Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2007 - Toronto

by Canadian Association of Journalists, http://www.caj.ca/events/conf-2007/index.html

According to the Canadian Association of Journalists website, the 2007 Global Investigative Journalism Conference will convene in Toronto May 24-27.

Here's a description of the conference from the CAJ's website:

Journalists from Canada and more than 30 countries will gather to work with award winning investigative documentary makers like Lowell Bergman, Neil Docherty, Julian Sher, Martin Smith, and Peter Klein as well as investigative writers such as Carol Off, Stephen Grey, Kim Bolen and Terry Gould, who have investigated topics as diverse as the true human costs of the War on Terror, the current state of the Taliban, child labour in the chocolate industry, the CIA involvement in US renditions, the Air India bombing and why journalists risk their lives to do this kind of work.  The recent murder of Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya is just one example of the rising threat to investigative journalism around the world. The Toronto Global Investigative Journalism conference will recognize and celebrate these courageous journalists and their work with the Global Shining Light Award, for public service journalism under dangerous or dire conditions.  Financial support from sponsors CBC News, CanWest Global, The Open Society will allow many speakers and journalists from developing and countries in transition to come to Toronto. They will be able to take advantage of a significant training component to the conference including the latest journalistic techniques as well as computer assisted reporting taught by an internationally renowned group of trainers. The global event will be part of the annual CAJ national conference and awards presentation. It takes place May 24th-27th at the Hilton, close to Toronto’s theatre and restaurant district. It’s the first time the Global Investigative Journalism Conference is being held in North America.

Click here to visit the Canadian Association of Journalists' announcement about the conference, where you can register and get more information.