Investigative business reporting: Portland, May 7
The Particulars
Instructors: Alec Klein, professor at
Northwestern University’s
Medill School of Journalism
and
Gary Cohn, adjunct professor at the
University of Southern California’s
Annenberg School of Journalism
Location: George S. Turnbull Center,
School of Journalism and
Communication University of Portland
70 NW Couch St., Third Floor
Portland, OR 97209
Host: Society of Professional Journalists,
Oregon and
Southwest Washington Chapter
Date: May 7
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Register for this workshop.
Hotels:
Hotel 50, at 50 SW Morrison
Half a mile from the Turnbull Center
(503) 221-0711
Group Rate: $109
Hotel Modera, at 515 SW Clay
This is 1.2 miles from the Turnbull Center,
visitors can take a free light rail ride that will
deposit them a few blocks from their
destination.
(877) 484-1084
Group Rate: $116.
Courtyard Marriot: City Center, at 555 SW Oak
(503) 505-5000.
This is about half a mile from the Turnbull Center.
Although there is no discount rate, the Courtyard’s
rates are competitive and this hotel is closest to
the Turnbull Center.
Join Pulitzer winner Gary Cohn and former Washington Post investigative reporter Alec Klein in this FREE workshop, “Investigative Business Journalism on a Beat,” as they walk you through the steps to successful investigative business stories. These two top reporters turned journalism professors will take you through the investigative story from start to finish: refining and pitching an idea, developing and interviewing sources, plumbing public documents, and organizing and presenting the story effectively in multimedia.
Come with an idea for an investigative project, and leave with a story pitch to take back to your editors. The emphasis will be on pursuing investigations while still covering your beat.
Please note: To qualify for either hotel discount, you must say you are with the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication and must pay with a credit card.
YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Gary Cohn, the winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, is a freelance journalist and an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism. Cohn has worked for the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News and for columnist Jack Anderson in Washington.
Gary Cohn
Cohn has also won a Barlett and Steele Silver Award for Investigative Business Journalism, an IRE Medal, a George Polk Award, two Selden Ring Awards for investigative reporting, Sigma Delta Chi’s first prize for investigative reporting, a National Press Club award, an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and two Overseas Press Club Awards. He was a Pulitzer finalist in 1996 and 2002.
Alec Klein is a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a best-selling nonfiction author. Over two decades, his investigations at The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Baltimore Sun and The Virginian-Pilot have led to significant reforms, Congressional hearings, federal laws, criminal convictions and more than half a billion dollars in government fines.
Alec Klein
Alec’s best-selling Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner was named one of the “Best Business Books” by Library Journal and Strategy + Business. The book built on his coverage of AOL at The Post, for which Alec won the Gerald Loeb Award, business journalism’s highest honor. His second book, A Class Apart: Prodigies, Pressure, and Passion Inside One of America’s Best High Schools, was named “One of the Best Education Books of the Year” by the American School Board Journal.
AGENDA: “INVESTIGATIVE BUSINESS JOURNALISM ON A BEAT” WORKSHOP
8:30 a.m. Coffee-and-pastries reception and registration
9:00 a.m. Introductions: What’s your story idea? – Robin J. Phillips, BusinessJournalism.org M.E.
9:30 a.m. Generating ideas and executing them while covering your beat – Alec Klein
10:00 a.m. Interviewing techniques — Alec; Dealing with sensitive sources – Gary Cohn
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Case Study: The Pulitzer-winning ship-breakers stories – Gary
12:15 p.m. Box lunches provided
1:15 p.m. Using Public Documents – Alec, Gary
2:00 p.m. Case Study: AOL stories – Alec
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Organizing and presenting investigations on multiple platforms – Alec
3:45 p.m. Write your story pitch, Wall Street Journal-style
4:05 p.m. Feedback on pitches — Alec, Gary
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Please do not register unless you are sincere about attending the workshop and have been given authorization by your editor to do so. Since our workshops are often oversubscribed, no-shows keep other potential registrants from attending.
Journalists who successfully complete three regional workshops or online seminars presented by the Reynolds Center are eligible to receive a “Circle of Achievement” award certificate.
More than 8,500 journalists have attended free workshops sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism since 2003. If you have any questions about this workshop or the center, please Email Executive Director Linda Austin or call 602-496-9187.
This free seminar is sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. If you have any questions about the Webinar or the center, please mail Executive Director Linda Austin or call 602-496-9187.
