Better Watchdog Workshop and Unleashing the Watchdogs Workshop

April 16-17, Tacoma, Wash.

The workshops are hosted by The News Tribune and sponsored by us, the Western Washington Pro Chapter of SPJ.

IRE is combining its highly rated Better Watchdogs Workshop for reporters, editors, and producers with a special program for midlevel editors, called Unleashing the Watchdogs, presented in conjunction with the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

The Better Watchdogs track will offer practical nuts and bolts instruction for reporters, especially those at small- to medium-sized newsrooms and in bureaus of larger news organizations. The instructors will be experienced journalists and trainers from IRE.
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The Unleashing the Watchdogs track will feature top editors who have years of experience in producing investigative and enterprise work. They share tips and techniques on how to get watchdog journalism done, especially from reporters covering beats and daily stories.
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The workshops also cover the guiding of reporters in the effective use of the Internet, open-records laws, computer-assisted reporting and anonymous sources.