Water is a scarce commodity in most of the Arab region. Four ARIJEANS will share their working methods to expose bad water management policies and practices that are harming public health and polluting the ecosystem. 

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This session will offer examples of lax legal oversight, mismanagement of private and public national health programs and waste of government funds in Jordan, Egypt and Yemen which is putting the lives/health of tens of thousands of people at risk.

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Mental, psychological and physical abuse of children often continues due to weak legislation, poor law enforcement and social taboos. In this session, four ARIJEANS share their experiences in covering the plight/conditions of abused children in Syria, Jordan, Yemen and Gaza. 

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This workshop is to help you organize your investigative story, managing your contacts, questions and timeline while tracking other vital data.

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Learn the insider tricks on how to effectively search and locate information using search engines like Google and Bing. This workshop contains must-have tools for every investigative reporter.

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Weak law enforcement, soaring unemployment and post-revolution political instability in Tunisia and Egypt encourage impoverished citizens to use smugglers to flee to Europe in search of better lives. Some succeed in making their way to Europe while others drown in the seawater or end up in detention centers .In Egypt, workers are also abused by employers due to weak labor laws and in Jordan, Syrian refugees are forced to pay money to brokers to escape the hardship of Zaatari camp.

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Popular ignorance and weak law enforcement encourage traders and factory owners to manufacture low-quality adulterated food which is harming the health of impoverished consumers.

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Desperate women trying to escape social stigma in Jordan and Syria might end up in fake marriages which compromise their legal and emotional rights and can harm the legal rights of their children. In Yemen, lack of rehabilitation centers for females who complete jail sentences force them to return to their cages.

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This session will equip you with important knowledge to find photos on-line in a fast and accurate manner while being able to detect forged and manipulated images.

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Learn how to use the 'Cloud" to securely store and manage all types of documents related to your investigations. Google Drive allows you to save all documents online and to access them from your personal computer, mobile phone and tablet while preserving all changes done to your documents.

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Turkey is hardly a media paradise. In terms of imprisonment of journalists, Turkey appears the most repressive country in the world. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made it clear that he does not like "watchdog" journalism.  Powerful media owners are dismissing their sharpest, most popular journalists to appease government leaders at the expense of their own readers under a toxic cycle of state-run pressure that is depriving the Turkish public of the intellectual diversity and the right to be informed. This pressure is forcing a growing number of journalists to operate in a climate of fear.

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Breaking into the world of closed political and religious groups can be dangerous and distressing. This panel will focus on the emotional toll our work can take and explore tools and strategies for staying safe and resilient while digging into groups which are protected by society or those in power.

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This training session features hands-on application of Visual Investigative Scenarios (VIS) tool to enhance the impact of your investigation using data processing and visualization.

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In this session your will learn how to become an expert in researching social media: Facebook Graph Search, Twitter, LinkedIn and others.

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  Lack of internal accountability procedures and partisanship allow MPs in Iraq, Jordan and Gaza toabuse their status and lack of accountability to increase their fortunes or to buy popular support.

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Welcome & Screening of film on ARIJ activities in 2013.

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Three years after the so-called "Arab Spring", the media environment in most of the countries involved in the uprising has undergone a troubled transition and the media is making an industry out of the political polarization between the new and old regimes on the one hand and the Muslin Brotherhood and their opposition on the other hand. The media industry remains deeply  polarized, shifting editorial stances and trading allegiances. Hence, media outlets have not been able to establish themselves as a forum for public discussion and debate. The notion of media as society's watchdog and guardian of public interest remains clouded. Many journalists and editors remain stuck between the warm laps of those in power and the role and duty of the "The Fourth Estate". Why has Arab media failed both to embrace the values of a sacred profession and to restore public confidence in its ability to expose the truth? Are chief editors and new rulers really keen on encouraging a professional and responsible media based on in-depth reporting in favor of accountability to promote national reconciliation and to help lay the ground rules for a functioning transition to democracy? Will investigative Journalism that can name and shame officials die or flourish? These are some of the questions this session will address.    

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Take a stroll in the busy main "Culture Street" next to the  Kempinski Hotel in the heart of the lively Shmeissani area and enjoy a wide range of  local, foreign and international dishes from fast food eateries, scores of Shisha cafes or savor fine dining at "La Maison Verte".

