Journalism events diary
Please email information about your events of interest to journalists to clare at journalism.co.ukThe Claudia Jones Memorial Lecture
Start date: 10/10/08Time: 19:30
Details: The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) host this annual event commemorating the pioneering black journalist and founder of the West Indian Gazette, Claudia Jones. The guest speaker will be noted theologian, academic, and broadcaster Dr Robert Beckford, discussing the topic of understanding 'whiteness'.
Venue: City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
Contact: Lena Calvert
Contact address: Headland House, 308-312 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DP
Telephone: 0207 843 3727
Email: lenac@nuj.org.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/KYPCF/
Insight: Lula of Brazil - with Richard Bourne
Start date: 13/10/08Time: 19:30
Details: Richard Bourne, author and journalist, and Rogerio Simoes of the BBC Brazilian Service present this discussion of president Lula of Brazil's life and career.
Venue: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Contact address: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Telephone: 020 7479 8950
Email: mail@frontlineclub.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/PNGDC/
Reporting America, Reporting Britain
Start date: 13/10/08Time: 18:30 - 20:00
Details: Commemorating the centenary of Alistair Cooke's birth, this panel discussion will feature British and American journalists discussing how they report each other's countries. The panel will include Mary Jordan of the Washington Post, Martin Kettle of the Guardian and Stephen Sackur of the BBC, and the event is sponsored by Penguin Books, The Guardian, and he US Embassy. Tickets cost £6 (concessions £4).
Venue: Conference Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road,
St Pancras, London NW1 2DB
Contact address: Box Office, The British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
Telephone: 01937 546 546
Email: boxoffice@bl.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/UGVZN/
Press Complaints Commission Open Day
Start date: 14/10/08Time: 14:00
Details: This free event is an opportunity for members of the public and interested journalists to discuss and learn about press standards, the self-regulatory system, and how the complaints process works. Panel members include chairman of the PCC, Sir Christopher Meyer, editor of the Ipswich Evening Star, Nigel Pickover, and newspaper ombudsman, Malcolm Alcock.
Venue: St Nicholas Centre, 4 Cutler Street, Ipswich IP1 1UQ
Contact: Tonia Milton
Contact address: Press Complaints Commission, Halton House, 20/23 Holborn, London EC1N 2JD
Telephone: 020 7831 0022
Email: tonia.milton@pcc.org.uk.
Commonwealth Journalists Association Conference
Start date: 14/10/08End date: 18/10/2008
Details: This is the 8th annual conference of the Commonwealth Journalists Association, and will address a number of internationally important journalistic issues, as well as including 90-minute skills training sessions on three consecutive mornings. The secretary-general designate of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, has been invited to attend.
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel Riverside Kuching, Jalan Tunki Abdul Rahman, Kuching, 93756 Malaysia
Contact: Bryan Cantley
Email: bcantley@cna-acj.ca
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/XFMGE/
Society of Environmental Journalists' annual conference
Start date: 15/10/08End date: 19/10/08
Details: Boasting an attendance of more than 800 in California last year, the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference moves to Roanoake, Virginia for 2008. This event consists of workshops, lectures and day tours in the coal mining area. There is also a three-day boot camp before the conference offering training sessions.
Venue: Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, 110 Shenandoah Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia VA 24016
Contact: Jay Letto
Email: jletto@sej.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/PWKSZ/
The 3rd world digital publishing conference and expo
Start date: 15/10/08End date: 16/10/08
Details: This two day conference features digital media executives discussing the ways in which their companies have embraced new revenue streams, monetising media developments. Speakers include Martha Stone, from Shaping of the Future of the Newspaper; Manual Mirat, CEO, Prisacom; and Lisa Kotilainen, president, Sanoma Digital.
Venue: Hotel Okura Amsterdam, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333 1072 LH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contact address: 7 Rue Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 75005 Paris, France.
Telephone: +31 206 787 111
Email: contact_us@wan.asso.fr
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/NAAJP/
Digital Winter
Start date: 15/10/08Details: This event is targeted at the consumer gadget and IT media, and presents itself as a 'mini-expo', open exclusively to the relevant sectors of the press.
Venue: Hotel Russell 1-8 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 5BE
Contact: David Fanning
Telephone: 020 7096 0987
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/YARYC/
European Youth Media Days
Start date: 15/10/08End date: 17/10/2008
Details: This three day event provides an opportunity for journalists and journalism students aged 18-30, resident in or holding nationality of any EU member state, to network and exchange ideas and practical experience with other young journalists from across the EU. The deadline for registration is 24 September, so act now to register your interest. Subject to number of applicants and attendees, the full costs of travel, plus hotel accomodation will be paid for by the organisers.
