Porto Palace Hotel
26is Oktovriou 65
Thessaloniki, Greece
August 21-27, 2023
DAY 1, August 21
9.30 – 10.00 Opening session and introduction with an outline of the training programme – Ivana Nikolic (Programme Manager, BIRN HUB) and Milka Domanovic (Regional Director, BIRN HUB)
10.00 – 11.30 Introduction to Investigative Journalism, Michael Montgomery, Senior Reporter/Producer, Reveal + The Center for Investigative Reporting
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.30 Introduction to Investigative Journalism, Michael Montgomery, Senior Reporter/Producer, Reveal + The Center for Investigative Reporting
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Basics of Open-Source Research, Marija Ristic, Manager at Amnesty International’s Evidence Lab
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 How to Pitch a Story, Michael Montgomery and Gyula Csak (Editor, BIRN HUB)
19.00 Dinner at the hotel
DAY 2, August 22
9.00 – 10.30 How to Expose Police Violence, Marija Ristic, Manager at Amnesty International’s Evidence Lab
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 What’s a Visual Investigation, Sam Joiner, Visual Stories Editor, Financial Times
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Inside North Korea’s Oil Smuggling, Sam Joiner, Visual Stories Editor, Financial Times
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 Panel Discussion: Journalism in Exile (Ricardo Gutierrez European Federation of Journalists; Hanna Liubakova, a Belarusian journalist, researcher and a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council; Milica Stojanovic, a BIRN HUB journalist; The Insider)
19.00 Dinner at the hotel
DAY 3, August 23
9.00 – 10.30 Digital Security for Journalists, Milica Stojanovic, BIRN Journalist & Digital Security Trainer
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Digital Security for Journalists, Milica Stojanovic, BIRN Journalist & Digital Security Trainer
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.30 Mental Health & Burn Out, Mar Cabra, Co-founder, Chairman of the Board and trainer, The Self-Investigation
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 18.00 Mental Health & Burn Out, Mar Cabra, Co-founder, chairman of the Board and trainer, The Self-Investigation
19.00 Dinner at the hotel
DAY 4, August 24
9.00 – 10.00 Group work
10.00 – 11.30 Investigative podcasts, Michael Montgomery, Senior Reporter/Producer, Reveal + The Center for Investigative Reporting
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.30 Investigative podcasts, Michael Montgomery, Senior Reporter/Producer, Reveal + The Center for Investigative Reporting
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Cross-Border Journalism, Sandrine Rigaud, Forbidden Stories
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.00 Cross-Border Journalism, Laurent Richard, Forbidden Stories
19.00 Dinner at the hotel
DAY 5 August 25
9.00 – 10.00 Work in groups / flexible
10.00 – 11.00 Investigating migration and human rights abuses, Alison Killing, Killing Architects
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Investigating migration and human rights abuses, Alison Killing, Killing Architects
12.30 -13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 15.00 Introduction to Data Journalism, Olaya Argüeso Perez, Editor-in-Chief, Correctiv
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 17.00 Introduction to Data Journalism, Olaya Argüeso Perez, Editor-in-Chief, Correctiv
18:00 – 19:00 Joint BIRN – Heinrich Böll Stiftung Thessaloniki Panel Discussion: Investigating the Migration Policy Crisis in Greece (Apostolis Fotiadis and Stavros Malichudis, We Are Solomon; Eleni Stamatoukou, BIRN; Neda Noraie-Kia, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Thessaloniki
20.00 Farewell Dinner, Rooftop
DAY 6, August 26
10.00 – 12.00 Presentation of pitches
12.30 Departure from the hotel
13.30 – 17.30 Arrival & beach time
17.30-18.30 Reaching White Tower
18.30 – 20.15 White Tower and Boat Ride
20.15 Departure to the hotel
DAY 7, August 27
Departure