Investigative Practice. On the Ground and in the Ether
Date and time
Location
Goldsmiths, University of London
8 Lewisham Way London SE14 6NW United KingdomDescription
War reporting is changing: reams of data and munitions expertise can now be brought to bear without ever setting foot in a war zone, while the access of officially ‘embedded’ reporters is heavily subscribed, leaving it to freelancers to take the huge risks necessary to get the story out. Analysis of data and social media opens up unprecedented new opportunities for warzone reporting, but does it also open journalists up to manipulation?
In this session, Investigative Practice asks how online research and on-the-ground reporting can most fruitfully work together.
Chair:
Chris Woods, Founding Director, Airwars.
Panellists:
Iona Craig, Freelance reporter and founder of the Yemen Data Project.
Anand Gopal, Journalist and author of No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes.
Organised by
The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is a charity committed to the education and training of journalists, editors and researchers towards critical in-depth reporting and defence of the public interest.