Journalism events diary

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Travellers’ Tales Festival

Start date: 20/02/10
End date: 21/02/10
Details: Celebrating travel writing and photography from around the world, the Travellers' Tales Festival returns to the Royal Geographical Society for a second year, bringing together writers, photographers, editors, filmmakers and the public. Speakers will include Don McCullin, Jan Morris and Frans Lanting.
Venue: The Royal Geographical Society, Exhibition Road, London
Email: enquiries@and-publishing.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/YPDGM/

Digital Editors' Network Winter 2010: Benchmarking Your Website

Start date: 25/02/10
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Details: Our Winter 2010 meeting of the Digital Editors’ Network will allow you to compare notes with other digital editors and see how your site measures up to industry trends. Editors from four of the UK's leading news organisations will "lift the bonnet’"on their strategies to engage audiences – and the metrics they use to measure the success of their efforts. Participating in the panel discussion will be: Dave Higgerson, head of multimedia of Trinity Mirror regionals; Ian Brogden, digital editor at Cumbrian Newspapers; Jane McFarlane, assistant news editor Northcliffe Media's Derby Evening Telegraph; Martin Hamer, digital editor at Johnston Press' Lancashire Evening Post.

Venue: University of Central Lancashire, Adelphi Conference Centre, Preston PR12HE
Email: nick.turner@cumbrian-newspapers.co.uk
Web: http://den-winter2010.eventbrite.com/

Digital Innovators' Summit 2010

Start date: 01/03/10
End date: 02/03/10
Details: Publishers will have the opportunity to learn about new strategies and approaches to developing profitable digital businesses. At this two-day event publishers will have the opportunity to learn about the needs of magazine publishers, covering current and future trends in digital media as well as offering concrete case studies and ideas. Topics covered by the programme include: successful digital strategies for publishers, new trends in online advertising and business models for digital offerings beyond display advertising.
Venue: Deutsche Telekom AG, Berlin Representation, Französische, Straße 33 a-c, 10117 Berlin
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/XMBTH/

2010: Will this be the first new media election?

Start date: 02/03/10
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Details: The Obama campaign last year vividly demonstrated the fantastic potential of the web and new media as political tools. So will the 2010 election be the first British new media campaign? And what will the new role of new media mean for television, radio and the press? To discuss these fascinating and knotty issues we have assembled an expert end entertaining panel under the sharp eye of chair Evan Davis, presenter of the Today Programme. Panel: Evan Davis, BBC (Chair); Prof Ivor Gaber, City University London; Matthew Macgregor, Blue State Digital (Obama's social media/web advisors); Nick Robinson (BBC Political Editor); David-John (DJ) Collins (Google/Youtube).

Venue: Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, City University, Northampton Square EC1 OHV
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/IVOUD/

Bob Friend Memorial Lecture

Start date: 03/03/10
Time: 6:00pm
Details: Sky News and the BBC will be coming together to celebrate outstanding journalism during a special event at the University of Kent. 

Mark Thompson, the director-general of the BBC, will deliver the Bob Friend Memorial Lecture at the University, while Rob Kirk, editorial development manager for Sky News, will present a first-year student from the University’s Centre for Journalism with the Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship.

 A brief question and answer session will follow the main lecture. The event is free but admission is by ticket only, allocated strictly on a first come first served basis.
Venue: Pilkington Building, University of Kent, Medway campus, Chatham Maritime
Telephone: 01227 769075
Email: N.J.Ellwood@kent.ac.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/TKAUV/

The 20th World Newspaper Advertising Conference

Start date: 03/03/10
End date: 05/03/10
Details: This conference recognises the simplicity of today's ad department priorities: meet your targets today, next month and next year. Conference goers can expect a focus on innovation, strategy and practical advice. Topics will include: The economic outlook for advertising; Your options for search revenues and competing in the new media universe and Broken promises - Will your digital strategies work? Speakers at the conference include: Lynn Cunningham, human resources director, the Daily Telegraph; Matthew Dodd, vice president for research & analytics, EMEA, Nielsen Online; Belinda Beeftink, associate director, Media Research, IPA.
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Copenhagen Towers, 114-118 Oerestads Blvd, Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Larry Kilman
Email: larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/PASIF/

