Sunday, August 22, 2010
Arrival

From 7.00 p.m.
Get-Together
“Walhalla“, Dortustr. 5, 14467 Potsdam

Welcome: Dr. Verena Metze-Mangold,
Vice President of the German Commission of UNESCO

Monday, August 23, 2010
Electronic Media School, Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 25, 14482, Potsdam-Babelsberg


10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Workshop I
Basics of Investigative Research –
Types of research, strategies, Resources, Online-Research

Workshop trainer:
Marcus Lindemann, autoren(werk), Berlin

This workshop is an introduction into investigative research. The focus lies on the question, how young journalists who lack years of experience and great contacts can manage to conduct investigative research and what strategies they need according to different topics. To conclude there will be a discussion whether offline codes of conduct can be transferred to online research.

Since he was 17 years old, Marcus Lindemann has been working as a journalist. From 1997 – to Frebruary 2000 he started as a researcher and moved on to be an editor and reporter with ZDF in Mainz. Since September 2000 he has been managing author and producer of magazine features and longer formats as well as having developed rubrics and broadcasting formats. He has contributed to WISO, Frontal 21, Fakt, Plusminus, zdf.umwelt, planet-e, ZDF spezial, Hallo Deutschland, mit mir nicht! and Mittagsmagazin. Furthermore, he teaches as a research and TV-journalism trainer at the Academy for Journalism in Hamburg, the protestant Media academy/ School for Journalism in Berlin, the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation’s Academy for Journalism, the course MML at the University of Leipzig, for Mostra (Brussels, on behalf of the EU) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation. He is co-founder of autoren(werk) and member of Netzwerk Recherche.

2:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Workshop II
Classified Information Doping – Investigative Journalism and Sports

Workshop trainer:
Hajo Seppelt, Berlin

Hajo Seppelt, one of the most renowned sports journalists in Germany reports from his career being an investigative sports journalist on TV. He has been researching doping in sports for more than a decade. His work leads him travelling around the world and as part of it, he continuously encounters resistance in spots but also from politicians and the media. The alliance of secrecy about doping in sports is occasionally reminiscent of Mafia structures. The majority of the audience furthermore links sports on TV to suspense and entertainment rather than critical coverage of background information. This is a seminar about research into the realm of shadows that is professional sports and the areas of tension of critical reporting and the commercialisation of sports.

Seppelt received many national and international awards for his unrelenting research, especially about doping. Amongst others were several times the Großer Fernsehpreis des Verbandes Deutscher Sportjournalisten, the Silver Chest Award 2007 and Sports Movie and TV Award 2007 for the documentary „Mission: Sauberer Sport“ [Mission: Clean Sports](with co-autor Jo Goll). He furthermore received the Gold World Medal in the New York Festivals, category „Best investigative report long form” for „Olympia im Reich der Mittel: Doping in China“ [Olympia in Substance Kingdom: Doping in China] (with co-autor Jo Goll).

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Electronic Media School, Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 25, 14482, Potsdam-Babelsberg

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Workshop III
The “Siemens”-Files – Inside a corrupt company Investigative Business Journalism

Workshop trainer:
Jörg Schmitt, Der Spiegel, Hamburg

Since 2003 Jörg Schmitt has been an editor for current affairs magazine „Der Spiegel“. He is predominantly concerned with examining and discovering irregularities in the worlds of economy and sports. Titles included Ex-CEO of Reemtsma under money laundering suspicion, IKEA-bribes, investment fraud, money laundering, corruption at Siemens, the bankruptcy of the Kirch company, Jürgen Emig and bribes at Hessischen Rundfunk (Hessian broadcasting), Rainer Calmund and his parting from Bayer Leverkusen, the ICE axle fractures, Industrial spies from China, Corruption in Handball and further topics. He was honoured several times and was received the Henri-Nannen-award 2010 with two of his colleagues for „Best investigative achievement“. He will introduce the participants to investigative procedures at “Der Spiegel” and will reproduce them using the example of a corruption case at the company Siemens.

2:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Workshop IV
Research into political Institutions and the importance of the protection of sources

Workshop trainer:
Hans-Martin Tillack, stern, Berlin

Research in political institutions is easy as journalists can exploit the countless lines of conflict. Research in political institutions is difficult because journalists start fights with powerful opponents. On top of that, they have to protect their informants. Often against severe efforts by politicians to trace and eliminate sources.

Since 1993 Hans-Martin Tillack has been working for the Hamburg magazine „stern“ From 1999 to 2004 he worked as a correspondent from Brussels and is now reporter for the Berlin office. He was awarded the Leipziger Medienpreis for his EU- coverage. Book publications: „Raumschiff Brüssel. Wie die Demokratie in Europa scheitert“ [Spaceship Brussels. The failure of democracy in Europe] (Hoffmann und Campe 2003, mit Andreas Oldag), „Die korrupte Republik“ [The corrupt republic] (Hoffmann und Campe 2009)

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Trip to Berlin, guided tour through ZDF-studios.
After city-tour by boat.

Thursday, 26 August 2010
Electronic Media School, Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 25, 14482, Potsdam-Babelsberg

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Compilation of material (Blog, Radio, Video)

7:00 – 11:00 p.m
Closing Event
„Restaurant Hammer“, Am Neuen Markt,
14467 Potsdam

Presentation of the blogs, videos and radio pieces in the presence of the Lord Major of Potsdam, Jann Jacobs as well as partners, funders and further guests.

Friday, 27 August 2010
Departure