining the fundamental concepts in programming and demystifying the jargon. Through a series of practical exercises, you will learn how code is used by reporters to find stories and aid investigations, how to write and run scripts and gain a basic understanding of how computer programs are structured.
9–10
December
2019
This two-day workshop in scraping is designed for reporters with no knowledge of scraping or programming and provides essential skills for getting original stories by compiling data across a range of online sources.
6 December 2019
One of the most important skills for journalists today is knowing how to use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Most journalists have come across FOIA and many will have submitted a request or two.
26 January 2019
R is a free open-source statistical computing language that will save you time whether you’re scraping, querying, analysing or presenting your data. How to use R & RStudio for your investigations To begin we’ll take a tour around RStudio, import some data and learn some basic functions for getting to grips with our datasets.
18 January 2019
Learn how from our trainers, all experienced experts in the field. This one day course will give you an insight into the many aspects for preparation of an undercover investigation. From technical advice on covert filming equipment and techniques, to the ethical and legal points that must be considered before embarking on this kind of investigative project.