The New England Center for Investigative Reporting will host a Watchdog Reporting Workshop on Thursday, May 21 at Boston University. Training at the one-day workshop will include instruction and tools to give reporters the skills needed to produce better watchdog journalism on deadline, as well as enterprise pieces that result in scoops.
The workshop will be taught by NECIR Executive Director Joe Bergantino, Investigative Reporter and Director of Partnerships Beth Daley, and Assistant Managing Editor and Senior Investigative Reporter Jenifer McKim.
Topics will include:
- Investigative reporting: The big picture
- Brainstorming story ideas
- Mining the Internet
- How to investigate individuals, business and nonprofits
- Stories that ooze: Digging deep into the environment
- Anatomy of a story
- Computer-assisted reporting
- Using public records laws
- The art of the interview
For more information and to send in your registration, click here. You can also register online here before May 14.