JOURNALISM IN CRISIS WATCH IT ONLINE
The Journalism in Crisis Conference takes place
this week at the University of
Westminster in Regent Street, London on Tuesday and Wednesday the 19th
and 20th May. If you are unable to attend in person you can see selected
sessions online and follow events on our blog or through Twitter.
All aspects of contemporary journalism are being discussed in papers by over
forty academics from 15 countries and top level industry panels will debate
the future of the profession.
The event climaxes with the inaugural presentation of the Charles Wheeler
Award for broadcast journalism and an address by the Director General of the
BBC Mark Thompson.
The whole event is organised by the university?s Department of Journalism and
Mass Communication in conjunction with the British Journalism Review, which
is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
To see live coverage of the events detailed in the schedule below see our
academic blog Westminster Media Comment:
http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/JIC/livestream.html
To keep up to date on all the conference sessions, see video reports and
Twitters go to our student news website Westminster News OnLine:
http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/
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For further information contact: (journalism /at/ wmin.ac.uk)
Schedule
TUESDAY
19 MAY 2009
British Summer Time JOURNALISM IN CRISIS
12:00 Barker channel
12:50 Welcome
Sally Feldman
Dean of School of Media, Arts and Design
University of Westminster
13:00-14:00 Keynote
Speaker
Professor James Curran
Goldsmiths College
?Journalism in Crisis?
Chair: Peter Goodwin
14:00-15:30 Session 1
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Chair: Xin Xin
Eamonn O'Neill Lessons from the survival of investigative journalism for an
industry in troubled times?
Haiyan Wang Investigative journalism and political power in China ?A case
study of three major newspapers? investigative reporting over Chenzhou
corruption between April 2006 and November 2008.
Zhou Kangliang Power of Chinese Netizen: A trend of Chinese investigative
journalism in the future.
Paul Lashmar Is investigative journalism in the
UK dying or can a ?Fifth Estate?
model revitalise it? An examination of whether the American subscription and
donation models such as Pro Publica, Spot.US and Truthout are the way
forward.
15:30-16:00 Barker channel
16:00-17:30 Session 2
REFLECTIONS ON JOURNALISM 1
Chair: Steven Barnett
Andrew Calcutt Journalism and economy: threats and opportunities in the dual
crisis.
Ivor Gaber Three cheers for Subjectivity.
Paul Shaw Sympathy for Martyn Lewis: how far do journalists routinely seek
out ?bad news??
Maria Holubowicz Journalism in crisis in
France: response of young journalists.
17:45 18:45 Keynote Speaker
Professor Todd Gitlin
Columbia University
?Three Crises in Journalism: Business, Attention, and Authority?
Chair: Anthony McNicholas
19:00 Close down
WEDNESDAY
20 MAY 2009
British Summer Time JOURNALISM IN CRISIS
09:00 Barker channel
09:30 11:00 Session 3
CITIZEN JOURNALISM
Chair: Hugo de Burgh
Colette Brin Journalism?s paradigm shifts: a
model for understanding long-term
change.
Vincent Campbell ?Citizen Journalism': A crisis in journalism studies?
Alexander Hay The friendly neighbourhood citizen journalist or ?How Web 2.0
can stop councils registering your cats?.
Michael Bromley Citizen journalism: ?citizen? or ?journalism? or both?
11:00 11:30 Barker channel
11:30 13:00 Session 4
CASH, CRISES AND JOURNALISM
Chair: Jean Seaton
Ian Reeves Cash for questions: Evaluating donor models for community-funded
reporting.
Harry Browne Should we be worried about foundation-funded journalism? How
the grant application could replace the traditional ?pitch? to an editor.
Anna Panagiotarea & Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou
Crisis equals crisis: How did the
panic spread by the Greek media accelerate the economy crisis in the country.
Matthew Fraser Why business journalism failed to see the coming economic
crisis.
13:00 13:55 Barker channel
13:55 14:00 Welcome
Geoffrey Davies
Head of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of Westminster
14:00 15:30 Session 5
PRIVACY AND THE PRESS
Chair: Robin Lustig, broadcaster and journalist
Are the courts stifling good journalism or compensating for bad regulation?
This session will examine the potential impact of recent court judgements on
journalism, whether responsible journalism will become more difficult, and
whether the current system of self-regulation should be reformed.
Jonathan Coad, partner at Swan Turton solicitors
Nick Davies, freelance journalist and author of Flat Earth News
Kelvin MacKenzie, Sun columnist and former Sun editor
Jennifer McDermott, Head of Media and Public Law and partner at Withers
15:30 16:00 Barker channel
16:00 17:30 Session 6
DOES TELEVISION JOURNALISM HAVE A FUTURE AND DOES IT MATTER?
Chair: Nick Pollard, former Head of Sky News
With ad revenue in freefall, the BBC licence fee under severe pressure and
online news sources rapidly expanding, this session will examine whether we
need or can any longer afford journalism on the small screen.
Helen Boaden, Director of BBC News
Simon Bucks, Associate Editor, Sky News
Dorothy Byrne, Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4
Robin Elias, Managing Editor, ITN
17:30 18:15 Barker channel
18:15 19:30
Charles Wheeler Award
and inaugural memorial lecture by
BBC Director General
Mark Thompson
Chair: Steven Barnett
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