Journalists Club

Time

Activity

Speaker

08.30 - 09.00

Registration & Coffee Morning

09.00 - 09.15

Welcome and introduction – housekeeping

Laura Kemp (Australian Embassy)

Arfi Bambani (Secretary General of AJI)

09.15 - 09.30

Remarks from Ambassador (TBC)

09.30 - 10.15

Session one - Contact and Sources:

• How do I make and maintain contacts?

• Reliability of sources of information
• How to verify – how many sources do I need?
• Government, NGOs, anonymous sources – private agendas
• Best practice and ethics – protecting sources

• Essential journalism skills
• Finding the story and research
• Obtaining and carrying out interviews – keeping a record
• Asking the right questions
• Writing – story telling and longer features
• How to sell your story to your editor
• Tailoring to your audience

Nezar Patria (Indonesian Press Council)

10.15 - 11.00

Q & A

Nezar Patria (Indonesian Press Council)

11.00 - 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.00

Session two – Spin

• What is spin?

• PR – tools of the trade, the gift of the lazy journalist
• Government, NGOs, anonymous sources – private agendas
• Best practice – relation with sourches
• Cutting through the noise – don’t follow the pack

Yuyuk Iskak (KPK spokesperson)

12.00 - 12.45

Q & A

Yuyuk Iskak (KPK spokesperson)

12.45 - 13.00

Wrap up (evaluation & information of next session #2)

Moderator AJI

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch