Shutterstock December 7-8, 2017 México City, México Technology, Innovation & Journalism Executive Director Lynne Walker will participate as a trainer in a México City TechCamp organized by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs. The TechCamp aims to increase the digital literacy, media safety and investigative journalism skills of almost 60 participants from … Read more
LE PICTORIUM/Alamy Stock Photo November 9-11, 2017 La Paz, Bolivia Investigative Journalism in the Digital Age Reporters and editors in the capital city of La Paz will attend a 14-hour workshop instructed by Walker on Investigative Journalism in the Digital Age. The workshop, organized by the Fundacion para el Periodismo, is being offered to journalists … Read more
October 25-30, 2017 San Francisco, California Bridging Science and Societies InquireFirst and Mexico City-based Fundacion Ealy Ortiz will bring together 50 science journalists for a October 25 professional development workshop to present practical, hands-on training sessions to sharpen reporting skills on the most pressing science, health and environmental issues in the Western Hemisphere. The 2017 … Read more
Shutterstock September 25-29, 2017 Asunción, Paraguay Investigative Reporting & Access to Information Journalists in Asuncion, Caacupe and Itaugua, Paraguay, will attend a three-day workshop instructed by InquireFirst Executive Director Lynne Walker on investigative reporting and techniques for accessing information for in-depth reporting. Paraguay is readying for party primaries in December and a presidential election in … Read more
Photo by Luis J. Jiménez/InquireFirst September 1, 2017 Virtual session from San Diego, CA Advanced Investigative Journalism This virtual session focuses on every aspect of investigative journalism — from idea to planning to reporting and writing and finally to follow-up stories. More than 100 journalists will be attending the session from Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Durango, … Read more
Shutterstock August 21-25, 2017 San Diego, California Digital Storytelling in the 21st Century This five-day workshop will focus on multi-platform storytelling as well as the dissemination of information through new media. The program includes discussions with specialists on the issues of accuracy and credibility, libel and other legal questions, reporting ethics and the sourcing of information … Read more
Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo June 19-23, 2017 San Pedro Sula and Comayagua, Honduras Engaging Audiences with In-Depth Reporting In San Pedro Sula, Walker will lead a two-day workshop on accurate sourcing and producing thorough, balanced investigative journalism that results in greater transparency and good governance. Walker will also conduct intensive reporting workshops in the colonial city … Read more
imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo June 12-16, 2017 Quetzaltenango and Guatemala City Tools & Techniques for Investigative Reporting In Guatemala City, journalists will attend a two-day Tools & Techniques workshop led by Walker, who will meet separately with journalists in Quetzaltenango. The program will focus on developing investigative news stories, techniques for finding and interviewing sources, writing … Read more
Rocio Gallegos, editorial director of El Diario, looks at a map of Ciudad Juarez marked with the areas of the city where the worst outbreaks of drug violence have occurred. Photo by S. Lynne Walker/InquireFirst May 15-16, 2017 Cuidad Juarez, Mexico Investigative Journalism & Journalist Safety During the two-day Investigative Journalism workshop for print, … Read more