Venue: European Parliament, Brussels Belgium
Contact: Maximilian Kall
Telephone: +32 484 991 200
Email: office@youthpress.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/IZYTX/
11th Readership Conference and Expo
Start date: 16/10/08End date: 17/10/08
Details: This two day conference is designed to aid newspapers in developing their print and online readership. Delegates can learn about, and showcase, a wide range of new strategies and initiatives for audience growth.
Venue: Hotel Okura, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contact: Jodie Hopperton
Contact address: 7 Rue Geoffroy, St Hilaire, 75005 Paris, France.
Telephone: +33 147 42 85 39
Email: jhopperton@wan.asso.fr
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/WAFZO/
Campaign 08 - Obama vs. McCain
Start date: 16/10/08Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Details: A panel discussion debating key influences on the current US presidential election and the candidate's campaigns. Panel members include George W. Bush's favourite historian, Andrew Roberts, Newsweek's London bureau chief, Stryker McGuire, and American-bornTimes columnist and Al Jazeera reporter, Michelle Henery.
Venue: The Foreign Press Association, 11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AJ
Contact: Sam Keegan
Contact address: 29 Prothero Road, London SW6 7LY
Email: sam_keegan@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/KZQUR/
The End of Journalism? Technology, education and ethics conference
Start date: 17/10/08End date: 18/10/08
Details: The end of journalism conference addresses the marked increase in user-generated content and its impact in the world of media. Does it signal a restructuring of journalism or its ultimate demise?
Venue: University of Bedfordshire
Contact: Dr. Gavin Stewart
Contact address: School of Media, Art & Design, University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton LU1 3JU
Email: journalism.conference@beds.ac.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/EYAWP/
In the Picture with Irme Schaber: The Life and work of Gerda Taro
Start date: 17/10/08Time: 19:30
Details: Historian Irme Schaber presents this look at the life and work of Gerda Taro, the pioneering female photojournalist and partner of Robert Capa, who covered (and was killed in) the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s. The evening is introduced by John Morris (former picture editor of Life, Magnum, and the New York Times).
Venue: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Contact address: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Email: mail@frontlineclub.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/PQSMX/
Insight: Russia Resurgent?
Start date: 20/10/08Time: 19:30
Details: Chaired by Bridget Kendall of the BBC, and also featuring Edward Lucas of The Economist and Alexei Pankin of the Novosti News Agency, this event examines the 'growing self-confidence of a newly resurgent Russia' in the light of the recent conflict in the Caucasus, and seeks to understand what place Russia can occupy in the modern world.
Venue: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Contact address: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Email: mail@frontlineclub.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/HWEYM/
Web 2.0 Expo
Start date: 21/10/08End date: 23/10/2008
Details: This event is a conference and trade show aimed at anyone looking to utilise the opportunities created by Web 2.0 technologies. The key focuses of this event will be 'development', 'design and user experience', 'strategy and business models', and 'marketing and community'. Speakers include Brady Forrest of O'Reilly Media, journalist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley, and Jennifer Pahlka of Newsweek.
Venue: Berliner Congress Center GmbH, Alexanderstrasse 11, 10178 Berlin Germany
Contact address: O'Reilly Media, Inc, Attn: Web 2.0 Expo Europe Registration, 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol CA 95472, USA
Telephone: +1 707 827 7000
Email: confreg@oreilly.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/NYFJA/
Create in China Conference 2008
Start date: 22/10/08Time: 8:30 - 18:00
Details: MediaGuardian and IPCN present a one-day forum of discussion and talks about UK-China media business relationships. Speakers include Ouyang Changlin, president of the Hunan Media Group, Dominic Proctor, CEO of MindShare Worldwide, and other key figures in UK, Chinese, and global media.
Venue: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Telephone: 01462 744054
Email: createinchina@medivents.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/EVEHD/
Beyond Beijing: Media technology at the games and other major sporting events
Start date: 23/10/08Details: Following the Beijing Olympics, the Westminster eForum seminar series will turn its attention to media technology in sport. The seminar will examine the technology infrastructure in place for Beijing and other major sporting events, considering how it can be applied to the London Olympics in 2012. Speakers include Alex Balfour, head of new media, London 2012; Ben Gallop, head of interactive, BBC Sport; and Chei Amlani, online sports editor, The Telegraph.
