IJAsia16: Full Schedule

Welcome, everyone, to Uncovering Asia: The Second Asian Investigative Journalism Conference. From September 23 to 25, we are bringing together top investigative reporters, data journalists, and media law and security experts from across Asia and around the world.

Below you will find more than 60 sessions and special events. There are panels on digging out hidden facts online, the environment, business, and how to fund your project; seminars on security and tracking dirty money; data journalism workshops by the best in the business; and much more.

You can follow us on Twitter at #IJAsia16. On behalf of your hosts — the Global Investigative Journalism Network, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and the Centre for Investigative Journalism, Nepal, we wish you a big hello! Namaste!

14:00 GMT+0545

Investigating Health

From infectious disease epidemics to the pharmaceutical industry, from the quality of local hospitals to the right to basic care, covering medicine and health is a rich but challenging topic for investigative journalists. One needs a knowledge of science with an enterprising approach to sources and data. Here are three varied approaches that offer a gold mine of ideas.

Moderators

Syed Nazakat

Founder & CEO, DataLEADS

Syed Nazakat, India, is an award-winning journalist, media entrepreneur, founder and CEO of DataLEADS, a tech and digital media company he founded to promote open data and democratization of information at scale. He leads DataLEADS in New Delhi, as well as oversees its outreach across... Read More →

Speakers

Thomas Abraham

Director, Master of Journalism Programme and Public Health Media Programme, and Associate Professor of Practice, Hong Kong University

Thomas Abraham is Director of the Master of Journalism programme at Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC), at Hong Kong University and also runs a research programme in health risk communication. He teaches courses in Health and Science journalism as well as internatio... Read More →

Ramu Sapkota

Correspondent, Himal Khabar Patrika

Fellow journalist at Centre for Investigative Journalism Nepal. Graduated from Tribhuvan University Nepal on Journalism. Investigative health journalist at Himal Khabarpatrika in Kathmandu.

Friday September 23, 2016 14:00 - 15:15 GMT+0545
Library 2

Panels

15:45 GMT+0545

Financing Your Investigation

Even in the best of times it can be tough to get your boss to support an investigative project. One way to help is to find your own funding. Today there are dozens of funds, foundations, and NGOs that can help support an investigative project. How do you find them and how do you ensure your independence? Here are three experts on the topic: the founder of nonprofit IndiaSpend, India's first data journalism news service; a US expert who has raised millions of dollars from private foundations; and the woman who built Hong Kong University's Journalism and Media Studies Centre into one of the region's leading journalism programs.

Moderators

Gabriela Manuli

Deputy Director, Global Investigative Journalism Network

Gabriela Manuli is the Deputy Director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), an association of 244 nonprofit organizations in 90 countries dedicated to investigative reporting. In 2019 she co-founded the GIJN Women Group, a network created to discuss issues related... Read More →

Speakers

Ying Chan

Professor, Journalist and Media Consultant

Ying Chan, Hong Kong/United States, is an editorial and media consultant, China expert, journalist, and e-learning advocate. She is the founding director and professor of the (1999-2016) of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong, and the founding dean... Read More →

Govind Ethiraj

Founder, IndiaSpend

Govindraj Ethiraj is a television & print journalist and founder & Managing Trustee of the award-winning www.indiaspend.org & www.factchecker.in, both public interest journalism efforts that use data to investigate and tell stories. IndiaSpend is a member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and its content is now widely published and cited in Indian print, digital and television media.A career business journalist who has reported and written on Indian bu... Read More →

Bridget Gallagher

Principal, Gallagher Group

As a career fundraiser for more than 20 years, and a solopreneur/entrepreneur building and running her own business for the last dozen of those, Bridget thinks a lot about sustainability, growth, and money. The skills that serve Bridget as a fundraiser have also helped her thrive... Read More →

Friday September 23, 2016 15:45 - 17:00 GMT+0545
Library 2

Panels