The Conference Agenda
Day 1. December 4
14:00-14:30
Welcome & Opening remarks of organizers and donors
14:30-15:00
COVID-19 and investigative journalism: modern challenges and opportunities
Keynote speaker: Nils Hanson, Sweden
How lockdown has impacted investigative journalism
15:00 – 16:00
Comfort break
16:00-17:30
Track 1
Investigative journalism under COVID-19
What obstacles do journalists face while working on investigations during the pandemic? How have they overcome those difficulties? Which technical solutions did they use?
Speakers: Olena Lohinova, Slidstvo.info (Ukraine); David Ritsher, Reveal (USA); Hanna Kalaur, Chetverta Vlada (Ukraine); Bektour Iskender, KLOOP (Kyrgyzstan)
Track 2
Visual investigations
We will speak about the innovative methods that The New York Times Visual Investigations Team uses: from collecting and analyzing cell phone videos, satellite pictures and other imagery to 3-D reconstructions of crime scenes. What are the opportunities and limitations of these innovations?
Speaker: Сhristiaan Triebert, The New York Times (USA)
Day 2. December 5
10:00 – 11:30
Cooperation of the National Corruption Prevention Agency and investigators on Improving Transparency of the Political Parties
We’ll cover the launch of e-reporting on political parties’ finances, look into the ways to identify fake party donors and present POLITDATA system new features.
Speakers: Maksym Opanasenko, Bihus.info (Ukraine); Ihor Feshchenko, Chesno (Ukraine); Viktoriya Kozachenko, Integrity Development Office, NCPA (Ukraine); TBC, Political Corruption Prevention Office, NCPA (Ukraine)
12:00-13:30
Track 1
Models of financial sustainability for investigative centers and projects
How to provide sustainable development of investigative centers? Where to look for partners and support in investigation implementation?
Speakers: Hanna Babinets, Slidstvo.info (Ukraine); Kseniya Bizenkova, Bihus.info (Ukraine); Henrik Kaufholz, Danish Association for Investigative Reporters (Denmark); Henrik Grunnet, MediaBridge (Denmark); Бріґіта Альфтер / Brigitte Alfter, Dataharvest (Denmark)
Track 2
Master class: New YouControl Tools for investigators
YouControl will show its new tools for real investigators: how to find data from UA, RF, GB, Cyprus, new capacities of YouControl People module, looking for links in different levels, possibility to create lists and share them and other life hacks and treats
Speakers: Serhiy Milman, YouControl (Ukraine); Anzhela Pidkhomna, YouControl (Ukraine)
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:00-15:30
Discussion Panel: Aggression, threats and attacks on journalists (surveillance, wiretapping, defamation)
16:30 – 18:00
Track 1
Investigating law-enforcement agencies
Track 2
Master Class: Working with foreign registries and aggregators
19:00-20:00
Teleconference with ARIJ: Opportunities, challenges and resources – Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Day 3. December 6
10:00-11:30
Using Information from unreliable/questionable sources (expose, intentional and unintentional leaks): ethical and legal risks
12:00-13:30
Track 1
Investigating financial reporting by political parties
Track 2
Master class: Mobile Journalism in Investigations
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
Track 1
Investigating COVID-19 pandemic
Track 2
Master class: Using CrowdTangle to access public Facebook and Instagram data
16:30-18:00
Track 1
Visual investigations
Track 2
Education for investigative journalists: how to teach investigative reporting to students
The Conference's central theme: Achievements, Challenges and Development Opportunities
investigative journalism under COVID-19:
- modern challenges and opportunities
- investigating COVID-19 pandemic
new formats:
- visual investigations
- mobile journalism
education for investigative gournalists
new models of financial sustainability for investigative journalism
The Conference Donors
EU Anti-Corruption Initiative (EUACI), Politiken Fonden, Internews Media program, The Embassy of Germany in Ukraine