How do undercover reporters work? What is the risk? How far are we allowed to go and what can happen if you are caught? This panel will explore the techniques and the stories that great undercover investigative work can generate. To maximize the impact of a story, bring evidence and confront culprits and liars, hidden cameras and fake identities might be the only way of gaining access to information - if justification is adequate and editors approve the operation. On this panel, great professionals will share their experience and advice on undercover investigation in the Arab World - and beyond.

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Learn how and who can spy on your online browsing and tools and techniques to secure your online activities from eavesdropping.

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See examples of info graphics and how they can enhance the impact of your investigations. You will also learn how to create your own info graphics by using online tools. 

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How to investigate some of the most important issues that could turn upside down the lives of ordinary citizens due to weak legal systems and political McCarthyism at a time when calls for greater justice top the agenda of Arab citizens since the 2011 revolutions that toppled the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. 

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In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the tools of the trade from Tim Sebastian, the first presenter of the hard-hitting flagship news program HARDtalk shown on BBC World and the BBC News channel. He travelled all over the world for HARDTalk, interviewing kings, presidents, prime ministers, as well as authors, actors and musicians. Tim Sebastian left HARDTalk in 2006 but continues to ask the most difficult questions to hold those in power accountable to their deeds through the New Arab Debates, the region's free speech forum since 2011. His tough interview technique is the result of personal commitment to "accountability journalism" and detailed research.

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Years after these three Arab countries passed laws guaranteeing public access to information, the people in power continue to block the most basic information from the public. Journalists complain that freedom to information has become the exception and secrecy the rule, making "accountability journalism" almost impossible. Lack of access to public information and records violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on Dec. 10, 1948 which grants everyone the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of borders (Article 19). The International Convention on Civil Political Rights of 1966 repeats Article 19 but concedes that the exercise of this may be subject to certain restrictions. These are provided by law and are necessary to respect the rights or reputations of others to protect national security, public order or public health or morality. How can Arab journalists work with lawmakers and civil rights organizations to modernize these laws and engage the public in a drive to guarantee greater accountability and rule of law? In designing new laws, most Arab countries face a double challenge. They must balance the right of access to information with individual rights to privacy - and further to keep secret confidential information that could be harmful to the public.

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In this session you will acquire skills to load data and visualize it on a map. You will also learn how to analyze the data to detect hidden patterns that can be of great help to your investigation.

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Learn how to use TrueCrypt data encryption program to protect your data using latest state of the art tools that even the most sophisticated agencies cannot break into. You will also learn how to use "Synctoy" software to backup important files to preserve them.

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Investigative editors and reporters face difficulties of reporting on issues of interest to the public and publishing/broadcasting stories for the benefit of promoting accountability, rule of law and democracy. But they can partly solve these challenges through forming local and cross-border networks and alliances with perhaps a more rigorous Wikipedia/Wikileaks approach to avoid threats and prosecution.

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This session will focus on covering the entire track of bullet-proofing your investigation and providing tips for pre-publication quality control to make sure journalists avoid being the subject of investigations themselves.

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In this session, three world-acclaimed and award-winning television journalists and editors show their own clips and share tips on how to turn what is essentially a great print investigation into compelling television. They will also explain some of the challenges, detail their paper trail and share tips on surveillance, and how to get insiders to talk and track down key characters.

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After this training session you will be able to use interactive maps to tell stories. No coding skills required!

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Learn how to use Google Fusion online applications to analyze data mined from crowd sourcing. Please make sure you have a valid Google account to benefit from this hands-on workshop.

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Since the days of Watergate, it has been said that investigative journalism is slow and costly. But there have always been enterprises and individuals who are making money from investigative news. 60 Minutes and Le Canard enchaîné are examples of how the genre can be very profitable if it is managed properly. This session is about enterprises that make money from investigative journalism, and how they are managed in addition to using new advertising tools to boost circulation and revenue.

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Take a stroll in the busy main "Culture Street" next to the  Kempinski Hotel in the heart of the lively Shmeissani area and enjoy a wide range of  local, foreign and international dishes from fast food eateries, scores of Shisha cafes or savor fine dining at "La Maison Verte".

Protecting whistleblowers ("insiders") is higher on the international agenda now than ever before and is seen as an important measure to help curb corruption, protecting the public good, and hold those in power accountable. In practice, however, "Whistleblowing" ultimately depends on a free and open press on whom whistleblowers can depend. How far can journalists go to protect whistleblowers who may be putting their careers on the line by speaking out, more so in the largely autocratic Arab region?

