New Tools for Investigative Journalism

CURATING REALITY
New Tools for Investigative Journalism

CONFERENCE SANDBERG@MEDIAFONDS 2012
Thursday, February 9th from 13.30 – 17.30 hrs. (Doors open at 13.00 hrs.)
Theater van ’t Woord, Openbare Bibliotheek
Oosterdokskade 143, Amsterdam
Free admission
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Today, we have more means than ever of gathering, interpreting and disseminating information. New forms of reporting, such as data journalism, crowdsourcing and social networks, are becoming increasingly important. Though it is often suggested that journalism is in crisis we are witnessing an explosive increase in journalistic practice and strong innovation in the field, thanks to a vast range of new possibilities.

The Sandberg@Mediafonds 2012 conference will concentrate on new forms and applications in investigative journalism resulting from technological advances. How can we use new media to better practise investigative journalism? How can we make the most of the shifting relationship between journalists and their audience, and of readers’ and viewers’ newly active role in producing and distributing stories? And how can technology be used to better keep an eye on the powerful, and to tell meaningful stories about the complex, fast-changing world we live in today?

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PROGRAMME

13.00 REGISTRATION

13.30 — 15.30 BLOCK I 'INPUT'
– The Masters of the Media | ROGIER KLOMP founder 'This is propaganda'
– Welcome | HANS MAARTEN VAN DEN BRINK Mediafonds
– Introduction | ANNELYS DE VET Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam
– MOEED AHMAD Head New Media Al Jazeera, t.b.c.
– BREGTJE VAN DER HAAK documentary filmmaker and journalist
– JEROEN SMIT Professor In Journalism, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, author ‘De Prooi’
– BRENNO DE WINTER journalist of the year
– Abstract | MARTIJN DE WAAL writer and researcher

15.30 – 16.00 BREAK

16.00 — 17.30 BLOCK II 'OUTPUT'
– Data-driven journalism | SIMON ROGERS Editor Datablog and Datastore, The Guardian
– Visual journalism | JAN VAN TOORN designer and visual journalist
– Black Transparency | METAHAVEN Daniel van der Velden
– That New Design Smell | MICHÈLE CHAMPAGNE designer
– Occupy | YURI VEERMAN artist
– Abstract | MARTIJN DE WAAL writer and researcher

Moderator ANNELYS DE VET (Head Design, Sandberg Instituut).

17.30 – 18.30 DRINKS

INSTALLATIONS
– Wiki Truth | KYRA VAN INEVELD, designer
– Tsunami by proxy | MARLON HARDER, designer

The conference is a joint project of the design department of the Sandberg Instituut and the Mediafonds. It kicks off the Sandberg@Mediafonds master class, in which programme makers and designers collaborate on new cultural media productions that explore digital boundaries. The results will be unveiled on Thursday 7th June 2012.