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10th Global Investigative Journalism Conference

Vivienne Walt

TIME & Fortune Magazines
Correspondent
USA

Vivienne Walt is an award-winning foreign correspondent based in Paris, who has written for TIME since 2003 and is a roving correspondent for Fortune, charged with writing about global issues and conducting major newsmaker interviews. She has reported in more than 30 countries, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, covering conflict, terrorism, and tectonic economic shifts. She is a member of the board of governors of the Overseas Press Club of America.

18:00 PST

Welcome Reception The Wits Club

08:00 PST

Registration The Great Hall

09:00 PST

Plenary (Introductory Remarks) The Great Hall

09:30 PST

Plenary: Investigating the New Autocrats The Great Hall

11:15 PST

Mafias, Mobs, and Cartels Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 3 Best Global Databases Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4

14:00 PST

Investigative Journalism in Africa Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4

15:45 PST

Roundtable: Reporting under Repressive Regimes Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4 What Washington Is Doing in Your Country (workshop) Wits Science Stadium - 1st Floor, Room 105

17:15 PST

"African Muckraking" Book Release WITS Science Stadium - Auditorium 2 Screening: Bitter Grapes Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 5

09:00 PST

Internet Manhunt: Backgrounding & Tracking People Online WITS Science Stadium - Auditorium 2 Tracking Looted Wealth Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4 Startups and Innovations Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 3

10:45 PST

State Capture in South Africa Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4 Beyond Google: Doing Better Searches WITS Science Stadium - Auditorium 2

15:45 PST

Fighting Fake News Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 5 Social Media Sleuthing: Finding & Monitoring Key Sources Maths Sciences Building - Lab 2 Networking: Corruption & Financial Crime Wits Science Stadium - 1st Floor, Room 105

21:30 PST

The MuckrakersFULL The Orbit

09:00 PST

Environmental Crime & Wildlife Smuggling Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4 How to Read Company Accounts Wits Science Stadium - 1st Floor, Room 105

10:45 PST

Covering Conflict Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 1 Digging into Extractive Industries Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 5 Investigative Journalism in Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania Wits Science Stadium - 2nd Floor, Room 205 ICIJ Offshore Data Hackathon Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 3

15:45 PST

Terrorism & Extremism Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 3

17:30 PST

Reception The Great Hall

18:15 PST

Keynote Address/Awards Night The Great Hall

20:30 PST

Dinner Library Lawns

09:00 PST

How Other Investigators Do It Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4

10:45 PST

Shining Light Award Winners Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 3

12:00 PST

Farewell & GIJC19 Announcement Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 3

12:15 PST

Lunch Library Lawns

My Moderators Sessions

10:45 PST

Covering Conflict Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 1

15:45 PST

Terrorism & Extremism Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 3

09:00 PST

How Other Investigators Do It Wits Science Stadium - Auditorium 4