Journalism events diary

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'Will we have news for you?'

Start date: 10/11/09
End date: 10/11/2009
Time: 5pm
Details: A Media Society Night at BBC News. Hear the drama as the Six O’clock News is transmitted and then settle down to debate on the future of TV news. Guests include Nick Pollard (Former Head of Sky News in the Chair), Mary Hockaday (Head Multi-media Newsroom, The BBC) and Dorothy Byrne (Editor News and Current Affairs Channel Four Television). Tickets are £15.
Venue: BBC TV Centre, Wood Lane, W12
Email: dorothy@themediasociety.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/ESTYC/

Monaco Media Forum

Start date: 11/11/09
End date: 13/11/2009
Details: This conference, on the topic of broadband-fuelled Internet and the evolving medium formerly known as television will be held in MonteCarlo. The conference will be Led by an all-new list of co-chairs, including Nikesh Arora (President, Global Sales and Business Development at Google), Mathias Döpfner (Chairman at Axel Springer AG) and Lucian Grainge (Chairman & CEO at Universal Music Group International).Topics will include: Are games as reality?, print springs eternal, news meets communications, the death of the click.
Venue: Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, 40 Avenue Princesse Grace, 98000 Monte-Carlo, MONACO
Telephone: +377 98 06 02 00
Fax: +377 98 06 00 03
Email: contact@monacomediaforum.org
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/BTHLH/

International Conference Journalism Research in the Public Interest

Start date: 19/11/09
End date: 21/11/2009
Details: The IAM Institute of Applied Media Studies at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich will hold a conference on the question " What does the field of journalism research have to offer to issues of public interest and debate, and what are the key factors for a successful transfer of knowledge between journalism research and its social contexts? "
The registration fee is £98.70.
Venue: Zurich University of Applied Linguistics, School of Applied Linguistics, Institute of Applied Media Studies, Theaterstrasse 15c, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland
Contact: Ursula Koepell
Contact address: Ursula Köppel, IAM Institute of Applied Media Studies, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Theaterstrasse 15c, B.O. Box, 8401 Winterthur, Switzerland.
Telephone: +41 (0)58 934 77 56
Email: ursula.koeppel@zhaw.ch
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/TZCKB/

Privacy, Defamation and the Media

Start date: 19/11/09
Details: Butterworths’ new media law conference offers you an opportunity to obtain guidance on the boundaries of responsible journalism. It will explore the boundaries of privacy and defamation in the real and virtual world, and will consider how privacy affects the general public rather than celebrities. It will examine recent rulings against the paparazzi, the spread of libel, and family courts.
Speakers are to include Bob Satchwell (executive director forr the Society of Editors).
Full Price: £499 before 18 September 2009, £549 before 2 October, £599 thereafter
Venue: To be confirmed, central London
Telephone: 020 7347 3573
Email: ebookings@lexisnexis.co.uk
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/LDJZZ/

The 62nd world newspaper congress

Start date: 30/11/09
End date: 3/12/2009
Details: The World Association of Newspapers are to hold the 62nd world newspaper congress.
The speakers will be Tim Brooks (managing director, Guardian News & Media), Ana Paula Pessoa (vice president of Corporate - Strategic Resources, Infoglobo) and Gerd Finkbeiner (Chairman of the executive board, manroland AG).
The prices are €1950 for standard rate, €1700 for newspapers belonging to WAN Member Associations, and €1150 for Company/WAN/WEF Members.
Venue: Hyderabad, International Convention Centre, India.
Contact address: 7 Rue Geoffrey, St Hillaire, 75005 PARIS, FRANCE.
Telephone: + 33 1 47 42 85 00
Mobile: + 33 1 47 42 49 48
Email: contact_us@wan.asso.fr
Web: http://www.journalism.co.uk/shorturl/NHGWS/

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/HNSVS/