Abu Dhabi Media Summit 2010

Start date: 09/03/10
End date: 12/03/10
Details: This invitation-only inaugural summit will be held at Abu Dhabi's new Yas Hotel. The event will feature a combination of high-profile public sessions, closed-door discussions and private conversations. The summit’s agenda will be driven by a group of co-chairs including Rupert Murdoch, president and chairman, News Corporation; Tim Armstrong, CEO, AOL; Lee Seok Chae, Chairman, KT Corporation.
Venue: Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Contact: Sarah Longbottom, Results PR
Telephone: +44(0) 7953 8779
Email: sarah.longbottom@resultspr.co.uk

Changing Media Summit 2010

Start date: 18/03/10
Details: The Changing Media Summit returns with another day of all things digital media. CMS is aimed at senior executives responsible for strategies in digital, online, mobile, marketing, branding, finance, communications, content, audio and more. Speakers are set to include: Jimmy Wales, founder, Wikipedia; Erik Huggers, director, BBC FutureMedia and Technology; Richard Titus, CEO, Associated Northcliffe Digital.
Venue: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
Email: changingmediasummit@medivents.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/WBFQS/

International Journalism Festival

Start date: 21/04/10
End date: 25/4/2010
Details: Top names, stunning location, free entry, networking
heaven. The annual Perugia International Journalism
Festival is the leading journalism event in Italy. It is an
open invitation to listen to and network with the best
of world journalism. The leitmotiv is one of informality
and accessibility, designed to appeal to journalists,
journalism students and those interested in the role
of the media in society. Simultaneous translation
into English and Italian is provided. All festival events
are open to the public free of charge.
Venue: Hotel Brufani, Piazza Italia 12, 06121 Perugia, Umbria, ITALY
Contact address: Festival organisation and press office, Il Filo di Arianna srl
via Cortonese, 82/A, 06127 Perugia, ITALY
Telephone: 00 39 (0)75.5055807
Mobile: 00 39 335.1444495
Fax: 00 39 (0)75.5017894
Email: info@journalismfestival.com
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/RMWTZ/

9th International Newsroom Summit

Start date: 21/04/10
End date: 22/04/10
Details: IFRA stage a two-day conference in London for those wanting to get inspiration and exchange ideas about building the new generation newsroom and editorial operation. Sessions includ: Multi-title newsrooms; Outside the box – Innovative Publishing; Paid content - quo vadis?; Social media and audience engagement. Speakers include: George Brock, professor and head of journalism, City University London; Will Lewis, joint deputy editor, Daily Telegraph; and Raju Narisetti, managing director, Washigton Post.
Venue: London, United Kingdom
Contact: Ioana Sträter
Telephone: +49.6151.733-769
Email: ioana.straeter@wan-ifra.org

PPA Annual Conference 2010

Start date: 29/04/10
Time: 8:00am - 6:00pm
Details: PPA, the trade organisation for magazines and business media, has launched its 2010 annual conference entitled Inspiration & Innovation: Publishing 2010. Following on from the success of the FIPP World Magazine Congress 2009, this year’s event focuses even more closely on digital issues, exemplified by the recent launches of the Apple iPad and Skiff e-reader platform. Among the issues up for debate at the conference are: 'how to turn digital investment into profitable growth'; 'social networks in the marketing mix'; and 'e-readers and tablet devices'.
Venue: Park Plaza Riverbank, 18 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ

Contact: Tom Hawkins
Telephone: 020 7400 7528
Email: tom.hawkins@ppa.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/KOQMJ/

The Future of News Media

Start date: 20/05/10
Details: This seminar will look at the changing face of news media, both in the UK and internationally. Planned sessions will examine: The changing economics of news delivery and future financial options; Training, citizen journalism and maintaining journalistic standards; and Delivery and consumption of news and current affairs. Speakers include Jon Snow, presenter, Channel 4 News and Struan Bartlett, managing director and chairman, NewsNow.
Venue: Central London
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/NZZJI/