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Summer Conference

6–11 July 2020

Mon 6 Jul
Tue 7 Jul
Wed 8 Jul
Thu 9 Jul
Fri 10 Jul
Sat 11 Jul
Monday 6 July
  • 6 July 2020 14.00–15.15
Summer Conference Event
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Covid-19: A Data Story. UK and Sweden.

Leading data journalists Helena Bengtsson of STV (Sweden), John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times (UK), and Pamela Duncan of the Guardian (UK), explain how data analysis plays a crucial part in the coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • 6 July 2020 16.00–17.15
Summer Conference Event
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SPAC Nation Exposé: An Exploited Congregation.

A hugely successful church, lauded by politicians for its work on knife crime, was used as cover by some pastors within its ranks for financial fraud leaving many vulnerable followers in serious debt. Nadine White and Emma Youle pursued this story in what was Nadine's first major investigation with HuffPost UK while completing the CIJ's Investigative Journalism Masterclass series last year.
  • 6 July 2020 18.00–19.15
Summer Conference Event
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Can Dündar: Arrest, Escape and Exile.

Can Dündar will deliver our annual Gavin MacFadyen Memorial Lecture. Can Dündar is a distinguished Turkish journalist with over 40 years of experience writing, editing and making investigative documentaries.
Tuesday 7 July
11.30–13.30
Summer Conference Event
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Finding Stories with Data – Excel

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
17.00–19.00
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
19.10–21.10
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Finding Stories with Data – Google Sheets

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
Wednesday 8 July
11.30–13.30
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Finding Stories with Data – Excel

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
  • 8 July 2020 14.00–16.20
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Open-Source Intelligence

This course will be broken down into two sessions, which take place on the same day. Taught by Paul Myers, one of Europe’s leading open source intelligence specialists and a pioneer of open source research.
17.00–19.00
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
19.10–21.10
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Finding Stories with Data – Google Sheets

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
Thursday 9 July
10.00–11.20
Summer Conference Event
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Using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

This two-part practical online course will guide you through the basics of the freedom of information legislation and equip you with the skills necessary to make successful information requests and appeals.
11.30–13.30
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Finding Stories with Data – Excel

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
17.00–19.00
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
19.10–21.10
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Finding Stories with Data – Google Sheets

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
Friday 10 July
10.00–11.20
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

This two-part practical online course will guide you through the basics of the freedom of information legislation and equip you with the skills necessary to make successful information requests and appeals.
11.30–13.30
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Finding Stories with Data – Excel

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
17.00–19.00
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Story-Based Inquiry Method

This four-part online course, which takes place over four days, gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report.
19.10–21.10
Summer Conference Event
 — Course

Finding Stories with Data – Google Sheets

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you.
Saturday 11 July
  • 11 July 2020 10.00–11.15
Summer Conference Event
 — Talk

The Source and the Surveillance: Annika Smethurst on Committing Acts of Journalism.

In June 2019 federal police raided NewsCorp journalist Annika Smethurt’s home and seized material for her story about government plans to increase surveillance of the Australian people. All charges against Smethurst have since been dropped; the raid appears to have been a naked attempt to uncover her source.
  • 11 July 2020 14.00–15.15
Summer Conference Event
 — Discussion

Following the Science: Health and Science Reporting from Inside a Crisis.

The Covid-19 pandemic has made all of us follow science and heath reports like never before, reinforcing the importance of the work that health and science reporters do. Meet some of the people behind the headlines, sharing their experience of covering the health and science beat during a global pandemic: from misinformation to reliable sources, from scientific and government reports to witnessing human resilience and tragedy.
  • 11 July 2020 16.00–17.15
Summer Conference Event
 — Talk

Katherine Eban: Covid-19, Pharmaceuticals and Public Health.

Katherine Eban, an award-winning New York-based investigative journalist, reports on public health and pharmaceuticals for Vanity Fair and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.
  • 11 July 2020 18.00–19.15
Summer Conference Event
 — Discussion

US Protests and the Role of the Media

Whether it's the storm of false reports and unverified information that appear around protests, the danger faced by reporters on the ground from the police and security forces, or the close relevance of a protest to one's own experience and personal history, these events can be the most complex and difficult to cover.