[ecrea] “Journalists’ professional autonomy and journalism ethics” event

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INVITATION TO EUROPEAN MEDIADEM RESEARCH PROJECT’S PUBLIC SEMINAR 14 JUNE 2012

 “Journalists’ professional autonomy and journalism ethics” event is a one-day seminar for journalism and communication professionals and scholars at the University of Jyväskylä.

Venue: University of Jyväskylä, Mattilanniemi, Agora-building, Alfa hall

Read more from the seminar website:http://mediadem.wordpress.com/

MEDIADEM project's homepage:http://www.mediadem.eliamep.gr/

Due to included coffee and lunch, spaces to the seminar are limited and will be filled in order of registration. The event is free of charge.

Please register via e-mail (toniina.niskala /at/ jyu.fi)  at the latest on May 15, 2012!

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SEMINAR PROGRAMME

8.45 Registration and coffee

9.30 Welcome and Introduction, Heikki Kuutti, leader of the Finnish MEDIADEM team, University of Jyväskylä

9.35 Greetings from the University of Jyväskylä, Pertti Hurme, Director of the Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä

9.40 MEDIADEM : European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing and Reclaiming Free and Independent Media in Contemporary Democratic Systems, Evangelia Psychogiopoulou, project coordinator of MEDIADEM, Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy

Journalists´ Professional Autonomy

10.00 Fighting Corruption, Preserving Press Freedom, Serving Democracy, Stephan Russ-Mohl, Professor, European Journalism Observatory

10.45 Journalists´ Professional Autonomy: Europe-wide Comparison, Halliki Harro-Loit, Professor, University of Tartu and Epp Lauk, Professor, University of Jyväskylä

11.30 Reflections on Journalists´ Professional Autonomy in Finland, Arto Nieminen, Chairman, The Union of Journalists in Finland

12.00 The Role of  Media Industry in Safeguarding Journalists´ Autonomy, Valtteri Niiranen, Managing Director, Federation of the Finnish Media Industry

12.30-14.00 Lunch for enrolled participants

Journalism Ethics

14.00 Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe, Klaus Bichler, Mag., Medienhaus Wien

14.45 New challenges in journalism ethics, Nina Porra, secretary, The Council for Mass Media

15.15 Journalism ethics and legal rules, Riitta Ollila, member of the CMM, Lecturer, University of Jyväskylä

15.45 Ethical Judgments in the Newsroom, Pekka Mervola, Editor-in-chief, newspaper Keskisuomalainen

Panel and discussion

16.15 Professional Autonomy of Journalists, Ethical Journalism and Accountable Media, chairman of the panel, Professor Raimo Salokangas, University of Jyväskylä

17.15 Concluding Remarks, Heikki Kuutti

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