100REPORTERS

"Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium: In line with its mission to inform the public's right to know through investigative journalism and to "[adapt] traditional tools and standards to the new media landscape," 100Reporters presented the ninth annual edition of Double Exposure, the nation's only investigative film festival and symposium, from November 2-5, 2023. The festival screened 23 new films driven by the investigative instinct. These included 13 feature-length films and 10 short documentaries, dominated by world, U.S. or Washington premieres. The concurrent Double Exposure Symposium brought filmmakers, journalists and students together for panel discussions, hands-on workshops and master classes, a legal bootcamp, film pitches and networking opportunities. Through this one-of-a-kind symposium, 100Reporters works to strengthen investigative storytelling in print and film. Investigative filmmakers often work independently and lack institutional support or infrastructure. Workshop sessions train them in concrete skills they can use directly, such as, "Visual Forensics for Investigative Filmmakers," taught by senior members of the Washington Post's visual forensic team; "Decoding Police Records," led by a journalist who went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 2024; guidance for interviewing victims of trauma; navigating intellectual property issues in documentary film, and more. The symposium connected investigative journalists and filmmakers to key funders, editors and producers through 115 pre-arranged private meetings, and panels provided in-depth discussions with filmmakers on big-picture issues, including: "Out of Step, Top of Mind: Covering War's Forgotten Casualties;" "Using and Abusing AI for Investigative Filmmaking;" tools for successful collaborations between filmmakers and journalists; capturing the visual stories of democracies...(continued on Schedule O)