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From: Natalie Fenton <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021, 17:05
Subject: Final line-up for Media Democracy Festival 14-21 March 2021
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The Media Reform Coalition are delighted to announce the final schedule for our forthcoming Media Democracy Festival, a week-long celebration of independent media voices and analysis of why our current media system is not fit for purpose and what we can do about it.


We kick off with a keynote and Q&A from former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on ‘A Free Media for a Free Society’ – chaired by Natalie Fenton, 6pm, Sunday 14 March


Do Black Lives Matter in the Media? with Kerry-Anne Mendoza, Chenjerai Kumunyika, Sarah Jackson and Omega Douglas, 5.30pm Monday 15 March


Media and Misogyny, with Sarah Banet-Weiser, Juliet Jacques, Samira Sawlani and Henna Zamurd-Butt, 1pm Tuesday 16 March


Class Acts: Why Class Still Matters in the Media with Sarah Jaffe, Gholam Khiabany, Deirdre O’Neill and Sarah O’Connell, 5.30pm, Tuesday 16 March


The Media and State Collusion, with Mark Curtis, journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, Victoria Brittain, Police Spies Out of Lives, and Victoria Brittain, 1pm Wednesday 17 March


Blowing the Whistle on Media Coverage of Julian Assange, with Jennifer Robinson, Andrew Fowler, Peter Cronau and Benedetta Brevini, 8pm, Wednesday 17 March


In the Climate for Change: Fires, Floods and Media Failures with Gully Bujak (XR), Lola Fayokun, Toby Miller and Brendan Montague, 1pm, Thursday 18 March


Stenographers or Critics? Mainstream Media and the ‘Westminster Bubble’ with Zarah Sultana MP, Shelley Asquith (TUC), Leo Watkins (UK Media Influence Matrix) and Des Freedman, 1pm, Friday 19 March


The Times, They Are A-Changin! The Rise and Rise of Independent News Media, with Peter Jukes, Vanessa Baird, Jonathan Heawood and Kerry-Anne Mendoza, 5.30pm, Friday 19 March


The Solution or the Problem? What Should We Do with our Public Service Media? with Tom Mills, Clive Lewis MP, Pascale Robinson and Deborah Grayson, 1pm, Saturday 20 March


Media Reform: Possible? Likely? Enough? with Marcus Ryder, James Schneider, Hilary Wainwright and Victor Pickard, 5.30pm Saturday 20 March


Digital Rights & Digital Wrongs: From Online Harms & the Spread of the Far Right on Social Media with Emma Briant, Lina Dencik, Aurelien Mondon and Alan Finlayson, 1pm, Sunday 21 March


All sessions will be live on our YouTube channel so stay tuned on this site for details.


Hope to see you there!

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Natalie Fenton  (Pronouns: she/her)

Professor of Media and Communications

Chair, Media Reform Coalition

Co-Head, Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies

 

Goldsmiths, University of London

New Cross, London SE14 6NW

http://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/staff/n-fenton/
@NatalieFenton1

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