ulian Sher is an award-winning investigative journalist in TV, print, radio and on the Web. He is the Senior Producer of CBC's the fifth estate, Canada's premiere investigative TV program. He is a veteran TV documentary writer and director as well as an accomplished newsroom trainer and the author of six widely-acclaimed books. He has been an investigative journalist for Canada's two leading newspapers, The Toronto Star and the The Globe and Mail. He has filmed, written and produced major documentaries across the globe. He covered scandals, wars and corporate intrigue in South Africa, Somalia, Holland, France, England, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and the United States and Canada. As a newsroom trainer, Julian has taught journalists at CNN, the BBC, and in newspapers and TV networks across Canada. He has also trained in Kosovo for the Canadian International Development Agency, and in the African countries of Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria for the World Bank. Julian has been active in media and human rights issues. He is the former president of the Canadian Association of Journalists and is on the CAJ's Ethics Advisory Panel.
| 09:30 - 13:30 | Meeting Room 2 : workshop 4 : Investigative StorytellingYou've done the tough investigation, the hard interviews, the tremendous digging. You’ve taken risks and want to make waves. But don't ruin it by publishing your research, by simply laying out your facts. You have to tell a story, not a scoop. This course looks at writing, character development, focus and story structure so that you can turn your investigation into a great tale that will grip readers and viewers. The instructor is Julian Sher, the Senior Producer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s premier investigative program the fifth estate and the author of six books. Trainers
Julian Sherulian Sher is an award-winning investigative journalist in TV, print, radio and on the Web. He is the Senior Producer of CBC's the fifth estate, Canada's premiere investigative TV program. He is a veteran TV documentary writer and director as well as an accomplished newsroom trainer and the author of six widely-acclaimed books. He has been an investigative journalist for Canada's two leading newspapers, The Toronto Star and the The Globe and Mail. He has filmed, written and produced major documentaries across the globe. He covered scandals, wars and corporate intrigue in South Africa, Somalia, Holland, France, England, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and the United States and Canada. As a newsroom trainer, Julian has taught journalists at CNN, the BBC, and in newspapers and TV networks across Canada. He has also trained in Kosovo for the Canadian International Development Agency, and in the African countries of Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria for the World Bank. Julian has been active in media and human rights issues. He is the former president of the Canadian Association of Journalists and is on the CAJ's Ethics Advisory Panel. |
