<p>The 14th International Congress of Investigative Journalism, promoted by Abraji (Brazilian&nbsp;Association of Investigative Journalism) is about to start. The event takes place from June 27 to&nbsp;June 29, 2019, at the Vila Ol&iacute;mpia campus of the Anhembi Morumbi University, in S&atilde;o Paulo.&nbsp;Special promotional price for registrations until 4.Jun.2019. Prices​​ available on the <a href="http://congresso.abraji.org.br/" target="_blank">website</a>.</p>

<p>Abraji&#39;s president and editor of Estad&atilde;o Dados and Estad&atilde;o Verifica,&nbsp;<strong>Daniel Bramatti</strong>, and <strong>Julia&nbsp;Dualibi</strong>, a commentator on politics and economics at GloboNews, will be responsible for one of the&nbsp;traditional live interviews of the event, to be held on June 27, starting at 9:15 am. The person to be&nbsp;interviewed is Vice President <strong>Hamilton Mour&atilde;o</strong>.</p>

<p>On June 28, at 11am, <strong>Sergio Moro</strong>, minister of Justice, will be interviewed by three professionals,&nbsp;among them, <strong>Fernando Rodrigues</strong>, Abraji&rsquo;s former president (2010-2011) and news director of&nbsp;political news portal Poder360. Moro was the judge responsible for the Lava Jato operation and&nbsp;sent the ex-president Luiz In&aacute;cio Lula da Silva to jail in 2018.</p>

<p>The person honoured in this edition is journalist <strong>Miriam Leit&atilde;o</strong> (Globo Group), chosen for her&nbsp;contribution to journalism over a 47-year career. Miriam joins other major Brazilian journalists who&nbsp;have been honoured in previous editions such as Tim Lopes, Rosental Calmon Alves, Dorrit&nbsp;Harazim and Elvira Lobato.</p>

<p>The Congress will be attended by top names of national and international journalism, who will share&nbsp;their professional experiences in lectures and practical workshops throughout the three days of the&nbsp;event. Nine hundred people are expected to attend the conference.</p>

<p>On the first day of the Congress, <strong>Pedro Bial</strong> (Globo), <strong>Cristina Fibe</strong> (O Globo) and <strong>Helena Borges</strong>&nbsp;(O Globo and Infoglobo) will tell about the investigation and revelation of the accusations of sexual&nbsp;abuse against the medium Jo&atilde;o de Deus. Their articles led to the opening of investigations by the&nbsp;police and the Public Prosecutor, and to the detention of the medium. Other alleged crimes were&nbsp;also disclosed.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Friday, <strong>Andrew Fishman</strong> (Intercept) and freelance journalist<strong> Sam Cowie</strong> will talk about the&nbsp;care they take in portraying the new Brazilian president, as well as the changes they have felt in&nbsp;their relationship with the government. In addition, those responsible for Fiquem Sabendo, a public&nbsp;data agency specializing in the Law on Access to Information, will give a workshop on how to get<br />
requests for information to be answered.</p>

<p>Also on Friday, <strong>Adam Ellick</strong>, Director and Executive Producer of Opinion Video at The&nbsp;New York&nbsp;Times, will present his work on the series &quot;Operation Infektion&quot;; which addresses the political use of&nbsp;fake news. And freelance journalist <strong>Mago Torres </strong>will unveil the behind-the-scenes investigation&nbsp;that mapped the clandestine burial pits to disappear bodies of victims in Mexico.</p>

<p><strong>Latin Journalists</strong></p>

<p>On Saturday, <strong>Rachel Glickhouse</strong> - who is in charge of ProPublica&#39;s project Documenting Hate -&nbsp;details about the initiative that uses crowdsourcing and cross-media collaboration to compile data&nbsp;and tells hate crime stories in the United States. On the same day, <strong>Emilia Diaz-Struck</strong>, researcher&nbsp;and coordinator of ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalism) for Latin America will<br />
talk about machine learning and the investigation of Implant Files.</p>

<p>Two more panels will bring together Latin journalists. On Friday, the theme is &ldquo;Challenges of&nbsp;Investigative Journalism in Latin America&rdquo;, with the presence of Uruguayan <strong>Fabi&aacute;n Werner</strong>&nbsp;(Sudestada), Argentines <strong>Iv&aacute;n Ruiz</strong> (La Naci&oacute;n) and <strong>Diana Cariboni</strong> (InterPress Service) and&nbsp;Nicaraguan <strong>Octavio Enriquez</strong> (La Prensa). On Saturday, the panel will discuss the challenges of&nbsp;independent journalism in Latin America with the presence of <strong>Fabi&aacute;n Werner</strong>, Venezuelan <strong>Liseth&nbsp;Boon</strong> (Runrunes), Colombian <strong>Hugo Mario C&aacute;rdenas</strong> (El Pa&iacute;s) and Guatemalan <strong>Gladys Olmstead&nbsp;</strong>(N&oacute;mada).</p>

