Summer School 2011

Keynote Speakers

Phone Hacking – Panel Discussion
Veteran Journalist David Leigh, Lawyer Gavin Millar and Jeff Katz discuss the the revelations concerning phone hacking and the impact of the scandal on the British media and political landscape.

WikiLeaks
Kristinn Hrafnsson is the spokesperson for Wikileaks and brings a close working knowledge of the plans, methods and structures of the organisation.

The Secret State and its Control of the Media
Former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon looks at how the security services use and manipulate the press.

Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors and One Woman’s Fight For Justice
Former DynCorp officer and US policewoman Kathryn Bolkovac blew the whistle on the UN police who were guilty of sex crimes, forced prostitution and sex slavery.

Talks and Training

Libel and Privacy Issues
Andrew Bousfield and Justin Walford discuss libel, privacy and the Press Complaints Commission, looking at how recent cases have affected the law.

Medical Whistleblowers
A panel discussion with Margaret Haywood, Eileen Chubb and Terry Bryan who talk about what it means to be a whistleblower in the medical profession.

Investigative Journalism and Digital Technology
Iain Overton, editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism looks at how digital media has impacted the field of investigative journalism.

Tame Your Documents with DocumentCloud
DocumentCloud is a free online service that provides a set of tools designed to help journalists analyse and share source documents. In this talk Aron Pilhofer talks you through its core features.

Student Journalists and Data Protection
This workshop, with Richard Orange, provides an easy-to-follow overview data protection legislation, an understanding of the obligations facing ‘data controllers’.

Mapping and Visualisation for Story Gathering
James Ball shows how free software Tableau can be used to make visualisations a research