[ecrea] FoME Symposium on "Media and media assistance in fragile contexts"

Save the date: FoME Symposium 3-4 November 2016, Berlin
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Observer, Agitator, Target – Media and media assistance in fragile contexts
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Local media as well as international broadcasters can play an important role
in shaping conflict. Media have the capacity to escalate or mitigate
conflict, to act as catalysts or agitators, to engage in reconciliation or
mobilisation. At the same time journalists and media-outlets are themselves
targeted as parties to the conflict. ) The increasing impact of
media-conflict-interactions has prompted the German “Forum Media and
Development” (fome.info) to dedicate this year’s FoME Symposium to
challenges of media assistance and media development in countries affected
by armed conflict and instability. One aim is to evaluate existing concepts
and to develop new approaches for media assistance in crisis-riven and
fragile countries. Furthermore, the event will foster exchange between
academic researchers and those engaged in the practice of media development.
The International Communication section of the German Communication
Association is hence included as partner in the process of planning and
implementing the event.
The following topics will be subject to discussion:
• Challenges of fragile statehood for media and media assistance
• Measuring the impact of media and conflict reporting on conflict
• Ethical dilemmas for journalists and media development actors in conflict
societies
• The role of media in reconciliation and transitional justice
• Information verification and Open Source intelligence
• Safety and protection of journalists in conflict zones

Besides presentations and discussions the Symposium will include a Media
Development Coaching Session and a Practitioner Roundtable. The 
FoME-Symposium is organized and hosted by MiCT (mict-international.org).
It will take place on the 3rd and 4th of November, 2016 at the Robert Bosch
Stiftung (Französische Strasse 32, 10117 Berlin). The admission is 50 EUR
(including lunch on both days). If you would like to attend, please register
with Lara Eckstein at MiCT ((Eckstein /at/ mict-international.org)).
Detailed information will be available from August 15th at www.fome.info.
Speakers are (among others): - Chris Böhme, Chief Architect Maltego, Paterva
- James Deane, Director of Policy and Learning, BBC Media Action
- Ines Drefs, Research Associate MeCoDEM, Hamburg University - Pierre 
Hazan, Consultant Fondation Hirondelle - Altaf Khan, Head of 
Journalistic Department at University of Peshawar /
Co-founder Competence and Trauma Center for Journalists (CTCJ), Pakistan 
- Oleg Khomenok, Global Investigative Journalism Network  / Co-founder of
YanukovychLeaks.org
- Jad Melki, Associate Professor Journalism and Media Studies at the
Lebanese American University - Devra Moehler, Media Researcher, former 
Assistance Professor at the
Annenberg School of Communication
- Roger Niyigena, Project Director Ejo Youth Echo, Rwanda
- Carola Richter, Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Free
University Berlin - Maria Teresa Ronderos, Director of the Open Society 
Program on Independent
Journalism with Open Society Foundation
- Gamal Soltan, Associate Professor at the American University of Cairo /
Research Associate MeCoDEM
- Katrin Voltmer, Professor of Communication and Democracy at the University
of Leeds / Principal Investigator MeCoDEM
- Michael Wegener, Head Content Center, ARD News

Facilitators: - Christoph Dietz, FoME Coordinator / Deputy Executive 
Director, CAMECO
- Friederike von Franqué, Chair and CEO, IDEM - Sofie Jannusch, Desk for 
Asia and Eastern Europe, CAMECO
- Christian Mihr, Director, Reporter Without Borders Germany
- Isabel Rodde, Cross Sectoral Programme Human Rights, GIZ
- Christoph Spurk, Media Institute of Applied Media Studies, Zurich
University of Applied Sciences ZHAW
- Anja Wollenberg, Head of Research and Development, MiCT







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