15:30
16:00
Pre-Seminar
TBA
Immediately following the pre-seminar
Opening Reception
This exciting affair will kick off the Summer School of Investigative Reporting 2023.
Join us and enjoy some finger-food along with good music, great company, and a few drinks!
📍 Inner Yard of Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
09:00
09:30 – 10:00
Welcome Address
Nils Hanson, Programme Director
Dace Lamberte, Media Centre Director
📍 Main Auditorium
10:00 – 11:00
Investigating Russian Atrocities in Bucha
One of the most impressive investigations on the war is the 29 minutes documentary “Caught on Camera, Traced by Phone: The Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha”. This New York Times Visual Investigation identified the main military unit responsible for atrocities against civilians on Yablunska Street in Bucha, Ukraine. One of the producers of the investigation, Haley Willis, will talk about the eight-month work behind the documentary.
Keynote speaker: Haley Willis, New York Times
📍 Main Auditorium
11:00 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 13:00
Methods for Visual Investigations
Video journalist with the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times – Haley Willis – will walk participants through methods for conducting open-source investigations, focusing on tips for finding and verifying openly available content.
Please bring a laptop to this session!
Haley Willis
📍 Main Auditorium
Basic Data Journalism
Part 1
Learn how to think data. How to use spreadsheets to structure your story and to put it into context. This session guides you through your first steps into the wonderful world of data journalism, from sorting and filtering to summarizing your data with pivot tables.
You will need a Google/Gmail account to attend.
Helena Bengtsson
📍 Auditorium 303
Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption
TBA
Miranda Patrucic and the OCCRP team
📍 Auditorium W32
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
How to Expose abuse in Social Care
The people with the least power in society – children taken into care or people with illnesses or disabilities – are often preyed upon and taken advantage of. How do we find these stories and expose the people who abuse their positions without putting our interview persons at risk?
How to verify material from sources who cannot provide documentation to support the information? How to gain the trust of your sources so they feel safe and comfortable going on the record? We will also discuss how to navigate the ethical dilemmas.
Marja Grill
📍 Main Auditorium
Basic Data Journalism
Part 2
Continuing from the previous session, we will keep learning more about pivot tables and also learn how to use formulas to handle text and numbers.
You will need a Google/Gmail account to attend.
Helena Bengtsson
📍 Auditorium 303
Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption
TBA
📍 Auditorium W32
15:30 – 16:00
Break
16:00 – 17:30
The Nutcracker Method – How to Find the Core of Your Investigation
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by all the material you have collected? Have you ever felt that you have so many leads and directions for your story that you don’t know where to go next?
Participants will learn how to structure an investigation in a way that leads the case forward with the quickest and most effective route. To ask the right questions to the source material and use the correct method for that particular story.
Marja Grill
📍 Main Auditorium
A Journalists Guide to Programming
In this demo session, we will talk about the concept of coding. What are the building blocks of a script? What is a variable, a loop or a list? How are they used? What should I think about when scraping a document or a website? This is not a hands-on class; it will talk about and demonstrate for the beginner how to think when you want to start coding.
Helena Bengtsson
📍 Auditorium 303
Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption
TBA
📍 Auditorium W32
09:30 – 11:00
Optimizing Online Searches
Part 1
How to find that elusive information you need for your investigative project? Here you will get the online tools and tricks you need from the master himself.
Henk van Ess
📍 Main Auditorium
On Foreign Ground
Being on foreign ground is known to many investigative journalists. So how do you find your way when you don’t speak the language?
And how do you work with your local colleagues when you sit in f.e. Riga and work on a story in Sri Lanka or Bangladesh?
This lecture gives you tips and tricks for your next investigation.
Tom Heinemann
📍 Auditorium 303
Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption
TBA
📍 Auditorium W32
11:00 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 13:00
Optimizing Online Searches
Part 2
Henk van Ess
📍 Main Auditorium
Safety For All
It can be dangerous to expose crimes or reveal how workers in real life are treated when working for multinational companies.
Not only for you and the team but also for the locals involved in your investigation. How do you protect them as best as possible?
And are there things you MUST do before jumping on the plane?
Tom Heinemann
📍 Auditorium 303
Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption
TBA
📍 Auditorium W32
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
Optimizing Online Searches
Part 1
How to find that elusive information you need for your investigative project? Here you will get the online tools and tricks you need from the master himself.
Henk van Ess
📍 Main Auditorium
TBA
📍 Auditorium 303
Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption
TBA
📍 Auditorium W32
15:30 – 16:00
Break
16:00 – 17:30
Optimizing Online Searches
Part 2
Henk van Ess
📍 Main Auditorium
TBA
📍 Auditorium 303
Reporting on Organized Crime and Corruption
TBA
📍 Auditorium W32
19:00
Garden Party
This is the perfect opportunity to unwind after intense days of learning, network, and socialize with your fellow attendees in a more relaxed setting. We look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the success of the Summer School of Investigative Reporting together.
📍 Inner Yard of Stockholm School of Economics in Riga