Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference

May 4, 2012 - PRLog -- The best in the business will gather for more than 100 panels, hands-on classes and special presentations about covering business, public safety, government, health care, education, the military, the environment and other key beats. Speakers will share strategies for locating documents and gaining access to public records, finding the best stories and managing investigations.

Keynote Speaker
JILL ABRAMSON – Executive Editor, The New York Times

Follow the Money — Tracking Companies' Influence on Politics
Free business journalism training before the conference

Come to a free Reynolds Center workshop on Wednesday, June 13, the afternoon before the IRE Conference. Bring the name of a company you follow to this workshop and learn how to track its efforts at political influence from two experts: New York Times reporter Ron Nixon and Sunlight Foundation editorial director Bill Allison.

They will help you:

Find campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures by companies at the state and federal level;
Tie company spending on candidates or lobbying to legislative or regulatory actions;
Find corporate contributions to independent groups.


More Information & Registration for the Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference at http://itevent.net/investigative-reporters-editors-confer...

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