Venue: Westminster SW1
Contact address: Westminster Forum Projects, Connaught House, 22/24 Guildford Road, Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5JN
Email: pvg@westminstermediaforum.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/SKYOE/
Trial by Media, or by Courts? Contempt and publicity
Start date: 23/10/08Details: Polis, in partnership with the LSE law department and the BBC College of Journalism, is holding a public panel debate to discuss current issues in media law and practice regarding contempt. This will be followed by an invitation-only stakeholders' policy workshop on 24 October.
Contact address: LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Telephone: 020 7405 7686
Email: polis@lse.ac.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/WZMUB/
Ifra: Expo 2008
Start date: 27/10/08End date: 30/10/08
Details: Ifra's international media expo will be staged in Amsterdam this year. This compact trade show will play host to some of the industry's most important names and services. Exhibitors already confirmed include Adobe Systems, Kodak and Pressmart Media Limited.
Venue: Amsterdam RAI, Europaplein 22, NL 1078 GZ, Amsterdam
Contact address: IFRA, Washingtonplatz 1, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Telephone: +49.6151.733-6
Email: info@ifra.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/HLXFM/
Africa Media and Broadcasting 2008
Start date: 27/10/08Details: This executive level commercial conference focuses on the African media industry, and on efficient utilisation and implementation of broadcasting systems, media, mobile content and entertainment.
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Contact: Debbie Tagg
Telephone: +27 (0)11 463 6001
Email: debbie.tagg@terrapinn.co.za
Future of Business Media Conference 2008
Start date: 28/10/08Details: The Future of Business Media (FOBM) conference plans to feature various high-profile industry figures as speakers. Details are still thin on the ground as the conference has only recently been announced.
Venue: New York City USA
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/HIQHV/
What happens to newspapers?
Start date: 28/10/08Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Details: This evening panel event, supported by The Guardian, will examine how newspapers can survive current tribulations such as falling circulation and spiralling ad revenues, as well as looking at the challenge from new media. Tickets cost £25, and panel members include Neil Mcintosh (head of development at guardian.co.uk), Justin Williams (assistant editor at Telegraph Media Group), and Mike Rowley (director of digital publishing at the Northcliffe Media).
Venue: Zigfrid von Underbelly, 11 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU
Contact: Michelle Hardiman
Contact address: NMK, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW
Telephone: 020 7911 5000 ext. 3
Email: michelle.hardiman@nmk.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/SYNUI/
Broadsheet Vs. Broadband
Start date: 30/10/08Time: 18:30 - 20:00
Details: This event, from Women in Journalism, will address the topic of whether digital journalism is 'The new black (and white)'. The panel will include former editor of Newsnight, Peter Barron, chief executive of Reading Room, Margaret Manning, and head of editorial development at guardian.co.uk, Neil McIntosh. Tickets are £10 in advance or free for students.
Venue: The Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Contact: Sam Keegan
Contact address: 29 Prothero Road, London SW6 7LY
Email: sam_keegan@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/YVAIN/
Frontline Club food and wine tasting
Start date: 31/10/08Time: 19:00
Details: The Frontline Club present this evening of fine food cooked by head chef John Taylor, and wines recommended and explained by Malcolm Gluck. Attendance costs £78 (credit card needed for booking).
Venue: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Contact address: The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Telephone: 020 7479 8960
Email: mail@frontlineclub.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/DSALR/
Online Information 2008
Start date: 02/11/08End date: 04/11/08
Details: Online Information 2008 is an extensive exhibition, with conference and seminars, covering the full spectrum of online content and management for vendors around the world.
Venue: Olympia Hall, West Kensington, London W14 8ST
Contact: Lorna Candy
Telephone: 020 7316 9649
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/SIWQW/
Financial Journalism Report Launch
Start date: 04/11/08Details: Polis will be launching a research report entitled 'Financial Journalism in a Changing Media Environment: Ethics, Responsibility and Trust', written by Dr Damian Tambini and his team of the LSE Media and Communications Department.
Contact address: LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Telephone: 020 7405 7686
Email: polis@lse.ac.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/WZMUB/
FIPP Worldwide Magazine Marketplace 2008
Start date: 06/11/08End date: 07/11/08
Details: The Worldwide Magazine Marketplace (WMM) is a global conference that brings together consumer, business, specialist and digital publishers as well as suppliers from across the globe, to network and discuss prospective cross-border publishing opportunities.
