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| The Risk and Reward of Investigative Reporting in the Global Economy |
| Bratislava, 09.10.2014 |
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| Common misconceptions about investigative reporting. The qualities of a successful investigative reporter. Why investigative reporting is more important today than ever before.
Lessons learned from following the global pipeline of toxic pharmaceutical ingredients. The importance of Investigating corporate misdeeds. Steps journalists everywhere should take to ensure the survival of investigative reporting. How the laws of physics apply to investigative reporting. How Mr Bogdanich survived the biggest libel/slander lawsuit in history and saved millions of lives in the process.
The Slovak Spectator cordially invites you to a lecture by Walt Bogdanich, the three-time holder of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. The lecture will take place:
- on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 between 4 – 5.30 at the Assembly Hall of Comenius University on Šafárikovo námestie in Bratislava.
- on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 between 3 – 4.30 p.m. at the Historical Assembly Hall of P.J.Šafárik University on Šrobárova 2 in Košice.
Participation is free of charge, however due to limited capacity in the Assembly Hall it is necessary to register at www.uniba.sk.
The lecture is organised by The Slovak Spectator and the Petit Academy Foundation, in conjuction with the Tatra Banka Foundation and Comenius University.
About Walt Bogdanich
Walt Bogdanich, a three-time Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, is the assistant editor of The New York Times Investigations Desk. Prior to joining The New York Times in 2001, Bogdanich was an investigative producer for the US television network CBS and before that he worked for ABC News. Previously, Bogdanich worked as an investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
For the first time, Bogdanich won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for his articles in The Wall Street Journal on substandard medical laboratories. In 2005, his “heavily documented stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings” brought him the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, while in 2008, Bogdanich shared the Pulitzer for Investigative Reporting with his New York Times colleague Jake Hooker for reporting on toxic ingredients in Chinese-made products.
Bogdanich has also won four George Polk Awards and an Overseas Press Club Award, as well as a lifetime achievement Loeb Award in 2010.
Bogdanich has worked as an adjunct professor at Columba University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1975 with a degree in political science, Bogdanich received his master’s degree in journalism from Ohio State University in 1976.
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