Twitter, the butterfly effect and the future of journalism

Start date: 13/02/12
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Details:
Hosted by Mashup* this event is being held as part of Social Media Week.

This session will explore how twitter is changing the news industry, how journalists use social media to connect to the story and how collaborative reporting is leading to activism and change.

Interactive debate with a mixture of journalists and social media fanatics will center around the theme of managing and monetizing collaborative journalism.

Speakers include Paul Lewis (special projects editor, The Guardian), Anna Doble (senior online producer, Channel 4 News) and Steve Butterworth, (founder & CEO, Flumes Media).

Venue:
Innovation Warehouse, 1 East Poultry Avenue, London EC1A 9PT

Contact: Gayle MacGregor

Email: gayle@flumes.com
Web: click here

Social media workflow for News Organisations and Media Outlets

Start date: 13/02/12
Time: 6:00pm

Details:
As part of Social Media Week (13 - 17 February 2012) Comufy are bringing together a panel of industry speakers to discuss and share their procedures and challenges they face in managing news organisation’s social media activity.

Discussion will include tips, case studies and best practice examples of how leading news organisations are currently managing their social media activity, balancing risk versus reward, and thinking creatively about how they adapt to keep up with future evolutions in social media.

Speakers include Mark Johnson (community editor, The Economist), Liz Brown (senior product manager BBC News) and Peter MacRobert (head of R and D, News International).

Venue:
The Hospital Club, London
Contact: Stuart Gardner

Telephone: +44 (0) 203 393 3294
Email: stuart@comufy.com
Web: click here

Considering Vietnam

Start date: 17/02/12
End date: 18/02/2012

Details:
Imperial War Museums has invited Media Society members to attend this two-day conference.

The Vietnam War is evolving from contemporary memory into history. This two day conference explores how the media and popular culture have shaped our understanding of the Vietnam War.

Day One of the conference will focus on how the Vietnam War was represented in the media with particular reference to photography, documentary film and television. Day Two will focus on the representation of the Vietnam War through popular culture, with particular reference to feature films and popular music.

Speakers will include veteran journalists Don McCullin, Michael Nicholson and Philip Knightley.

Admission:
Two-day ticket: £90 Adult, £50 Concession
One-day ticket: £50 Adult, £30 Concession

Media Society members can claim a 10% discount on the adult price by entering the code JKE587. Visit the website for further information.

Venue:
Imperial War Museum, London

Telephone: 020 7416 5439
Web: click here

Reporting under fire: covering a new world of political unrest

Start date: 21/02/12
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Details:
Join the Frontline Club for the first in a series of events, screenings and workshops examining the challenges to safety faced by journalists around the world. Topics of discussion include dangers faced by journalists today, the impact on journalism and what can be done to protect journalists in their work.

The event will also mark the launch of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Attacks on the Press report.

Chaired by BBC special correspondent Alan Little, the event also includes speakers Joel Simon (executive director of the CPJ) and Maziar Bahari (Iranian-Canadian journalist detained in Iran during the uprising following the 2009 disputed election). Additional panelists to be confirmed.

Event Fee(s)
Standard rate £ 12.50
Concessions - students/seniors £ 10.00

Book online to reserve a place.

Venue:
13 Norfolk Place
London, W2 1QJ

Telephone: 020 7479 8940
Email: events@frontlineclub.com
Web: click here

SoLoMoDEN Digital Editors Network Winter 2012 meetup & MADE project launch

Start date: 23/02/12
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:30pm

Details:
Innovations in social, local and mobile news are on the agenda for the next Digital Editors Network meeting, followed by a networking reception and launch of the MADE (Media and digital enterprise) project.

Leading the discussions are Greg Hadfield (director of strategic projects, Cogapp), Paul Bradshaw (author of the Online Journalism Handbook, founder of the Online Journalism Blog, HelpMeInvestigate and Hacks & Hackers Birmingham) and François Nel (digital media business researcher and director of the Journalism Leaders Programme at UCLan).

Topics include:

* How the rise of open-data cities is giving local media a chance to re-invent themselves – and why it could be their last lifeline
* How local newspapers are doing on the 4Cs of mobile news - content, channels, content and commerce.
* Opportunities for news enterprises to co-create content through new 'Help Me Investigate'(a website designed to help investigate questions in the public interest) initiatives.

A donation of £5, £10, £15 or £20 upon entry towards catering and the speakers' travel expenses is requested.

Venue:
West Room, Digital World Centre, The Lowry, Media City, Manchester M50 3AZ

Contact: Francois Nel

Contact address:
The Journalism Leaders Programme, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE

Telephone: + 44 (0)1772 894758
Email: FPNel@uclan.ac.uk
Web: click here

Paywall Strategies 2012

Start date: 23/02/12

Details:
TheMediaBriefing are organising their second full day conference on paywall strategies for media owners. The conference will look at the various models for charging for content online. Speakers will cover areas including:

* Digital Product Development - building a new generation of online products which customers will pay for.
* Online Pricing Strategies - the science behind the price points customers are prepared to pay and how to bundle product offerings to build profits
* Clever Marketing Techniques for Paywall Content - how to promote 'hidden' content via social media and mobile devices.

