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)
