This fifth international school concentrated on broadcast investigations, with an emphasis on the unique problems of producing investigative radio.
In addition, our regular business and financial investigation workshops were refined and sharpened.
| Friday 20 July | |||||
| 8.30 | Registration, tea and coffee | ||||
| 9.00 – 9.15 | Welcome Sue Robertson, Dean, School of Arts, City University Gavin MacFadyen, Director CIJ Auditorium | ||||
| 9.15 – 10.15 | Computer Assisted Reporting (CAR): a story from start to finish Heather Brooke, Aron Pilhofer | ||||
| Course 1 Room LG 002 | Course 2 Room LG 003 | Computer Lab 1 Room 1001 | Computer lab 2 Room 2001 | ||
| 10.30 – 11.30 | |||||
| Covert recording – Office Michael Cowley | No talk | Excel 1: formulas, calculations (B hands-on) David Donald | Internet searching: Google and beyond (B hands-on) Tommy Kaas | ||
| 11.45-1.00 | |||||
| Libel and privacy laws documents Philip Conway, Justin Walford (starts at 11.30) | No talk | Excel 2: sorting, filtering and other tools (B hands-on) David Donald | Web detective (B hands-on) Tommy Kaas | ||
| 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch | |||||
| 2.00 – 3.15 | Main session: Lowell Bergman Whistleblowers and Confidential Sources Auditorium | ||||
| Room LG 002 | Room LG 003 | Room 1001 | Room 2001 | ||
| 3.30 – 4.45 | |||||
| Understanding company accounts 1. Company documents 2. Company information from outside the UK Robert Miller | No talk | Access 1: understanding databases (B hands-on) Aron Pilhofer | Data Mining (B hands-on) Tommy Kaas | ||
| 5.00 – 6.15 | |||||
| Understanding company accounts 3. A company balance sheet 4. A profit and loss statement Raj Bairoliya | No talk | Access 2: needle in the haystack (B hands-on) David Donald | Excel 1: formulas; calculations (B hands-on) David Donald | ||
| Saturday 21 July | |||||
| 8.30 | Tea and coffee | ||||
| Course 1 Room LG 002 | Course 2 Room LG 003 | Computer Lab 1 Room 1001 | Computer lab 2 Room 2001 | ||
| 9.00 – 10.15 | |||||
| Understanding company accounts 5. The small print 6. Questions and answers - Raj Bairoliya | A covert investigation: illegal logging – Mike Davis | Excel 2: sorting, filtering other tools (B hands-on) – David Donald | Internet searching: Google and beyond (A demo) – Tommy Kaas | ||
| 10.30-11.45 | |||||
| Working in Iraq Ali Fadhil | White slavery – unearthing historical secrets – Don Jordan, Michael Walsh | Access 1: understanding databases (B hands-on) Aron Pilhofer | Web detective (B hands-on) Tommy Kaas | ||
| 12.00-1.00 | |||||
| Writing up your investigation - Mark Hunter | White slavery – unearthing historical secrets – Don Jordan, Michael Walsh | Access 2: needle in the haystack; summarising (B hands-on) Aron Pilhofer | Data mining (B hands-on) Tommy Kaas | ||
| 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch | |||||
| 2.00 – 3.30 | Main session: Seymour Hersh Auditorium | ||||
| Room LG 002 | Room LG 003 | Room 1001 | Room 2001 | ||
| 3.45 – 4.45 | |||||
| International stories – Building networks of jouralists - Stephen Grey, Paul Radu | Where is investigative journalism going – Mark Hunter | Data Mining (B hands-on) Tommy Kaas | Using stats for stories(A demo) David Donald | ||
| 5.00 – 6.00 | |||||
| Investigating the multinationals – Lowell Bergman, Luc Hermann, Tom Mangold | No talk | Web 2.0 – tools for the newsroom(A demo) Aron Pilhofer | Excel 3: statistics (A hands-on) David Donald | ||
| 7.00 Drinks party | |||||
| Sunday 22nd | |||||
| 8.30 | Tea and coffee | ||||
| Course 1 Room LG 002 | Course 2 Room LG 003 | Computer Lab 1 Room 1001 | Computer lab 2 Room 2001 | ||
| 9.00 – 10.15 | |||||
| A murder investigation: the death of Anna Politkovskaya – Roman Shleinov | No talk | Web detective (B hands-on) – Tommy Kaas | Mapping for stories (A demo) – David Donald | ||
| 10.30-11.45 | |||||
| Interviewing for television and radio – Tom Mangold, Jenny Chryss | Reporting sport: beyond goals, gossip and groin strains Kevin Mousley | Access 3: Joins and deeper analysis (A hands-on) – Aron Pilhofer | Social network analysis (A demo) – Tommy Kaas | ||
| 12.00-1.00 | |||||
| Working undercover – Audrius Lelkaitis, Allan Little | Record keeping and project management - Luuk Sengers (free software) | No class | Analysts Notebook (A demo) Tommy Kaas | ||
| 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch | |||||
| 2.00 – 3.15 | Main session: David Leigh BAE Files: a UK corruption story | ||||
| Room LG 002 | Room LG 003 | Room 1001 | Room 2001 | ||
| 3.30 – 4.45 | |||||
| Making FOIA work for you - Heather Brooke, David Banisar | Security and investigative journalism - Simos Xenitellis | Internet seaching: Google and beyond Tommy Kaas | Web 2.0 – tools for the newsroom (demo) Aron Pilhofer | ||
| 5.00-5.45 | What do editors want? Luc Hermann, Sharon Tiller | ||||
| 5.45-6.00 | Final announcements and thanks Adrian Monck, Head of Journalism, City University, Gavin MacFadyen | ||||