[eccr] CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF BBC AND PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN EUROPE, London, May 22

CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF BBC AND PUBLIC BROADCASTING IN EUROPE

The future of the BBC and European public broadcasting in the wake of
Britain's Hutton inquiry will
be the focus of a conference in May organised by the International
Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

IFJ and its U.K. affiliate, the National Union of Journalists, are holding a
conference on 22 May,
2004 in London, which will examine the potential impacts of the Hutton
inquiry's findings on the BBC
and on public broadcasting in other European countries. The Hutton inquiry
into the death of David
Kelly, a British civil servant, chastised the BBC over its reporting of the
government's decision to
invade Iraq.

IFJ warns that while the BBC made mistakes in its reporting, there is a
danger that criticism of its
actions could spark a "witch-hunt against public service broadcasting at a
time when private media
are clamouring for deregulation and the break-up of public media
institutions."

Broadcast journalists from Italy, Denmark and Portugal will share insights
on government
interference in their countries. Participants will discuss future campaigns
to defend and promote
public broadcasting.

For more information, contact Marc Gruber of IFJ ((marc.gruber /at/ ifj.org))



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