The 2014 midterm elections are coming up fast, with new outside groups and aggressive joint fundraising efforts putting a spotlight on big donors. The story doesn’t end on Election Day, of course — donors often want something in return for their financial support.

Working journalists and journalism students are invited to join the Center for Responsive Politics and Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication for a two-day seminar on tracking campaign money — and its effect, pre- and post-election, on policy outcomes and hiring decisions in Congress and elsewhere in government. We’ll show you how to get the most out of the award-winning website OpenSecrets.org and other tools, and you’ll hear top journalists covering money-in-politics talk about how they found their best stories and offer tips.

Panelists will include:

James Grimaldi, Wall Street Journal

Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times

Steve Doig, Knight Chair in Journalism, Arizona State University

Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense

Brahm Resnik, KPNX/News 12

Dennis Wagner and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Arizona Republic/USA Today

Bill Allison, Sunlight Foundation

Thomas M. Collins, executive director, Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission

Evan Wyloge, new media specialist, Arizona Capitol Times

Jessica Levinson, election law expert, Loyola Law School

Staff experts from OpenSecrets.org: Executive Director Sheila Krumholz, Senior Fellow Bob Biersack, Editorial Director Viveca Novak, Money-in-Politics Reporter Russ Choma and others…





Dates:

Friday, March 7, 2-5 p.m.

Saturday, March 8, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., light breakfast and lunch provided





Location:

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Arizona State University

555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004





Please join us! Register HERE

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