Deborah Nelson, Fulbright professor in Investigative Reporting at SSE Riga May 10 – May 24, 2011
The Centre for Media Studies at SSE Riga invites you to participate in the following seminars led by Deborah Nelson:
May 16, 16.00, SSE Riga 6 th floor Mojo: Reporting and Story Telling with a Smart Phone and Video The cell phone as notebook, camera and printing press. We’ll swap favorite apps and discuss simple ways mobile multimedia journalism can help tell important stories better.
Sign up: http://www.sseriga.edu.lv/event/centre-media-studies-sse-riga-mojo-reporting-and- story-telling-smart-phone-and-video
May 17, 16.00, SSE Riga 6 th floor Investigative Reporting in the New Online World New challenges and opportunities posed by globalization, technology, and newsroom cutbacks. We’ll look at traditional and emerging models for investigative reporting as well as cross-border networks and online resources
Sign up: http://www.sseriga.edu.lv/event/centre-media-studies-sse-riga-investigative-reporting- new-online-world
May 19, 16.00, SSE Riga 6 th Floor Launching and Organizing an Investigative Project Methods to minimize time and maximize success. In the business world, entrepreneurs extol the virtues of “failing fast.” We’ll discuss strategies to fail fast but also succeed fast by identifying bad tips early and pursuing good tips efficiently.
Sign up: http://www.sseriga.edu.lv/event/centre-media-studies-sse-riga-launching-and- organizing-investigative-project
May 20, 13.00, SSE Riga 6 th Floor Art of the (Reluctant) Interview How to get reluctant people to talk, and how to turn the person you’re investigating into your best source. Also: Special techniques for interviewing trauma victims and other fragile subjects.
Sign up: http://www.sseriga.edu.lv/event/centre-media-studies-sse-riga-art-reluctant-interview
May 24, 13.00, SSE Riga 6 th floor The Endgame Writing, presenting, fact-checking, trouble-shooting and social media outreach. We’ll share tips for producing high-impact projects Sign up: http://www.sseriga.edu.lv/event/centre-media-studies-sse-riga-endgame
Each seminar will take approximately 3 hours and the seminars are free of charge.
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga: Strēlnieku street 4a, Riga. Phone: + 371 67015800
Deborah Nelson After five years as the Washington investigations editor for The Los Angeles Times, she also reported for the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and the Chicago Sun-Times, and her national awards include a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
She shared in the Pulitzer for a Seattle Times series that exposed widespread problems in the federal government's Indian Housing Program. As an editor, she helped produce a Pulitzer- winning series on the deaths of 229 children in the District of Columbia's care, and on the deadly accident record of the Marines Harrier jump jet. Her science and environmental reporting also has received national recognition.
Nelson earned a B.S. in Journalism from Northern Illinois University and a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. She directs the Carnegie Seminar, which provides intensive instruction by top university experts on news-related topics, such as immigration, politics, war and peace.
She is leading an initiative for the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda and the Salzburg Global Seminar to develop a global curriculum for journalism schools on international criminal law and justice. Nelson is on the advisory boards of the Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. She is an active member and past president of Investigative Reporters and Editors.