Pia Thordsen, a Danish journalist, has been working for the past 22 years for newspapers, radio and TV and the United Nations, producing national and regional news and short documentaries on international issues. Currently, she is a TV producer at Danish regional television, TV SYD. Thordsen is board member of the Danish Association for Investigative Journalism since 2000 as well as key ARIJ trainer and senior coach.
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Ballroom : Third Plenary: "Strategies for Investigations in the Digital Global World"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. Moderators
Pia Thordsen, (Denmark)Pia Thordsen, a Danish journalist, has been working for the past 22 years for newspapers, radio and TV and the United Nations, producing national and regional news and short documentaries on international issues. Currently, she is a TV producer at Danish regional television, TV SYD. Thordsen is board member of the Danish Association for Investigative Journalism since 2000 as well as key ARIJ trainer and senior coach. Speakers
Brant Houston / USAHouston is the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting and teaches investigative and advanced reporting in the Department of Journalism at the University of Illinois. He is a founder and chair of the board of Directors for the Investigative News Network, a consortium of nonprofit investigative news organisations. Houston formerly worked as executive Director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, a 4,000-member organisation, and as a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Before joining IRE, he was an award-winning investigative Reporter at daily newspapers for 17 years. During 14 years at IRE, Houston oversaw the creation of numerous training programs nationally and internationally and also helped it strengthen and increase its membership. Houston is the author of three editions of the textbook, “Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Practical Guide,” and co-author of the fourth edition of “The Investigative Reporter’s Handbook.” Houston co-founded the Global Investigative Journalism Network in 2003. |
