Latin America Region Media Workshop

The Global Corporate Governance Forum and Reuters Foundation have launched a cooperative program designed to build capacities among journalists in reporting on issues related to corporate governance. Based on the view that “better companies make better societies,” the objective is to strengthen journalists’ reporting and investigative skills in light of this unique ability to disseminate information on corporate governance to the business community and to the wider reading public, and to make readers aware of company activities that can have significant impact on society.

This workshop in Chile was co-organized by the Global Corporate Governance Forum and Reuters Foundation on January 26 and 27, 2010.

For more information about this workshop, please contact Santiago J. D. Chaher at SChaher@ifc.org.

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Presentations:

Discussion chaired by Mike Lubrano
Topic: What is Corporate Governance? What are the leading/key corporate governance issues in Latin America? (Spanish version)

Discussion chaired by Philip Armstrong
Topic: The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Governance

Interactive session and panel discussion chaired by Simone Azevedo
Topic: Investigating Corporate Governance
Sub-topics: The experiences and approaches of a seasoned investigative journalist working in the field of corporate governance will be explored. Why investigating and reporting on corporate governance issues? Examples of how and when it´s valuable to use this approach? Which sources we should dig? Which tools can help us? How do we handle “push-back” or resistance? Possible rewarding achievements.

Presentation and discussion led by Roger Jeal
Topic: How Journalists can help improve Reporting on Corporate Governance
Sub-topics: What can journalists do to increase and improve coverage of corporate governance issues? What are the red flags, warning signs and interesting angles to look out for? Overview of the two-day workshop.