Investigative Journalists Training

POWER REPORTING: THREE DAYS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING FOR INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND AFRICA

Wits Journalism invites you to its annual Power Reporting - African Investigative Journalism Conference 2009. This year's Conference takes place from Monday, 26 to Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at Wits University.

Power Reporting brings together the best of African investigative journalists with top investigative reporters from Europe and the USA.

Some of the features will include:
Sports reporting and investigations, led by Andrew Jennings, author of Foul: The secret world of Fifa
A focus on business reporting, including Danny Schechter, author of Plunder: Investigating our Economic Calamity and the Sub-Prime Scandal
Exposing injustice, with a keynote speech by Raphael Rowe, who was released after 12 years in prison when his case was re-opened by journalists and is now a BBC producer working on injustice exposes.

Other international speakers include David Kaplan, Editorial Director of  the Centre for Public Integrity in California and Head of the International Consortium of Investigative Reporters; Brant Houston, Knight Professor for Investigative and Enterprise Reporting, Illinois; and Sorious Samura, Sierra Leonean film maker.

This year, Wits Journalism has teamed up with the Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) to bring about 50 participants from 20 African countries - and Power Reporting is now recognized as part of theGlobal Investigative Journalism Network.

This year's workshop will be an intensive three-day event of hands-on skills training, the presentation of case studies and discussion and debate on the future of investigative reporting for investigative journalists from around Africa. Hands-on computer classes to develop your research and analytical skills, how to make a request under Access to Information legislation and reading company accounts will form part  of the skills training agenda.

For more information and an agenda for the three days click here or email Brigitte.Read AT wits.ac.za. Cost: R2000 (with a 10% discount for early booking).