[opirgyork] TODAY! Web Research skills for activists workshop - FREE

[OPIRG York]

*Mastering Google and Going Deeper: Web research skills for activists 
and independent journalists*

Thurs Aug 4
2 - 4 pm
Location: Room 321, Student Centre, York University
With Tim Groves

*Snacks and TTC tokens provided*

This workshop presents the skills and techniques that investigative 
journalists and private-eyes use to do deep digging research on the 
Internet. It show people how to use google in ways most people are 
unaware of and how to access the wealth of information on the Internet 
that Google can't find. Jammed packed from edge to edge, this session 
will be
a chance for novice and expert researchers alike to pick up skills they 
can use everyday.

Tim Groves is a Toronto based investigative reporter and freelance 
researcher. He first developed his research skills doing land titles 
searches for activist groups that were squatting abandoned buildings. 
After attending the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in 2007 
he became inspired develop a wider range of research skills and 
techniques, and find ways to share those skills with others.