Are you a journalist interested in investigative reporting techniques?
"The session was helpful in establishing a network, as well as providing important database and a lot of possible story ideas." - Liza Gross, Senior science writer/editor at PLoS Biology, Public Library of Science
NECIR’s investigative reporting certificate program is a unique apprenticeship program offering journalists around the world the opportunity to learn how to do in-depth investigative reporting by working side-by-side with experienced, award-winning investigative reporters at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) — a nonprofit, 24/7 investigative reporting newsroom based at Boston University.
Program Info:
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Location: Boston University’s College of Communication Dates: Session 1: June 4th – June 15th, 2012 Session 2: June 18th – June 29th, 2012 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday-Friday |
Cost: Tuition: $2,000. **Please note: We are not able to provide financial aid. Dormitory housing (double occ.): $401 for two weeks Dining plan: 28 meals for two weeks: $300 38 meals for two weeks: $358 No refunds after April 1st. |
Program Details:
Spend two weeks this summer on the Boston University campus learning investigative reporting research skills, computer-assisted reporting, interviewing techniques and how to structure, write and edit investigative stories for print, the web and broadcast outlets.
"There is no better way to learn than what I am getting from Joe and Maggie." - Grace Ekang
Participants will learn investigative reporting by actually working on a story that either they propose and can bring back to their media outlet or that NECIR instructors assign.
Participants will receive daily, hands-on training and supervision.
You’ll work with award-winning local and national journalists, including university faculty.
In addition, the training will include seminars on financial analysis, ethics, undercover reporting and scraping the web.
NECIR wants to provide journalists worldwide with hands-on investigative reporting training that will help them fulfill their mission of holding government and powerful institutions accountable. A maximum of twelve students will be accepted for each two-week sessions.
Session One 2011 Journalists stand with co-director Joe Bergantino.
Faculty:
Joe Bergantino, NECIR’s Co-Director is an award-winning investigative reporter with 30 years experience, including 22 years as WBZ-TV’s I-Team Reporter and five years as an ABC News Correspondent.
Maggie Mulvihill, NECIR’s Co-Director is an award-winning investigative journalist with more than 20 years experience in both print and broadcast reporting.
Rochelle Sharpe, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with more than 25 years experience as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and USA Today.
