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From: O'Malley T P (HaSS)
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Sent: 12/02/01 10:30
Subject: CPBF Conference on White Paper, plus response to White Paper

Apologies for cross posting

I attach the programme for the CPBF conference on the government's White
Paper on Communications. I also attach a copy of the CPBF's response to
the
White Paper for information.

Tom O'Malley

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THE COMMUNICATIONS
REVOLUTION - WHO BENEFITS?
Conference on the government's communications white paper
organised by the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom

Saturday 24 February 2001

9.45am-5.30pm
Britannia Street Conference & Meeting Centre (NATFHE)
27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP
Kings Cross Underground /Thameslink Station

Speakers include: Danny Schechter, executive editor MediaChannel;
Dorothy 
Byrne, current affairs editor Channel 4; Phillip Whitehead MEP and TV 
producer; Tony Lennon president, BECTU; Mike Jempson, director,
PressWise; 
Bettina Peters, International Federation of Journalists; Bob Franklin, 
author of 'Newzsak and News Media'

Programme

9.45am: Registrations and coffee

10am-11.30am:  Plenary 1
'WHITE PAPER - BAD NEWS?'
The politics of the government's proposals and the consequences for
media 
freedom and media workers
Tony Lennon, BECTU/CPBF
Chair: Julian Petley, Brunel University/CPBF

11.30am-12.45pm:  Workshops
'Monolithic Media'
Ownership and control - consequences of growing media concentration and 
cross ownership possibilities opened up by the government's proposals
Granville Williams, University of Huddersfield; Peter Goodwin,
University of

Westminster
Chair: Tim Gopsill, National Union of Journalists

'New media - old problems' As big business buys into the digital age and

governments and companies try to determine what can be published on the 
internet, certain new media organisations are defending free speech and 
fighting to maintain a public service role.
Jill Hills, University of Westminster; speaker from GreenNet/APC
(invited)
Chair: Gary Herman,CPBF

'Losing control' Media regulation - what are the implications of
relaxing 
the rules as proposed in the communications white paper? What happens to

accountability and diversity?
Jean Seaton, University of Westminster; Julian Petley, Brunel 
Univrsity/CPBFChair: Jonathan Hardy, University of East London/CPBF

'Corporate media trends in Europe'
Media workers across Europe are being forced to defend people's
democratic 
right to know as communications corporations squeeze out the competition
and

increasingly dominate the public domain. What can the EU do?
Phillip Whitehead MEP; Bettina Peters, International Federation of 
Journalists.

12.45pm-1.45pm: Lunch (£5 if taken at the at the conference centre)


1.45pm-2.45pm: Plenary 2

GLOBAL MEDIA GIANTS -
Can Alternatives Survive?
Danny Schechter, executive editor of the US based global website 
MediaChannel
Chair: Carole Tongue, writer and former MEP

2.45pm-4.00pm: Workshops

'Regions and Nations - will they have a voice?' How does the proposed 
legislation impact on the new regional power structures in Scotland and 
Wales? Will the drive towards media commercialisation leave room for 
regional and national identities and priorities?
Sylvia Harvey, Hallam University Sheffield; Kevin Williams, University
of 
Cardiff, Scottish MSP.
Chair: Pat Holland, CPBF

'Commercialisation of content' Can the white paper halt the dumbing down
of 
programming and stop public service broadcasting being pushed to the 
margins?
Dorothy Byrne, current affairs editor, Channel 4; Bob Franklin,
University 
of Sheffield. Chair: Jonathan Hardy, University of East London/CPBF

'Defending diversity and forging alternatives' Are minority interests, 
diversity reporting and community access to communications protected
under 
the government's proposals? Mike Jempson, Presswise; James Curran, 
Goldsmiths College
4.00pm-4.20pm: Tea

4.20pm-5.30pm: Plenary 3

COMMUNICATIONS POLICY - WHICH WAY FORWARD?
Panel and debate on  future campaigning strategy
Danny Schechter, MediaChannel; Bettina Peters, International Federation
of 
Journalists; Tom O'Malley, University of Glamorgan/CPBF
Chair: Tony Lennon, BECTU/CPBF

*Programme subject to change


REGISTER NOW

Please register me for the CPBF conference The Communications Revolution
- 
Who Benefits? I enclose a £.... ..cheque for my registration fee (see
fees 
table below)

Name

Oranisation/Branch (where appropriate)

Address                                                                 
postcode

Contact tel/email

Creche (must be booked by 12 February)            Yes/No

Lunch  Yes/No

Special dietary requirements

Conference fees: institutions £75 (inc.lunch); trade union delegates £25

(inc. lunch); individuals £10 (exc lunch); (CPBF members £7 (exc lunch);

students/unwaged £4 (exc lunch). Lunch £5. Cheques should be made
payable to

'CPBF'.

Please return this form with your cheque to CPBF, 8 Cynthia Street,
London 
N1 9JF. tel: 020 7278  4430;  fax: 020 7837 8868; email: 
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