What makes good journalism?
Date: 7 and 8 June 2011
Venue: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS
A conference organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
at the University of Westminster in association with The British Journalism Review
In a world of Twitter, WikiLeaks and mobile phone hacking the role of the journalist is constantly evolving.
In it’s third annual summer conference, The University of Westminster’s Department of Journalism is looking at what makes good journalism, how to teach it and how to achieve it.
Is it in the professional culture of the BBC, CNN, and Al-Jazeera, the great national newspapers or is it going to be on the web? Should standards be encouraged or enforced?
Keynote Speaker
Richard Sambrook
Former head of the BBC World Service
Industry panelists include:
Prof. Tim Luckhurst – former editor of The Scotsman
Nick Davies – The Guardian
Matt Wells – blogs editor of The Guardian
Natalie Fenton – Goldsmiths College
Prof. Julian Petley –Brunel University
Deborah Davies – Reporter, C4 Dispatches
Charles Wheeler Award
The conference will conclude in the evening of the June 8 with the annual presentation of the British Journalism Review’s Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcast Journalism.
This will be followed by
A conversation with Alastair Campbell
Interviewed by Bill Hagerty, Editor, BJR
PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION
This 1½ day conference will take place on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 June 2011. The fee for registration is £165 with a concessionary rate of £85 for students, to cover all conference documentation, refreshments, 2 wine receptions and administration costs.
To register please download the registration form from
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/camri
General enquires please contact Helen Cohen [log in to unmask]
--------------------------------------------------------
MeCCSA mailing list
--------------------------------------------------------
To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1
-------------------------------------------------------
MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies.
This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members.
For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/
--------------------------------------------------------
|