‘Power Reporting: The African Investigative Journalism Conference 2011′ was hosted by FAIR and Wits University during October 31 – November 2nd, 2011. Download the full  programme here

FROM AFRICA:

• Multiple FAIR Award winner Emmanuel Mayah, on the large scale African agricultural land sales.
• Kassim ‘pirates’ Mohamed, on hunger in the Horn and how Somali’s help each other.
• Eric Mwamba on the African Rich.
• China in Africa. 

FROM THE WORLD: Felicity Lawrence, award-winning writer on the food industry for the London Guardian. Why food prices are rising across the world and how Africa is being exploited. 

TRAINING:

• Data Visualisation for print and online with Amanda Cox, New York Times.
• Energy and climate change with John Vidal, London Guardian and OSI fellow Ken Silverstein, energybiz.com.
• Computer assisted reporting:  skills for the newsroom and investigative reporting.