Global Investigative Journalism Conference (Lillehammer, October 8th-11th 2015)
From the news page:
This year’s global event for muckrakers is approaching! Today we’re pleased to reveal the first glimpse of the program for the 9th Global Investigative Journalism Conference — #GIJC15 — in Lillehammer, Norway.
First in line are the data tracks. We have 56 sessions dedicated to data-driven journalism already confirmed, and there is more to come.
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Three of the four data tracks will be hands-on, while a fourth will be showcases. In addition to that, the local organizing committee has planned a Data Pub.
The heavy security and scraping stuff will be in a special room, with three days devoted to security issues and webscraping with Python. The attendees will be introduced to how to encrypt emails, their own laptop and USB-sticks. They will also be trained to install security apps for text and voice. For those who think Python is too difficult, import.io is an option.
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For the showcases, we hope the audience will appreciate demonstrations from some of the authors behind the Verification Handbook, on advanced internet search techniques and using social media in research. There will be sessions on how to track financial crime, and the journalists behind LuxLeaks and SwissLeaks will conduct different sessions.
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BTW, you can become a sponsor for the conference:
Interested in helping sponsor the GIJC? Here’s a chance to reach and support the “special forces” of journalism around the world – the reporters, editors, producers and programmers on the front lines of battling crime, corruption, abuse of trust, and lack of accountability. You’ll join major media organizations, leading technology companies, and influential foundations. Contact us at hello@gijn.org.
Opposing “crime, corruption, abuse of trust, and lack of accountability?” There are easier ways to make a living but few are as satisfying.
PS: Looks like a good venue for discussing how topic maps could integrate resources from different sources or researchers.