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Sunday, July 9th
Arrivals – Check in from 15:00 (Marriott Courtyard Prague Flora, Lucemburska 46, Prague 3, 13000)
18:00 – 18:15 Registration at hotel lobby
18:20 Departure from the hotel
19:00 Welcome dinner (Kozlovna, Lidicka 20, Prague 5)
Monday, July 10th – venue: Thomson Reuters (Václavské náměstí 832/19)
08:50 Meeting point: hotel lobby
08:55 Departure from the hotel
09:30 – 11:00 Techniques for Better Story-Telling (Michael Kahn, Reuters).
- How to recognize potential stories
- Accounting for history in a foreign environment
- Interviewing techniques and asking good questions
- Framing local stories for a global audience
- On-the-ground reporting and reacting to the unexpected
- Organizing material and crafting the finished product.
11:30 – 13:00 Story Idea Presentation to Feedback Panel (Jeremy Druker-TOL, Nedim Dervisbegovic-RFE/RL, and Michael Kahn).
Each participant will present their story to three long-time journalists in Prague who will offer initial feedback, suggestions for additional sources, and possible contacts. Nedim Dervisbegovic will focus on possible multimedia elements to include in each story.
Afternoon: On assignment, reporting and interviewing in the field.
Tuesday, July 11th
9:30 – 12:30 Using Data in International Reporting (Richard Allen Greene, CNN)
- What is data journalism? Do I have to be good at math to do it?
- What kinds of foreign stories benefit from data journalism?
- How do I find reliable data?
- What tools do I need for data journalism?
- How do I turn data into something audiences can understand?
- What are the dangers of working with data?
- The editor’s view: how to best communicate your pitches and ideas to editors back home
- The do’s and don’ts of dealing with your editors
Afternoon: On assignment, reporting and interviewing in the field.
Wednesday, July 12th
All day, reporting and interviewing in the field.
Thursday, July 13th
09:30 – 12:30 Rob Cameron – Reporting from Prague
The BBC’s long-time correspondent talks about how he got his start and how the profession has changed since his arrival in the early 1990s. He’ll also give a primer on using sound/audio in your stories.
Afternoon: Finishing touches on the assignments. Deadline: 19:00
Friday, July 14th
12:40 Meeting point: hotel lobby
12:45 Departure from the hotel
13:00 – 15:15 Tour of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Vinohradská 159A, Prague 10)
Working under conflict Malali Bashir (Afghan Service)
- RFE/RL introduction
- Covering war as a local
- Staying safe as a journalist in a war zone
- The ethical and moral responsibilities associated with covering conflict
- What to do if you do get into trouble
- The debate over embedded journalism.
Evening drinks at a local Czech brewery
17:10 Meeting point: hotel lobby
17:15 Departure from the hotel
17:30 Pivovarsky dum, Jecna/Lipova 15, Prague 2
Saturday, July 15th
09:30 – 12:30 Women in the Media – The benefits and challenges to being a woman in what was once a man’s game (Jana Ciglerova and Silvie Lauder)
- The challenges women reporters face in everyday work
- Becoming a foreign correspondent in the UK and the US
- Sexism in journalism and politics – what to watch out for
- Being a woman in the mainstream media: many female reporters, only few female editors –why?
- Different careers for male journalists
- How does motherhood affect career of a female journalist?
Sunday, July 16th
Free day
Monday, July 17th
09:30 – 12:30 Reporting-project critique session (Jeremy Druker and Michael Kahn)
Free afternoon
17:30 Meeting point: Dvořákovo nábřeží, Na Františku, Prague 1
17:45 Boarding on boat Gladius wharf nr. 12 under the Na Františku hospital
18:00 – 20:00 Farewell dinner on boat GLADIUS
Tuesday, July 18th
Departures