Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Miami -- I'M GOING!!!!!!!

I’M GOING TO THIS!!!! I’ll tell ya all about it when I get back......hundreds of workshops, including a direct-to-web investigative reporting package tutorial....at a very good price.


The IRE Conference in Miami is just a few weeks away. Here are some
important deadlines along with new updates and activities for the
conference.

Registration
Register today to take advantage of the early-bird registration fee of
$175. Registration closes at noon (CST) on Monday, May 19.
After Monday at noon we will only accept registrations on-site for
$200.

HBO Advance Screening, Friday, June 6
6:15 to 8:15 p.m. - Generation Kill: Journalist Evan Wright's series
for Rolling Stone on the Marines who led the invasion of Baghdad in 2003
became a book and, next month, premieres on HBO as a seven-part
mini-series. HBO will do a sneak preview of a one-hour episode from Generation Kill, written by Wright, former Baltimore Sun journalist David Simon (Homicide, The Corner, The Wire) and Ed Burns (The Corner, The Wire), with Simon and Burns among the executive producers. Wright, Simon and Burns will then participate in a panel discussion on how they've turned their experiences as observers into both fiction and non-fiction, in print and on television. Wright will participate in a book signing after the panel.

Free tickets to this screening will be distributed on Friday beginning
at 9 a.m. at the Sales table located in Mezzanine East on the 2nd
floor. Tickets are limited due to seating capacity in the theater. One
ticket per person please.
Advanced Frameworks Mini-Boot Camp - 4 seats remain

You've heard all the hype around web frameworks like Ruby on Rails and
Django. Now see why. In this new advanced boot camp, we'll take you
from the basics to a fully functioning data-driven application in Django,
the web framework that drives award-winning projects like EveryBlock,
PolitiFact, and The Washington Post's congressional votes databases.
Editors and producers know this work is hot. You know it's the next step
for your CAR skills. Now learn how in these hands-on sequential classes.
Because it's an advanced sequence, please plan to attend all of the
mini-boot camp classes. You must register for the optional CAR day to
attend. For details, visit
http://www.ire.org/training/miami08/frameworks.html

South Beach IRE Reception - Friday, June 6
Travel to the trendy Sagamore hotel in South Beach for an IRE reception
in their Video Garden bar. This festive location features a cash bar
for the beverage of your choice, but you can also purchase tickets in
advance that will get you two drinks (featured cocktails, beer and wine)
for $25. Tickets will be available at the IRE sales table located in
Mezzanine East on the 2nd floor. The evening begins at 7 p.m. and you'll
need to find a ride, shuttle, or cab over to the Sagamore on your own,
but it's just a brief 15 minute trip over the bridge to the beach.

And for those seeking additional South Beach nightlife, a special
opportunity will be available: the sizzling hot club Prive has agreed to
open the velvet rope for up to 200 IRE members. Just be at the Sagamore
hotel reception and IRE will distribute 200 free wristbands that will
get you into the oh-so-exclusive dance club. (Once at the club you're on
your own; no drinks are included in this deal). Wristbands will be
offered on a first-come basis beginning around 9 p.m., and once they're
gone, they're gone.

Updated Hotel Information
Our room block at the InterContinental Miami is sold out. We have
rooms available at two overflow hotels, the Courtyard by Marriott Miami
Downtown and the Hyatt Regency Miami at the Miami Convention Center. For
details, visit http://www.ire.org/training/miami08/hotel.html