[ecrea] #JES2015 - Call for participation in the Journalism Entrepreneurship Summit 2015

#JES2015 Call for Participation in the Journalism Entrepreneurship 
Summit 2015



Journalism entrepreneurship isn’t new. What is new is the level of 
interest in the theme from both inside and outside of the academy 
fuelled in no small measure by the pace and scope of technological 
advance. The topic, which has been a staple at startup events[1] and 
industry conferences for some time[2], is now also increasingly 
discussed in journalism education (e.g. Hunter & Nel 2011), 
government[3] and scholarly[4] circles.



Still rare, though, are platforms where these various discourses 
connect. That is the aim of the Journalism Entrepreneurship Summit to be 
held on 27 February 2015 in London.



The interactive day will commence with four panels charged with 
reflecting on the experiences and future expectations of (1) journalism 
entrepreneurs; (2) funding and support agencies; (3) policy makers; and 
(4) researchers. Rapporteurs will then feed summaries back into a 
plenary workshop during which all participants will consider priorities 
for further action and opportunities for increased collaboration. 
Participants will be encouraged to continue conversations during a 
networking reception and dinner.



An open invitation for participation is extended to researchers and 
educators who wish to contribute case studies and present overviews of 
issues and concerns in journalism entrepreneurship research and 
teaching. Contributions as panel rapporteurs are also invited. It is 
expected that this forum would be especially valuable to scholars 
seeking feedback on completed studies and working papers, and also to 
those who would like to grow their network of collaborators for future 
research.



Confirmed contributors include:



· Charlie Beckett is founding director of the think-tank POLIS and 
Professor in The Media and Communications Department at the London 
School of Economics.

· Elliot Hughes is the founder of the Brown Moses Blog and the 
investigative journalism site Bellingcat, and has pioneered the use of 
open source investigation in conflict zones.

· Douglas White is Head of Advocacy at the Carnegie UK Trust. He 
oversees the Trust’s Neighbourhood News and Library Lab programmes and 
leads the organisation’s working on tackling digital exclusion. He is a 
Fellow of the RSA.

· Jane Singer is Professor of Journalism Entrepreneurship and Innovation 
at City University London.

Convenor: François Nel is Director of the University of Central 
Lancashire’s Media And Digital Enterprise (MADE) Project, a winner of 
the International Press Institute’s inaugural News Innovation Contest 
sponsored by Google. >From January 2015, he will also be a Visiting 
Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford 
University.



Proposed Timeline:

Call: November 2014
Presentation Proposal Deadline: By 23 January 2015
Confirmation: By 30 January 2015



Participants are asked to register their interest HERE and are 
encouraged to contact the conference convenor François Nel to discuss 
potential contributions at (uclanmade /at/ gmail.com). You can also follow the 
conversation on #jes2015 on Twitter at @jpreneursummit.



We are very pleased that following on from the summit will be two other 
great events that may be of interest to those concerned with journalism 
entrepreneurship – the Talk About Local Unconference to be held at the 
British Library on Saturday 28 February. Details at: 
http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/next-talk-local-unconference-february-tal15/ . 
A breakfast meetup of the UK Data Journalism Educators group (#ddjedu) 
is also scheduled for 28 February. For details contact the #DDJedu 
convenor François Nel and follow the Twitter group #ddjedu .



Selected Reference:

Hunter, Anna and Nel, François (2011) Equipping the Entrepreneurial 
Journalist: An Exercise in Creative Enterprise, Journalism & Mass 
Communication Educator, 66: 1, pp 9-24.



[1] In 2011, the International Press Institute launched the News 
Innovation Contest sponsored by Google: 
http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/11/30/uclan-project-awarded-64k-from-google-to-support-news-entrepreneurs/

2In 2009, the Online News Association annual conference included a 
packed-out session on entrepreneurship. 
http://conference.journalists.org/2009conference/

3 In 2009, the UK government’s Digital Britain Interim Report flagged 
concerns about how legislation was influencing local media 
entrepreneurship .

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-britain-the-interim-report-january-2009

4 In June 2014, a conference entitled , ‘Entrepreneurial Journalism, a 
renewed hope’, was hosted by the University of Castilla. A call for 
papers on Journalism Entrepreneurs for a special edition of Journalism 
Practice closes in January 2015: 
http://explore.tandfonline.com/pages/cfp/journalism-practice-call-for-papers-special-issue



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