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IRE thanks the Chicago Tribune Foundation, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the Las Vegas Sun, Barbara J. Greenspun, publisher for helping underwrite these events.

Watchdog Workshop

Indianapolis, Ind. — Oct. 26-27, 2007
(Friday and Saturday)

Hosted by Indiana University School of Journalism; Sponsored by The Indianapolis Star

Two workshops in one!
IRE is combining its highly rated Better Watchdogs Workshop for reporters, editors, and producers with a special program for midlevel editors, called Unleashing the Watchdogs, presented in conjunction with the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

The Better Watchdogs track will offer practical nuts and bolts instruction for reporters, especially those at small- to medium-sized newsrooms and in bureaus of larger news organizations. The instructors will be experienced journalists and trainers from IRE.

The Unleashing the Watchdogs track will feature top editors who have years of experience in producing investigative and enterprise work. They share tips and techniques on how to get watchdog journalism done, especially from reporters covering beats and daily stories.

The workshops also cover the guiding of reporters in the effective use of the Internet, open-records laws, computer-assisted reporting and anonymous sources.

Workshop Fee: (includes a boxed lunch on Friday and a one-year IRE membership): $70 professional, $35 student

Optional Computer-Assisted Reporting Training for reporters to be offered 1:30-4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27: $30

Introductory: Attend this hands-on workshop and learn how to use Excel spreadsheets for deadline and beat reporting on budgets, salaries, and Census data. Also learn how to dig deeper using the Internet and find valuable datasets for your stories (Lab 254B, limited to the first 20 to sign up).

Intermediate: If you can comfortably move around, write a formula and import information into a spreadsheet, this is the session for you. This hands-on workshop will help reporters use Microsoft Access to delve into databases for more in-depth stories. The session will cover searching a database, summarizing and sorting data, and importing information into a database (Lab 268, limited to the first 20 to sign up).


Workshop location
Informatics/Communications
535 W. Michigan St.
Room 252 (breakout in Room 073 on Friday and Room 167 on Saturday)

Map: http://www.iupui.edu/maps/interactive/campus_map.swf (the building is on the far right, the second red building from the bottom (zoom in to see clearly)

CAR location
ET Building
353 W. Michigan
(corner of West and Michigan Streets)

Parking
While on campus visitors can park in any metered spaces or in visitor parking. The closest parking garage to the training location is the North Street Garage (XC) which is located at 819 W. North Street. There is also a second visitor garage, Vermont Street Garage (XB), at 1004 W. Vermont Street. Both of these garages are available for visitor parking. The daily rate for parking is $6.00.

A link with the campus map is below. 
http://www.iupui.edu/maps/campusmap.htm
Recommended hotels
University Place Conference Center & Hotel
(located on the campus IUPUI)
850 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317.269.9000
Toll Free 800.627.2700
www.universityplace.iupui.edu
Schedule
Schedule
Registration
Pre-registration is now closed, but space is still available. Please print the .PDF registration form and bring it with you to register at the event.
Cancellations need to be sent via e-mail to jgreen@ire.org. There is a $20 processing fee for cancellations until the day before the event. Refunds will not be given for cancellations on the day of, or after, the event.
To request a Watchdog Journalism Workshop in your area, send an e-mail to watchdog@ire.org.
See what other specialized training IRE offers.