Deadline: 10 August 2011
WikiLeaks is one of the very hot topics in investigative reporting these months. The scandals caused by the leaked documents and around Julian Assanges person are still unfolding. For now we can introduce:
Marcel Rosenbach from the German weekly Der Spiegel. Marcel Rosenbach took part in the negotiations about the American cables and will tell how the team at Der Spiegel worked with the documents.
Jan Gunnar Furuly from the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten obtained the cables from a source not connected to WikiLeaks. Aftenposten shared the documents with other newspapers. Jan-Gunnar Furuly will tell how the Norwegian team worked with the documents and with other media.
We have invited the German Daniel Domscheidt-Berg who worked with WikiLeaks from the start, but broke with Julian Aassange. We also invited a Lebanese newspaper which published documents about the situation in the Arab world and this way contributed to the uprisings and are trying to contact the team behind a similar Russian project.
There will be many other interesting sessions. For the moment the following have confirmed, that they will speak to us in Kyiv:
* Wang Keqin, China, who is the most famous investigative report in China.
* Ana Arana, Mexico, who investigated how the press is reporting in a country marred by drug wars.
* Bo Elkjaer, Denmark, who exposed a scandal around registers for CO2-quotas
* Sebastian Junger, USA, who was embedded with a platoon in Afghanistan and made the film ‘Restrepo’
* Evgeny Vyshenkov, Russia, who has been investigating organised crime in St. Petersburg
* Florence Aubenas, France, who worked undercover at the bottom of French society.
* Charles “Chuck” Lewis, USA, who for years has investigated the situation of investigative reporting
* Serena Tinari, Switzerland, who made a TV-documentary about “Tamiflu” and the pharma industry
* Laureen Keane, Washington Post, who has specialised in presentations of investigative reporting on the web.
* Albrecht Ude, Germany, will introduce ways of researching in the internet without leaving any traces.
* Roch Bozino and Luc Hermann, both France, will explain how investigative reporters can turn their research into TV-documentaries and how they can sell them!
There will be a lot of workshops and hands on training in Data Driven Journalism and other techniques. Here you can learn from Nils Mulvad, Denmark, Luuk Sengers, the Netherlands, Mark Hunter, France/USA, Kevin Davis, USA, Brant Houston, USA, Jose Roberto Toledo, Brazil, Franciska Skoknic, Chile, and John Nicol, USA, Jesper Woldenhof, Denmark, Mark Horvit, USA, David Donald, USA, Sarah Cohen, USA, Elena Egawhary, UK, Paul Myers, UK, Henk van Ess, the Netherlands.
Paul Radu, Stefan Candea and Adrian Mogos, all Romania, will with Yulia Latynina, Russia give detailed instructions how to work undercover.
At GIJC 2011 we will intensify and expand the international networking of investigative reporters. This is going to be coordinated by Brigitte Alfter, Denmark, and Nicky Hager, New Zealand.
At GIJC 2011 there is also be an award ceremony. The media representative of OSCE Dunja Mijatovic has been invited to speak at the ceremony.
The jury for the Global Shining Light Award has the following members: Kajsa Norell, Sweden, Angelina Nunes, Brazil, Anton Harber, South Africa, and Paul Radu, Romania. The secretariat is managed by Thomas Hjortsoe, Denmark.
Grants
GIJC 2011 has funds for scholarships for colleagues who would otherwise not be able to participate in the Global Conference in Kyiv. In some cases GIJC will be able to cover all your costs, in other cases GIJC will only contribute.
Because of visa procedures you have to apply before 10th of August 2011.
If you have questions don’t hesitate to ask (in both English and Russian). Either through this form or by mailing info@gijc2011.org.
To apply, please download this form (right-click and select “Save file as…”, fill it in, and email it to info@gijc2011.org. It’s a Word doc., so please open it and write in the form. Keep it short!
About your budget: Most important are travelling costs in your own country and to Kyiv and back.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: info@gijc2011.org
For submissions: info@gijc2011.org
Website: http://gijc2011.org/