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    Last updated:
    October, 2002




    • Crossing the 49th:
    Investigative Journalism Techniques From Both Sides of the Border


    Saturday, October 5, 2002

     

    PACIFIC PALISADES HOTEL

    Vancouver, British Columbia

     

     

    The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) presented this unique, inaugural workshop.

    Presented in part with support from:

    CBC Television

    and
    The Jack Webster Foundation

    and the
    University of British Columbia School of Journalism


    The following sessions were featured, hosted by speakers from the CAJ and IRE respectively.

    Workshop Schedule
    (See the speakers list which follows for details about the participants)

      9 a.m. Welcome

      9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

      Room A - Post 9/11: Terrorism, security and immigration
      Lise Olsen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun; David Heath, The Seattle Times

      Room B - Into the courts: Navigating the maze in the United States and Canada
      Margo Harper, BC-CTV; James Neff, The Seattle Times

      10:45 a.m. to Noon

      Room A - Watching out for legal perils: Tips from both countries' lawyers
      David Sutherland, Lawyer, Vancouver; Bruce Johnson, Lawyer, Seattle

      Room B - Backgrounding business: Using resources from both sides of the border
      David Baines, Vancouver Sun; Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR

      Noon to 1:15 p.m. Lunch

      1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

      Room A - Investigating local government: From documents to methods
      Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight; Kathy Mulady, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Room B - Access to information: Making use of the differences
      Paula Sullivan,The (Tacoma) News Tribune; Robert Cribb, The Toronto Star

      2:45 p.m. to 4 p.m.

      Room A - Covering the environment: Documents to databases
      Duff Wilson, The Seattle Times; Ben Parfitt, Freelance

      Room B - Computer-assisted reporting: The Web, government databases and building your own databases
      Cheryl Phillips, The Seattle Times; Fred Vallance-Jones, Hamilton Spectator

      4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

      Room A - Investigations into health care, global and local
      David Heath and Duff Wilson, The Seattle Times; Ross McLaughlin, Celebrity Justice

      Room B - Keeping up with trade issues: NAFTA, lumber and fishing
      Terry Milewski, CBC-TV New ; TBA
    Speakers List

     

    David Baines - Vancouver Sun
    Christie Blatchford - National Post (Toronto)
    Kim Bolan - Vancouver Sun
    Robert Cribb - The Toronto Star
    Margo Harper (click on "2001 winner") - BC CTV (Vancouver)
    David Heath - The Seattle Times
    Brant Houston - IRE and NICAR (Columbia, Missouri)
    Bruce Johnson - Davis, Wright & Tremaine (Seattle)
    Terry Milewski - CBC TV News (Vancouver)
    Ross McLaughlin - Celebrity Justice (Los Angeles)
    Kathy Mulady - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    James Neff - The Seattle Times
    Lise Olsen - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Ben Parfitt - Freelance (Vancouver)
    Cheryl Phillips - The Seattle Times
    Charlie Smith - Georgia Straight (Vancouver)
    Paula Sullivan - The (Tacoma) News Tribune
    David Sutherland - Sutherland & Associates (Vancouver)
    Fred Vallance-Jones - Hamilton Spectator
    Duff Wilson - The Seattle Times

     

     

    This was also an excellent opportunity to join the CAJ and take out a membership with IRE at a discounted rate of $65.00 (Cdn.) for CAJ members, a saving of 40%. (IRE Membership can be obtained by registering on the IRE website: www.ire.org)    

     

    New or lapsed CAJ members can join or renew  while registering for  this conference and  take advantage of CAJ member rates

    (Memberships cost $75  for journalists earning more than $30,000 annually and $40 for journalists earning less than $30,000 annually.) 

    For further information, contact:

    John Dickins, CAJ Executive Director

     

    E-mail: caj@igs.net

     

    Tel: 613-526-8061

     

    Fax: 613-521-3904

     

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