Campaign for Press & Broadcasting Freedom conference October 2009
Media for all? The challenge of convergence
Saturday 31 October 2009
London
Pre-conference:
The Miners' Strike & Politics Today
Tony Benn, Lee Hall and Ken Loach's 'Which side are you on?'
7pm Friday 30th October 2009
Venue as below
£5 book online by post or pay at the door
Media for all? The challenge of convergence
Saturday 31 October 2009
School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX
Registration and networking from 9 am. Conference 10 am - 5 pm
International conference on the challenge of achieving a high quality,
diverse and democratic media with John Nichols, Ray Fitzwalter, Natalie
Fenton, Nick Jones, Tony Lennon, Andrew Currah, Bob Franklin, Alison
Harcourt, Christine Payne, Jeremy Dear Greg Philo and many more ...
Plenaries:
Media ownership and democracy in the age of convergence
The media as a public service?
Protecting and campaigning for high quality, diverse media in a digital age
Workshop topics include: decline of commercial public sector broadcasting,
gaps in reporting - marginalising different viewpoints, and news
impartiality under threat, politics and the media online, digital futures -
UK policy, Threats to local and regional media, European media rules - fit
for purpose, alternative media and economic models.
Corporations £150, Not for profit and Trade Union organisations £25,
Individuals £20, Concessions: students, unwaged, retired £10. 25% discount
for bookings before 15th September
Book online at: http://www.cpbf.org.uk by post:
CPBF, 23 Orford Road, London E17 9NL 0208 521 5932