Venue: World Tade Centre, Moscow
Contact: Christine Scott
Email: christine@fipp.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/GXPRL/
Conference: Nordic media in theory and practice
Start date: 08/11/08End date: 9/11/2008
Details: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, based at the University of Oxford, is holding a two-day conference to examine Nordic media. The conference will consider the similarities and differences of media theory practice across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland.
Venue: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, 13 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PS
Contact: Dr Henrik Örnebring
Email: henrik.ornebring@politics.ox.ac.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/MFRBJ/
International Center for Journalists Awards Dinner
Start date: 12/11/08Time: 18:00-21:30
Details: This annual dinner will honour the achievements of journalists from around the world who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the highest professional standards. The recipients this year are John F Burns of The New York Times, Aliaksei Karol of Belarus, and Frank Nyakairu of Uganda. Speakers include George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, and Christiane Amanpour of CNN.
Venue: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Centre, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20004 USA
Contact: Vjollca Shtylla
Contact address: International Center for Journalists, 1616 H Street, NW, Washington DC 20006 United States of America
Telephone: +1 202 349 7604
Fax: +1 202 737 0530
Email: vshtylla@icfj.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/CSRXW/
PPA magazine production conference and awards 2008
Start date: 13/11/08Details: The annual conference and awards for all those involved in magazine production.
Venue: Millennium Mayfair Hotel, Grosvenor Square London W1K 2HP
Contact: Rose Benjamin
Telephone: 020 7400 7565
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/GTOWJ/
Ifra: Beyond the printed word
Start date: 20/11/08End date: 21/11/2008
Details: Drawing on successful case studies, this conference presents discussion on the latest digital newspaper trends and the challenges facing the newspaper industry in the digital age.
Venue: Budapest, Hungary
Contact address: Ifra, Washingtonplatz 1, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Telephone: +49.6151.733-6
Email: info@ifra.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/LXECF/
News Xchange 2008
Start date: 20/11/08End date: 21/1/2008
Details: This conference, underwritten by Eurovision, and sponsored by BBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera (among others), is aimed at broadcasters and broadcast journalists. This year's line-up of topics include sessions on the current world economic crisis, the American election, and the risks and rewards of investigative journalism.
Venue: Hilton Valencia, Avenida Cortes Valencianas, 52, Valencia 46015 Spain
Contact: Angela Frier
Email: angela.frier@newsxchange.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/EWQDD/
Association of Online Publishers copyright/IP forum
Start date: 20/11/08Time: 14:00 - 17:30
Details: This forum will examine the possibilities for securing intellectual property in the light of the new and changing ways web users source and consume content, through the use of Test Case examples and legal summaries.
Venue: Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU
Contact: Tilly Martin
Contact address: Association of Online Publishers, Queens House, 55-56 Lincolns Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2A 3LJ
Telephone: 020 7400 7566
Email: tilly.martin@ukaop.org.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/PSVKR/
VVOJ European investigative journalism conference
Start date: 21/11/08End date: 22/11/08
Details: Sponsored by the Dutch-Flemish Association for Investigative Journalists - Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten (VVOJ), this conference consists of plenary sessions, hands-on training sessions, receptions, and above all the opportunity to expand your professional network in investigative journalism.
Venue: Brussels - various venues
Contact address: VVOJ, p/a Fonds Pascal Decroos, Rozenweg 4 b, B-1731 Zellik
Telephone: +31 30 - 2193011
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/HQEFY/
Whistleblowers and Mischief-makers: The Ethics of Scandal
Start date: 21/11/08Time: 10:00-16:00
Details: The Institute of Communication Ethics (ICE) brings together academics and industry figures to discuss the concept and handling of scandal in the media.
Venue: The London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6SB
Contact: Richard Keeble
Email: rkeeble@lincoln.ac.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/SIONV/
IFRA Middle East Conference
Start date: 25/11/08End date: 26/11/2008
Details: This regional conference will give an up-to-date overview of pressing business issues as well as examining technical topics. Speakers include marketing director at the Guardian media group, Marc Sands, professor of print media at Helwan University, George Simonian, and head of editorial development at Norrköpings Tidningar, Bengt Engwall.
Venue: JW Marriott Cairo, Ring Road, Mirage City, 11757 Heliopolis, Cairo Egypt
Contact: Heide Orlich
Telephone: +49 6151 733 733
Email: events@ifra.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/NLCOT/
The Media Festival
Start date: 26/11/08End date: 28/11/08
Details: The Media Festival will draw together professionals from the television, film, advertising, gaming and online media sectors to explore how content will be funded, created and distributed in the future. The board includes Danny Cohen, controller, BBC; Michael Denny, vice president, Sony Computer Entertainment; and Mark Selby, head of multimedia, Nokia.
