Inviterer til gravekonferanse med øst-europeere

Budapest-konferansen vil være en unik mulighet for deg som ønsker å få innblikk i hva som skjer av undersøkende journalistikk i Øst-Europa. Her kan du også skaffe deg et nettverk av gravejournalister fra disse landene. 60 reportere fra hele Øst-Europa kommer. Nå inviteres fem vestlige journalister til å bli med.

08.08.2005 13:06

Hvis du vil reise til Budapest må du eller din bedrift selv dekke reise og konferanseavgift, som inkluderer hotell. Her er informasjon om konferansen (på engelsk):

Conference in Budapest 28. and 29. October arranged by Scoop - a support structure for investigative journalism in Eastern - and Central Europe, Copenhagen, and Center for Independent Journalism, Budapest.

At the conference you will meet 60 investigative reporters from Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.

Reporters who have worked with support from Scoop will present their investigations of corruption, smuggling, trafficking and many other issues. Some investigations are done in the microcosmos of small provincial towns, others are trans-national investigations covering several countries. Four investigations done with support from Scoop have won awards.

You will also meet keynote speakers:

Peter Eigen, the founding father of Transparency International:
The role of journalism in the fight of corruption

Bruce Shapiro, professor at Yale University:
The pro’s and con’s of investigative reporting

Jürgen Roth, German freelance reporter who has done research of international organised crime since the wall fell down:
How to investigate international criminal structures

The conference will start on Friday 28. October at 9.30 o’clock and finish on Saturday 29. at 16.30 o’clock

Conference languages: English and Russian

Conference fee: 450 euro (with hotel and catering). We have only a few places for participants from Western Europe and USA, so please contact us as soon as possible.

The conference is sponsored by the Open Society Institute and Carlsberg Breweries.

More information:
Ilona Moricz, Center for Independent Journalism. Tel. +36 30 9000 688.
e-mail: ilona.moricz@cij.hu          
Henrik Kaufholz, manager of Scoop, reporter at Politiken. Tel. +45 40 25 76 18 
e-mail: henrik.kaufholz@pol.dk