Programme for the 2017 NZCIJ Investigative Journalism Conference in Auckland on 12-13 August.
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Saturday 12th August 2017
| 08:30 | Registration | |
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| 09:00 | Welcome | |
| 09:10 | Tony Wall: The Art of the Door Knock | Three-time Reporter of the Year Tony Wall is a master of fronting those he is writing about, as he showed when he went into remote New Zealand to meet now-convicted stop-go killer Quinton Winders |
| 10:00 | Morning Tea | |
| 10:30 | Anke Richter: Getting Too Close to the Story | Independent journalist Anke Richter on the anguish of getting too close to the story during a painstaking investigation into Centrepoint and her work on the “Circle” pyramid scheme |
| 11:20 | Dylan Cleaver: Rugby Concussion and Challenging NZ Rugby | New Zealand Herald sport editor-at-large Dylan Cleaver on exposing rugby’s dark concussion secret – and challenging the sacred cow of New Zealand sport |
| 12:10 | Lunch | |
| 13:10 | Workshops: | |
| Prof Thomas Lumley: Calling Bullshit on Numbers | Author of StatsChat and Chair of Biostatistics at University of Auckland Prof Thomas Lumley on statistical first-aid | |
| Chris Smith and Adam Couper: JournoSec | Insomnia Security consultants Chris Smith and Adam Couper on how to protect yourself, your data and your sources. (Bring your laptop) | |
| David Fisher and Greg Treadwell: OIAs | Senior NZ Herald reporter David Fisher and senior journalism lecturer Greg Treadwell on what’s going wrong with your OIA requests and how to make them better | |
| 14:10 | Nicky Hager: Hit & Run and the Aftermath | Author and investigative journalist Nicky Hager on how the book Hit & Run came together, and on the aftermath – how to deal with the attacks on the story you have published |
| 15:00 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15:30 | Mihi Forbes, Anabelle Lee and Adrian Stevanon: Ngā Mōrehu and Looking After the Talent | The Hui team Mihi Forbes, Anabelle Lee and Adrian Stevanon on their Ngā Mōrehu investigation and how they went about supporting the men who spoke out |
| 16:20 | Dr James Hollings: 150 years of NZ Investigative Journalism | Live launch of Dr James Hollings’ new book: A Moral Truth: 150 Years of Investigative Journalism in New Zealand |
| 17:10 | Wrap for the day |
Sunday 13th August 2017
| 9:30 | Deborah Manning: Lawyers as Sources | Human rights lawyer Deborah Manning on lawyers as sources – making it work when their obligation is to their client and yours is to the public |
| 10:10 | Simon Wilson: Telling Great Features | Master storyteller and former Metro editor Simon Wilson on the art of long-form writing and what it is that lifts a story beyond ordinary |
| 11:00 | Morning Tea | |
| 11:30 | Kirsty Johnston: Freeing Ashley Peacock | NZ Herald journalist Kirsty Johnston on freeing Ashley Peacock – “how the state imprisoned a man guilty of nothing” |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Steve Braunias: Why We Do This | Author Steve Braunias (Spinoff/NZ Herald) on the importance of investigative journalism and why doing what we do matters so much |
| 14:30 | Closing |
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