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Power Reporting: the African Investigative Journalism Conference

The 2011 conference was held at Wits University from Monday 31 October to Wednesday 2 November. Over 230 people attended from across South Africa and 23 African countries.

Click here to browse the Power Reporting 2011 blog to access speaker notes, profiles and the conference programme.

Speakers included:

◊ Felicity Lawrence, award-winning writer on the food industry for the London Guardian.

◊ Amanda Cox of the New York Times on mapping the news (how to use data visualisation skills)

◊ John Vidal of the London Guardian, and OSI fellow Ken Silverstein on energy and climate change

◊ Martin Plaut, Africa Editor, BBC World Service, on radio

◊ Investigating SA’s police commissioner Bheki Cele, with Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Stephan Hofstatter, winners of the 2010 Taco Kuiper Award.

To view the full list of speaker profiles, CLICK HERE

Power Reporting always has something for everyone – new skills for old hands, an introduction to investigative journalism for those at the start of their careers, specialist speakers on current topics for specialist writers.

Notes on computer classes

2011 Programme