We've got a fantastic line-up of panels for the IRE Conference in Boston. The speaker
list includes winners of most of this year's major investigative awards and other top journalists from news organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally. You can check out the
schedule, but here are just a few of the great sessions we've got lined up:
-Uncovering Violence and Abuse in Sports
-Investigating Sacred Cows
-Sue Me: Dealing with the Threat of Legal Action
-Ignored and Abused: Investigating Caregivers
-Paying for Investigative Journalism
-What are They Looking For? Inside Tips on Getting a Book or Movie Deal
-Fighting for Records and Access
-Are You Ready? Digging Into Breaking News
-Building the Digital Newsroom
-Backgrounding Candidates and Truth-testing Claims
-Identifying the Next Big Investigation
-Investigating Racial Disparities
-Policing the Police
-Social Media for Journalists
-Promoting Your Investigation
-Truthiness and Investigative Reporting
-Advanced Google search methods for Investigative Reporters
-What's So Super About PACs?
-Picking Projects That Will Have Impact
-Tracking Corruption Internationally