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In an age of technical snooping, black bag jobs, and knock-down-your-door arrests by various law enforcement agencies, the identified of your confidential sources are in more danger of exposure than ever before. This workshop will introduce you to tools, techniques and strategies for communicating with your sources without endangering their livelihoods or lives. If you make promises to sources to keep their identities secret, you owe them to attend this session.

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Learn the latest tools and techniques for finding out who owns what even in hard to get off shores/or environments. This panel will include unveiling of OCCRP's new Investigative Dashboard; the tool that has helped many reporters find out information on dirty money spreading all over the world each year.

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Learn how to operate TrueCrypt data encryption program to secure your data using advanced encryption that specialized agencies cannot even break into. You will also learn how to use Synctoy software to back up important files that you should never lose.

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Learn how and who can spy on your online browsing and acquire tools and techniques to secure your online activities from eavesdropping.

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In this session, HenrikGrunnet, ARIJ consultant on multimedia (Denmark), TerjeCarlsson, chairman of the Swedish Association for Investigative Journalists (GRAV) and director of two-award-winning documentaries from the Middle East, and Rasha Abdul Wahab, ARIJ multimedia trainer (Jordan) take you on a tour of steps needed to ensure that print stories turn into video investigations to reach a wider audience. Several multimedia reports produced by ARIJEANS in Egypt and Tunisia will also are screened.

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Several editors and coaches often get caught between finding the best story ideas and making sure they can manage the time of their journalists without affecting the overall editorial quality and production quantity. This session is vital for editors who want to teach today's modern management techniques while making sure they do not lose their human face or wear out their staff.

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  You will learn how to mine internet websites, collect and filter data automatically using Yahoo Pipes. You will be coached on how to create your first pipe to automatically gather data related to a specific topic you are looking for. But you need to make sure you have a valid Yahoo account before showing up at this session

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In this training session, Tom Heinemann, independent award-winning Danish journalist and filmmaker talks about his latest controversial climate protection documentary "The Carbon Crooks". The recently-released documentary reveals how rich countries are buying Carbon Credits from poorer countries to reach the goals set in the second part of the Kyoto Protocol and maximize theft and fraud engulfing the carbon industry.

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This training session features hands-on application of Visual Investigative Scenarios (VIS) tool to enhance the impact of your investigation using data processing and visualization.

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How can financially-independent and objective news reporting exist in a world, even in established Western democracies, where freedom of the press is guaranteed but most editors and journalists remain under the influence of advertisers, governments and media owners with an agenda? This session will look at how new media players are ensuring editorial independence through relying on investigative journalism, small editorial teams, new content and ownership models as well as enough revenue from advertising and circulation.

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ARIJ has trained over 60 professors from private and public universities in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Iraq and Palestine on how to use its pioneering manual "Story-based Inquiry ", by Dr. Mark Hunter et al., in a bid to spread the culture of "accountability journalism" in media classes. At this session, Dr. Hunter will unveil ARIJ's forthcoming manual on teaching "investigative journalism 101" - a three-hour credit course for undergraduate media and journalism students developed over the past four months by a group of researchers, lawyers and investigative journalists at the request of so many media academics who have been inspired by the work on ARIJ.

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  How to stay alive when reporting onorganizedcrime and corruption as well as violent political groups? Learn practical steps from a leading editor responsible for keeping reporters alive while covering the most dangerous topics in some of the world's most dangerous places.

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ARIJ has provided technical, financial and legal support to assist the creation of investigative units at three independent TV stations in the Arab World: Al Jadeed (Lebanon), Al-Watan TV (Palestine) and Ro'ya (Jordan). Months of hard workhave finally paid off. Each TV is nowrunning a regular investigative show, increasing viewership and giving a new meaning to "watchdog journalism". Now the challenge is to maximizerevenue, minimizeexpenses and sustain professional capacity and a wide-base of loyal viewers.

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  In this session you will acquire skills to load data and visualizeit on a map. You will also learn how to analyze the data to detect hidden patterns that can be of great help to your investigations

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Learn how to create online surveys and then using the tool to collect responses from a selected group of people before publishing them on social media outlets. This session will turn you into an expert on using the Monkey Survey tool.

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Welcome: Walid Batrawi, Head of ARIJ Prize Jury Committee *  Announcement of ARIJ Winners in 3 Categories: print, TV and Radio * Awards to keynote speakers, Moderators and Donors