Power Reporting: the African Investigative Journalism Conference 2011
This year’s Power Reporting: The African Investigative Journalism Conference began today and will go until November 2nd at Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Talks include (among other topics):
◊ The food business
◊ China in Africa
◊ The energy debate
Power Reporting has something for everyone – new skills for old hands, an introduction to investigative journalism for those at the start of their careers, specialist speakers on current topics for specialist writers.
◊ Felicity Lawrence, specialist writer at the Guardian, UK and award-winning author of Eat Your Heart Out – why the food business is bad for the planet and your health
◊ Improve your skills and learn new ones: from data visualisation, via databases, to computer-assisted research, reading financial documents, planning your investigation and telling your story, in print and on radio.
◊ Computer-assisted reporting team
Here is a link to the conference blog
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