Agenda
Day 1, December 13
12.30-13.30
Registration of participants. Welcome coffee
13:30-14:00
Opening remarks from the organizers
14:00 – 14:30
Investigative journalism in the new media reality
Keynote speaker – Charles Lewis, tenured professor and the founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University in Washington, D.C. (USA)
14:00 – 15:30
Investigations that are changing the country and society – The impact of investigations on their heroes: how do no harm and not violate the standards of ethics and the profession?
Speakers: Charles Lewis (Investigative Reporting Workshop, USA); Andrew Lehren (CNBC, USA); Lesia Ivanova (Bihus.Info, Ukraine); Harvey Cashore (CBC, Canada)
Moderator: Katya Gorchynska (Ukraine)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee-break
16:00-17:30
Rimo Hall
The impact of investigations on their heroes: how do no harm and not violate the standards of ethics and the profession
Speakers: Margo Smit (NPO, Netherlands); Henrik Kaufholz (Politiken, Denmark); David Hammer (WWL-TV, New Orleans, USA); Natalie Sedletska (Schemes, RFE/RL, Ukraine)
Moderator: Daryna Shevchenko (Jnomics, Ukraine)
Denali Hall
Models of investigative journalism support & sustainabilty
Speakers: Azamat Tynaev (Internews, Kyrgyzstan); Vladimir Thorik (RISE, Moldova); Atanas Tchobanov (Bivol.bg. Bulgaria); Oksana Bizenkova (Bihus.Info, Ukraine)
Moderator: Gaygysyz Geldiyev (Jnomics, Ukraine)
Belgrano Hall
Being freelance investigative journalist
Speaker: Mark Schapiro (Berkeley University, USA)
Day 2, December 14
09:00 – 09:30
Registration of participants. Welcome coffee
09:30-11:00
Rimo Hall
Panel Discussion: How to Teach Investigative Journalists?
Speakers: Charles Lewis (Investigative Reporting Workshop, USA); Andrew Lehren (NBC News, USA), Lasma Antonevica (Centre for Media Studies, SSE Riga, Latvia); Pavlo Khud (Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine); Oleksandr Voloshyn (RPDI, Ukraine); Olga Simanovych (GIJN, Ukraine)
Moderator: Oleg Khomenok (Internews, GIJN, Ukraine)
Denali Hall
Workshop on Promotion of the Center for Investigative Journalism through social networks
Part 1
Trainer: Franak Viachorka (Digital Communication Network, USA)
Belgrano Hall
Workshop on Investigative podcats
Trainer: Michael Montgomery (Reveal, USA)
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee-break
11:30-13:00
Rimo Hall
Cybercrime investigation
Speakers: Cornelius Granig (K Advisors, Austria); Andrey Zakharov (BBC Russia)
Moderator: Stanislav Urasov (Liga Tech, Ukraine)
Denali Hall
What NABU (does not) talk about
Speakers: Marharyta Zhyvaha (NABU); Yaroslava Kravchenko(NABU); Nadiia Polkhovska (NABU)
Belgrano Hall
Master-class – Video and Online Storytelling of Investigations
Trainer: David Hammer (WWL-TV New Orleans, USA)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:30
Rimo Hall
Investigation of Ukrainians & their connections abroad
Speakers: Cornelius Granig (K Advisors, Austria); Atanas Tchobanov (Bivol.bg. Bulgaria); Oleg Oganov (Mykolaiv Center for Investigative Reporting, Ukraine); Alina Stryzhak (Nashi Groshi, Ukraine)
Moderator: Oleksa Shalayskiy (Nashi Groshy, Ukraine)
Denali Hall
Workshop on Promotion of the Center for Investigative Journalism through social networks.
