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[ecrea] First Nordic Conference on Innovation Journalism at Helsinki University, 25 September, 2009

Wed Sep 02 17:38:57 GMT 2009



Communication Research Centre CRC at Helsinki University is pleased to
invite everyone who thinks journalism and innovation is important to first nordic conference to discuss the role of journalism in understanding technological and social innovations.

Weather-casters of Future?
The Role of Journalism in Understanding Technological and Social Innovations

Time:   Friday 25th of September 2009, 09:00 - 17:00
Venue:  University of Helsinki Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki

Keynote speakers are Professor Kevin G. Barnhurst from University of Illinois at Chicago, and David Nordfors, Executive Director of the Innovation Journalism Program, Stanford University.

Further contributors include Jyrki Alkio, Ulrik Haagerup, Peter Bro, Risto Kunelius, Hannu Nieminen, Vilma Luoma-aho, Turo Uskali and Esa Väliverronen.

Conference language is English.

There is no registration fee. However, the number of participants is restricted due to limited seating; therefore, participation requires registration. Please register at the conference website (http://blogs.helsinki.fi/innovationjournalism/registration/) by 14 September 2009.

The conference is made possible by the sponsorship of the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation and Sitra.

About the conference theme:
In recent years ?innovation? has emerged as a key concept in which many issues of modern societies ­ solution to social problems, belief on economic growth, survival in international competition ­ seem to culminate. Central to the discussions on innovation have been the idea that traditional institutional boundaries between different sectors of society, such as politics, economy, culture and technology, have to be crossed more than before. This means that journalistic practises have had to become more flexible than before. The concept of Innovation Journalism was coined in 2003 by David Nordfors. For Innovation Journalism the process of innovation itself is the central concept, treating business, technology, politics, etc. as nested components of a news story. It is a 'horizontal' beat, spanning across the old beats, reporting on innovation processes and innovation ecosystems. The concept of innovation journalism has further been defined as a kind of future journalism involving also cultural and social innovations emerging from outside of the ?official innovation structures?.

Further information on the conference:
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/innovationjournalism

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Pauliina Shilongo
Coordinator, Communication Research Centre CRC
Department of Communication, P.O.Box 54
FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
tel. +358 9 1912 3752,fax +358 9 1912 4849
(pauliina.shilongo /at/ helsinki.fi)

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