Digging Deep: What Reporters Can Learn From and About Private Investigators

Digging Deep: What Reporters Can Learn From and About Private Investigators

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ --
WHEN: Wednesday, November 9, 2005
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. wine reception and snacks
7:30 - 8:30 Debate followed by Q&A

WHO: Corey Friedman, director of Nick Harris Detectives and the
Nick Harris Detective Academy
Steven Wachtel, private investigator and vice-president of
PICA, Private Investigators of California
Eric Leonard, investigative reporter, KFI radio
Adam Dawson, legal investigator and former Daily News
reporter, Adam Dawson & Associates
Eric Longabardi, Producer/Reporter/Investigative Journalist,
TeleMedia News Productions
Chris Blatchford, investigative reporter, Fox 11 News
(upon availability)

MODERATOR: investigative reporter and trainer Don Ray of the Daily
Journal

CO-SPONSOR: PR Newswire

Journalists aren't the only ones digging deep for information. Private
investigators do pretty much the same kind of research, but with a
different approach and different tools. What can reporters learn from the
best private eyes? In an age when, as the Los Angeles Times recently
stated, "Private eyes are now seen as essential in high-profile cases,"
and when traditional journalistic methods aren't enough to get every
crucial bit of data, an increasing number of production companies,
reporters and book writers are hiring outside investigative agencies. Does
working with P.I.s violate journalistic ethics? Are investigators
portrayed fairly in the media? Can the two sides learn from one another?

WHERE: the Los Angeles Press Club's swank new headquarters
Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
(2 blocks west of Vermont in Hollywood / Los Feliz)
Free parking

COST: none, but donations appreciated

RSVP to rsvp@lapressclub.org

Source: Los Angeles Press Club

CONTACT: Diana Ljungaeus, Phone +1-818-998-0911, Fax +1-998-5475, Email
Diana.L@journalist.com

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