Name: Super Researcher
Start: 2016-01-28T18:30:00-05:00
Location: Graduate School of Journalism

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Thursday

January

28

2016

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6:30pm

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Super Researcher

Find people, dig deeper and get your facts right

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A workshop by CUNY J+

AT the cuny graduate school of journalism

219 W. 40th Street, NYC

Find even the most elusive sources; Dig up hard-to-find information; And avoid embarrassing mistakes in your news stories. In this series of four short workshops, Barbara Gray, the former director of news research at the New York Times, will guide you through the most accessible techniques for investigating people and verifying the facts, including Facebook, Google+, Geofencing, Geolocation, mostly free and low-cost databases, WikiLeaks and many more.

Individual workshops are $48 or purchase the whole series for $149.

Don't forget to bring your laptop!

See below for more details.

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Finding People Fast (Even If They Don't Want to Be Found)

Dig up the dirt - efficiently. Barbara will guide you through the top 10 no-cost or low-cost resources, databases and techniques for finding anyone fast.

Tues.1/19 6:30pm

Newsgathering With Social Media

Social media can reveal a lot about people and about emerging situations. Learn to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networks to find sources and user-generated content, and to add detail to your reporting, especially during breaking news.

Thurs.1/21 6:30pm

Bulletproofing Your Reporting

Never get it wrong. Barbara will give you her checklist of research tips and techniques to fact-check your own work, verify your reporting and avoid embarrassing errors.

Thurs.1/28 6:30pm

Super-Searching Google and Beyond

Barbara will go over the most effective techniques to find the best information through Google and other databases to make you an expert news-gatherer.

Teaching the Art of Researching and Fact Checking

Barbara Gray is the chief librarian at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She came to the CUNY J-School from The New York Times, where she was director of news research. Previously, she was managing coordinator of the information center at Fox News Channel. Gray is an Adelphi Graduate and holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Long Island University’s Palmer School.

teaching the art of researching and fact checking

Barbara Gray is the chief librarian at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She came to the CUNY J-School from The New York Times, where she was director of news research. Previously, she was managing coordinator of the information center at Fox News Channel. Gray is an Adelphi Graduate and holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Long Island University’s Palmer School

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There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.

reporter and writer Walter Lippmann (1889-1974), as written in Liberty and the News (1920)

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Find even the most elusive sources; Dig up hard-to-find information; And avoid embarrassing mistakes in your news stories. In this series of four short workshops, Barbara Gray, the former director of news research at the New York Times, will guide you through the most accessible techniques for investigating people and verifying the facts, including Facebook, Google+, Geofencing, Geolocation, mostly free and low-cost databases, WikiLeaks and many more.

Individual workshops are $48 or purchase the whole series for $149.

Don't forget to bring your laptop!

See below for more details.

Other CUNY J+ workshops

Smarter Photos with Smart Phones: Jan. 23.

Chat Apps for News: Feb. 3.

How to be a Social Media Editor with Blair Hickman:

Feb. 16, 23, March 1, 8, 15.

Intro to Adobe Premiere Pro CC: Feb. 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23.

Intro to Food Writing and Photography: March 19.

Video for Social Media with Bob Sacha: March 30.

Video Storytelling for the Web with Bob Sacha:

April 23-24, and April 30-May 1.

iPhone Video with Bob Sacha: April 16.

Sensor Reporting for the Environment with John Keefe: April 13.

Online Security Install Party with Mike Tigas: May 11.

Smarter Photos with Smart Phones: May 14.

Data Storytelling and Visualization with Sandeep Junarkar: June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.

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