By Lauren McSherry
Moderator: Brant Houston, Knight Chair for Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois
Mark Katches, investigative editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (winner, AP Award for Innovations in Investigative Reporting)
Brian Lehrer, WNYC Radio: Public radio as a home for investigative reporting; “crowd-sourcing” and other techniques
Daoud Kuttab, Chairman of ARIJ (Arab reporters for Investigative Journalism) and [...]

A presentation by Ying Chan, Founding Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong
Posted by Kristin Jones
Veteran investigative journalist and Chinese media expert Ying Chan led an audience of mainly American investigative journalists through some of China’s best watchdog journalism of the last decade.
The last few years have been a pioneering [...]

The Challenges to Investigative Reporting in Today’s Market
Panel Discussion, 1-2:30pm, March 12, 2009
By Lizza Dwoskin
Bill Grueskin, academic dean, Columbia Journalism School
Paul Steiger, editor in chief, president and chief executive of ProPublica
Gustavo Gorriti, columnist, Caretas magazine, Peru
Mark Horvit, executive director, Investigative Reporters and Editors
Cheryl Phillips, data enterprise editor, Seattle Times, and president [...]

by Kristin Jones
Legal Threats and Opportunities: Reporting on National Security and Other Issues
Moderator: John Dinges, professor, Columbia Journalism School
Lucy Dalglish, executive director, Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press
James Risen, reporter for The New York Times and author of State of War
Roman Shleynov, investigations editor, Novaya Gazeta (Russia)
Harinder Baweja, news and investigations editor, Tehelka
What [...]

On Thursday and Friday, keep an eye on this site. We’ll be posting news from the upcoming panels on threats to investigative journalism, and new opportunities and innovations in the field. We invite you to follow the days’ proceedings online, and we welcome your comments and questions. Write to watchdogcolumbia@gmail.com or post your comments below.