Part 2
Trainer: Franak Viachorka (Digital Communication Network, USA)
Belgrano Hall
Interviewing Techniques in Investigations
Speakers: David Hammer (WWL-TV New Orleans, USA); Harvey Cashore (CBC, Canada)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee-break
16:00 – 17:30
Go Offline: New Forms and Formats for Communication with Audiences of Investigations
Speakers: Svitlana Olifira (NABU); Anastasiya Borema (Bihus.Info); Oleksandra Hubytska (Nashi Groshi Lviv); Maksym Savchuk (Schemes, RFE/RL); Yevheniia Motorevska (Slidstvo.Info)
Moderator: Oleksandr Voloshyn (RPDI)
18:00-21:00
Reception
Day 3, December 15
10:00-11:30
Rimo Hall
Investigation of war crimes
Speakers: Michael Montgomery (Reveal, USA); Milorad Ivanovic (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Serbia)
Moderator: Valentyna Samar (Center for Investigative Reporting, Ukraine)
Denali Hall
Data-based workshop: from party finances to simultaneous search in 19 datasets
Trainers: Anton Stoliarov and Yelyzaveta Seredina (Bihus.Info,Ukraine); Vita Dumanskaya and Oksana Stavniichuk (Chesno, Ukraine)
Belgrano Hall
Cross-border investigative teams: how to plan, communicate, prevent leaks
Speakers: Andrew Lehren (NBC News, USA); Aubrey Belford (OCCRP, Ukraine); Olena Loginova (Slidsto.Info, Ukraine)
Moderator: Olga Simanovych (GIJN, Ukraine)
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee-break
12:00-13:30
Rimo Hall
Cross-border investigations of 2019
Speakers: Vladimir Thorik (RISE, Moldova); Valeria Egoshina (Schemes, RFE/RL, Ukraine); Roman Romanovskiy (TI, Russia); Alina Stryzhak (Nashi Groshi, Ukraine)
Moderator: Aubrey Belford (OCCRP, Ukraine)
Denali Hall
Master-class – Search for information about individuals using tools of YouControl
Trainer: Sergi Milman (YouControl)
Master-class – Search for information about individuals using tools of Clarity Project
Trainer: Yaroslav Harahuts (Clarity Project)
Belgrano Hall
Master-class – How to do investigations focused on Criminal Justice topics
Trainers: Anna Babinec (Slidstvo.info); Kateryna Lykhohliad (Slidstvo.info); Еlena Loginova (Slidstvo.info)
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
Rimo Hall
Investigating environmental issues: best practices
Speakers: Alyona Boiarynova (STS, Ukraine); Kateryna Rozhdestvenska (Zaporizhzhia CIR, Ukraine); Taras Zozulinskyi (Detectives, Ukraine); Olena Mudra (Voice of Carpathians, Ukraine); Mark Schapiro (Berkeley University, USA)
Moderator: Tetiana Rykhtun (UA: Kyiv, Ukraine)
Denali Hall
Workshop on Use of public data registers of the Russian Federation
Trainer: Roman Romanovskii (TI, Russia)
Belgrano Hall
Investigating party financing and campaign funding
Speakers: Maksym Opanasenko (Bihus.Info), Hanna Kalaur (4 vlada); Yurii Horbach (Syla Pravdy); Yaroslav Chepurnyi (Mykolaiv Center of Investigations)
Moderator: Igor Feschenko (Chesno)
16:00 – 16:30
Closing remarks of the conference
16:30-17:00
Coffee
Organiser: Regional Press Development Institute
Regional Press Development Institute (RPDI) – Ukrainian nonprofit public organization, which has been successfully operating in Ukraine since 2006.
Topic of the Conference: "Investigative journalism in the new media reality"
Information availability – open data, global surveillance vs privacy rights, leaks and whistleblowers vs classifying and encrypting information;
Media consumption and communication model – multilateral and equal communication, social networks, manipulation and misinformation, impact of investigations;
Technologies for gathering information, media formats, storytelling and reaching the audience;
New formats and tasks of education for investigative journalists;
New models of financing of investigative journalism.
Keynote speaker - Charles Lewis
Charles Lewis, tenured professor and the founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University in Washington, D.C., former producer for ABC News and CBS News 60 Minutes, he founded two Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit news organizations, The Center for Public Integrity and The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. A best-selling author/co-author of six books, he was awarded the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in 2018.
Donors of the Conference
European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI), Politiken Fonden, Internews Media Program in Ukraine, The International Renaissance Foundation, USAID, Embassy of Germany
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