2021 Agenda

BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting
In collaboration with Lighthouse Reports

DAY 1

August 23, Monday

9:00 – 10.00 Opening session and introduction with an outline of the training programme – Marija Ristic, regional director of Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and Ludo Hekman, editor and founder of the Lighthouse Reports  

Venue: Room Beterina 

10:00 – 11:30 Open Source Investigative Techniques: Basics for Investigative Journalism – Leone Hadavi, investigator and analyst, Lighthouse Reports 

Venue: Room Beterina 

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:30 Open Source Investigative Techniques: Basics for Investigative Journalism – Leone Hadavi, investigator and analyst, Lighthouse Reports 

Venue: Room Beterina 

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 17:00 Paper Trails: Tracing Documents Behind Policy Decisions – Lise Witteman, lead investigative journalist, Lighthouse Reports 

Venue: Room Beterina 

20:00 Dinner at the hotel

DAY 2

August 24th, Tuesday

9:30 – 10:30 An Introduction to Data for Investigations, Max Harlow, Newsroom Developer, Financial Times  

Venue: Room Beterina 

10:30 – 11:00  Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 An Introduction to Data for Investigations, Max Harlow, Newsroom Developer, Financial Times 

Venue: Room Beterina 

12:30-14:00 Lunch break 

14:00- 15:30 Working in groups

 (Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

15:30 – 16.00 Coffee break 

16:00 – 18:00 Working in groups 

 (Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina 

20:00 – Dinner at the hotel

DAY 3

August 25th, Wednesday

9:30 – 11:00 Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

(Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee

11:30 – 13:00 Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

(Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break 

14:30 – 16:00 Working in groups

 (Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

16:00 – 16.30 Coffee break

16:30 – 18:30 Screening of a documentary and talk: Black Trail: the environmental impacts of the shipping industry, Myrto Boutsi, journalist at The Reporters United 

20:00 Dinner at the hotel

DAY 4

August 26th, Thursday

9:30 – 11:00 Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee

11:30 – 13:00 Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee

16:30 – 18:00 How to BIRD – BIRN Investigative Resource Desk presentation, Sofija Todorovic and Ivana Nikolic    

20:00 Dinner at the hotel

DAY 5

August 27th, Friday

9:30 – 11:00 Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00  Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 18:00 Field trip 

20:00 Dinner at the hotel

DAY 6

August 28th, Saturday

10:00 – 11:00 Investigating Border Management: Maximilian Popp, journalist at Spiegel 

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12: 30 Investigating Border Management: Maximilian Popp, journalist at Spiegel 

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Working in groups 

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

16:00 -16:30 Coffee break 

16:30- 18:30  Working in groups  

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Beterina

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina  

20:00 Joint dinner 

DAY 7

August 29, Sunday

9:30 – 11:00 Working in groups  

(Arms – lead Leone Hadavi) Room Vrelo

 (Waste – lead Ludo Hekman) Room Bobara 

(Surveillance – lead Marija Ristic) Room Beterina 

(Agriculture – lead Maud Jullien) Room Tupina

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Working in groups: Next steps

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

15:30 – 16:30  Visit to the War Photo Limited Dubrovnik ( Group 1)

17:00 – 18:00 Visit to the War Photo Limited Dubrovnik (Group 2)   

August 30, Monday – departure