Masterclass in Investigative Reporting

Two veteran reporters present The One-Day Masterclass in Investigative Reporting: David Leigh, investigations editor of The Guardian and professor of reporting at City University, London; and Nick Davies, special correspondent of The Guardian and author of Flat Earth News.

A masterclass for anyone who ever wanted to know how to bring down a government with a notebook.

Two of Britain’s most experienced investigative reporters join forces to tell the tales and teach the tricks of their trade – for student journalists and veteran reporters; print and broadcast; local and national; media lawyers, teachers and academics.

Techniques including:

• Finding stories
  
• Handling human sources
  
• Dealing with legal problems
  
• Exploiting the public domain
  
• Using the Freedom of Information Act
• Working with whistleblowers
• Answering ethical questions
• Dealing with leaks inquiries
• Undercover work