Venue: Multiple locations across Manchester. The conference programme will take place at the Midland Hotel and Radisson Edwardian Hotel, both on Peter Street.
Contact address: The Media Festival Registration, GLH, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ
Telephone: 0845 056 8339
Email: conferences@emap.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/YFXCR/
Social Media and Cultural Communication Conference 2009
Start date: 05/03/09End date: 6/3/2009
Details: This conference, entitled 'Transforming Cultural and Scientific Communication', will examine the use of social media and Web 2.0 methodologies, with a particular bent towards knowledge institutions and the media.
Venue: Melbourne, Australia
Contact: Angelina Russo
Contact address: The Faculty of Design, Building PA, 144 High Street, Prahran, Victoria 3181 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9214 6152
Email: a.russo@swin.edu.au
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/LZACN/
62nd World Newspaper Congress/16th World Editors Forum
Start date: 22/03/09End date: 25/03/09
Details: Organised by the World Association of Newspapers, the 62nd World Newspaper Congress will run in conjunction with the 16th World Editors Forum. This summit is one of the most important events for the world's press. It will be hosted by the Indian Newspaper Society.
Venue: Hyderabad, India
Contact: Larry Kilman
Contact address: Director of Communications, WAN, 7 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France
Telephone: +33 1 47 42 85 00
Email: lkilman@wan.asso.fr
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/KXKWB/
International Journalism Festival 2009
Start date: 01/04/09End date: 05/04/09
Details: The third edition of the annual International Journalism Festival (IJF) is an open invitation to listen to and network with the best of world journalism. Topics under consideration range across all areas of current significance for the media and society in general. The festival is open to the public free of charge. The keynote speaker will be Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker.
Venue: Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Contact: Chris Potter
Contact address: Il Filo di Arianna, via Cortonese 82/a, 06127 Perugia Italy
Telephone: +39 075 5055807
Email: chris@journalismfestival.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/RMWTZ/
FEJS Annual Conference 2009
Start date: 02/04/09End date: 7/4/2009
Details: The annual conference of the Forum for European Journalism Students (FEJS) is an event for young media makers from across Europe to discuss and exchange ideas about journalism. The conference is currently still in the planning stage and Diane Shipley and Dr. Julian Kucklich are the only speakers to have been confirmed thus far.
Venue: Lincoln
Contact: Gina Davies
Email: gina_davies1@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/DSKFG/
3rd International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media
Start date: 01/05/09Details: This interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Assocation for the Advancement of Artificial intelligence (AAAI) will bring together academics and industry figures to examine phenomena and issues surrounding blogging and citizen journalism.
Venue: San Francisco USA
Email: icwsm09@aaai.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/JFDBA/
The 37th FIPP world magazine congress
Start date: 04/05/09End date: 06/05/09
Details: Biennial conference that will examine the relevant issues in newspapers, magazines and electronic publishing today.
Venue: Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN
Contact: Fay Delavault
Contact address: FIPP, Queens House, 55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Telephone: 020 7400 7511
Email: info@fipp.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/QWWDM/
"Literary Journalism: Past, Present and Future" International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies
Start date: 14/05/09End date: 16/5/2009
Details: This conference chiefly aims to examine "journalism as literature" rather than "journalism about literature, and hopes to be a forum of both breadth and depth in the field of literary journalism, welcoming all research methodologies.
Venue: Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois USA
Contact: Professor David Abrahamson
Contact address: Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois USA
Email: d-abrahamson@northwestern.edu
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/FSOCV/
6th World Conference of Science Journalists
Start date: 30/06/09End date: 03/07/09
Details: The 6th World Conference of Science Journalists is to be hosted in London, and will provide a forum for debate and discussion amongst journalists and other science communicators. A variety of international speakers are being invited, and there will also workshops and networking opportunities.
Venue: Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, London SW1H 9NH
Contact: Sarah Willan
Contact address: WCSJ 2009, Benchmark Communications, 14 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4HZ
Telephone: 0191 241 4523
Email: sarah.willan@wcsj2009.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/LGSQI/
The Future of Journalism
Start date: 09/09/09Details: The Future of Journalism is the second Journalism Practice & Journalism Studies conference. The first, entitled The Future of Newspapers, was held last year. The two journals have now launched the call for entries for this year's conference, and 250 word abstracts for papers are invited by 9 January 2009.
Venue: Cardiff School of Journalism, Media & Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NB
Telephone: 0292 087 4041
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/RTDTL/
