Hosted by: Michigan State University, School of Journalism in collaboration with the Michigan Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association.

IRE will offer several of its core sessions, designed to improve your ability to find information on the Web quickly, point you to critical documents and data for more depth in your daily work and help you produce quick-hit enterprise stories. Workshop sessions will also give you tips on how to negotiate for records, get sources to open up and much more.

These sessions are designed for reporters, editors, and producers from small, midsize and large publications, TV, radio stations, Web-only news sites and news blogs. Freelancers, students and journalism educators are also encouraged to attend.

Join IRE's experienced trainers and a group of veteran reporters for our Watchdog Workshop Saturday, April 1 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Expected speakers include Michael LaForgia of the Tampa Bay Times; M.L. Elrick of Fox 2-TV in Detroit; Jennifer Dixon of the Detroit Free Press; Jill Riepenhoff of The Columbus Dispatch; attorney Robin Luce-Herrmann of Butzel Long; and Doug Haddix of IRE/NICAR.

This program is made possible thanks to support from the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation.

Optional Computer-Assisted Reporting hands-on training 

Sunday, April 2, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Attend this hands-on workshop and learn how to use Excel, a powerful electronic spreadsheet for deadline and beat reporting on budgets, salaries, election data and more. Class size is limited; register early to reserve a seat on a first-come, first-served basis.

Campus Map

Map: Michigan State University main campus

Parking

Free parking is available right next to the building as well in a structure adjacent to the building. These parking areas are reflected in the map as 52, 49 and 48.