<p>Also, on Saturday, particular highlight on &quot;Investigations in technology: how to go beyond gadget&nbsp;journalism&quot;, with <strong>Gabriel Dance</strong>, deputy investigations editor at The&nbsp;New York Times; <strong>Diego&nbsp;Salazar</strong>, of No Hemos Entendido Nada [We Have Understood Nothing]; and<strong> Tatiana Dias</strong>, of&nbsp;Intercept Brazil. Another debate will include <strong>Daniela Pinheiro</strong> (&Eacute;poca), <strong>Jo&atilde;o Caminoto</strong> (Estad&atilde;o),&nbsp;<strong>S&eacute;rgio D&aacute;vila</strong> (Folha) and <strong>Fernando Rodrigues</strong> (Poder360) talking about the role of journalism in&nbsp;an era of extremes.</p>

<p>BuzzFeed USA reporter<strong> Ken Bensinger </strong>will comment on two major investigative reports he&nbsp;participated in: the revelation of the existence of a dossier on alleged Russian cooperation with&nbsp;Donald Trump&#39;s campaign in 2016; and the investigation of Fifagate - a corruption scandal involving&nbsp;the International Football Federation that led to the arrest of Jos&eacute; Maria Marin, president of the&nbsp;Brazilian Football Association. <strong>Rosental Calmon Alves</strong>, director of the Knight Center for&nbsp;Journalism in the Americas, will discuss how new business models can save investigative&nbsp;journalism.</p>

<p>Closing the day, <strong>Marzena Suchan</strong>, editor-in-chief of Onet - Poland&#39;s largest digital newspaper -&nbsp;and <strong>Luz Mely Reyes</strong> - co-founder of the news agency Efecto Cocuyo, in Venezuela - will talk about&nbsp;how it is to be a journalist in countries with authoritarian governments.</p>

<p><strong>Featured Datajor</strong></p>

<p>The great news of the 14 th Abraji Congress is Data Sunday, dedicated exclusively to data&nbsp;journalism workshops. The meeting is open only to participants of the Congress and will take place&nbsp;at Insper on 30.Jun.2019, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The instructors are journalists and&nbsp;specialized developers, such as<strong> Jos&eacute; Roberto de Toledo</strong>, Abraji adviser and one of the pioneers&nbsp;in the use of data in journalism; <strong>Nat&aacute;lia Mazotte</strong>, executive director of Open Knowledge Brasil;&nbsp;<strong>Pedro Burgos</strong>, teacher of Insper and creator of the Impacto.jor project; and <strong>&Aacute;lvaro Justen</strong>,&nbsp;founder of the Brasil.io platform. Registration can be done on the <a href="http://congresso.abraji.org.br/" target="_blank">Congress website</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Service</strong></p>

<p><strong>14th International Investigative Journalism Congress</strong><br />
from 27 to 29 June, 9 AM&nbsp;to&nbsp;5:30 PM<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=Vila+Ol%C3%ADmpia,+Rua+Casa+do+Ator,+275,+S%C3%A3o+Paulo&amp;amp;entry=gmail&amp;amp;source=g" target="_blank">Universidade Anhembi Morumbi</a>, campus&nbsp;Vila Ol&iacute;mpia, Rua Casa do Ator, 275, S&atilde;o Paulo</p>

<p><strong>Data Sunday</strong><br />
30 June, from 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=Rua+Quat%C3%A1,+100,+S%C3%A3o+Paulo&amp;amp;entry=gmail&amp;amp;source=g" target="_blank">Insper</a>,&nbsp;Rua Quat&aacute;, 100, S&atilde;o Paulo<br />
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More information on the <a href="http://congresso.abraji.org.br/" target="_blank">Congress website</a></p>

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<p>The 14th International Congress of Investigative Journalism is sponsored by traditional Abraji&nbsp;project partners, such as Google News Initiative and Facebook Journalism Project, and companies&nbsp;such as Grupo Globo, Ita&uacute;, UOL, Twitter, Poder 360, Aos Fatos, Cruso&eacute; , Estad&atilde;o and Folha, as&nbsp;well as media support from CBN, RBS Group, Correio and SBT. The full list of supporters can be<br />
found at congresso.abraji.org.br.</p>

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