The conference will be of interest for all editorial, marketing and business strategy executives in the newspaper, magazine, business and digital media sectors.

Speakers include Steve Hewlett (Guardian Columnist and broadcasting consultant), David Shepherd (content and platform director at XpertHR) and Duncan Tickell (Managing Director, publishing of Immediate Media Co).

Register online to reserve a place, group bookings available.

Early-bird rate – registrations received before January 31st 2012: £347 + VAT
Standard rates – registrations recieved 01/02/12 – 23/02/12: £397 + VAT

Venue:
RBS auditorium, 250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA
Contact: Petra Johansson

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 3239 932
Email: petra.johansson@briefingmedia.com
Web: click here

Photographing Afghanistan: crucial exposure

Start date: 06/03/12
Time: 7:00pm

Details:
Tickets are now available for this Media Society event in association with Imperial War Museums.

Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton chairs this event in which a panel of leading photographers discuss the challenges faced by professional photographers working in Afghanistan during the last 30 years.

The evening’s panel includes Don McCullin and Donovan Wylie (current photojournalists), Shamus Murphy and Kate Brooks, and serving Military photographers Alison Baskerville and Rupert Frere

Admission: £15 Adult, £12 Concessions. Ticket includes a private view of Shaped by War (photographs by Don McCullin) after the event and an opportunity to network.

Visit the website for more information and to book tickets

Venue:
Imperial War Museum London, Lambeth Road, SE1 6HZ

Web: click here

FT Digital Media Conference 2012

Start date: 07/03/12
End date: 08/03/12

Details:
This conference aims to bring together high-profile figures from various media businesses to discuss the state of the digital media industry. Speakers will include Evgeny Lebedev (chairman, Evening Standard and Independent Print), Tim Hely Hutchinson (group chief executive, Hachette UK) and Dr Fabien Curto Millet (senior economist, Google). Topics covered will include 'digital media investment trends', 'preparing for a multi-platform, multi-device future' and 'the art of selling in the digital age'. Tickets are currently £999.00 each, however this will rise several times to £1099.00 on 5 November 2011, £1199.00 on 7 January 2012 and £1299.00 on 11 February 2012 (all prices exclusive of VAT).

Venue:
London (specific venue unspecified)
Contact: Aliki Varsamides

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7873 4109
Email: aliki.varsamides@ft.com
Web: click here

Westminster Legal Policy Forum Keynote Seminar: The way forward for libel reform - priorities for the Defamation Bill

Start date: 15/03/12

Details:
This seminar will provide a timely opportunity to assess the future of libel law in the UK as the Government responds to consultation and proposes a revised Defamation Bill, scheduled for May 2012.

The seminar includes a keynote address from the Minister responsible for this area of policy, Rt Hon the Lord McNally, as well as from the Chair of the Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill, Rt Hon the Lord Mawhinney.

The seminar will bring together policymakers with key stakeholders from across the media, business and legal sectors and other interested parties. The aim is to assess key discussion points from the Government’s draft Bill, including challenges posed by the internet, cost structures and proposed new statutory defences, and to consider the most appropriate way forward for policy.

Venue:
Central London, exact venue to be announced.

Email: jayne.cole@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk.
Web: click here

Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar: Priorities for press regulation

Start date: 20/03/12

Details:
The seminar focuses on the future for regulation of the UK newspaper industry.

A keynote address from the new Press Complaints Commission Chairman Lord Hunt of Wirral will be made following amendments to the Editorial Code of Conduct and proposals for enhanced regulatory measures unveiled by the PCC in December; including new investigative powers for the Commission, increased compliance procedures and stiffer sanctions for titles that breach the rules.

The seminar also offers an opportunity, ahead of the formal release of findings from Lord Justice Leveson’s Inquiry for policymakers, for industry players and other interested parties to discuss options for the future relationship between regulation, ethics, the public and a free and competitive news sector more widely.

Other speakers include Neil Benson (Trinity Mirror), Dr Alice Enders (Enders Analysis) and Gavin MacFadyen (Centre for Investigative Journalism).

Book a place online for £190 + vat (including refreshments and PDF copy of the transcripts). Places for £80 + vat at a concessionary rate are available for small charities and unfunded individuals.

Venue:
Central London (specific venue unspecified)

Telephone: 01344 864796
Email: info@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk
Web: click here

Changing Media Summit 2012 INNOVATION vs DISRUPTION: gaining a creative and commercial edge in a changed media world

Start date: 21/03/12
End date: 22/03/2012

Details:
The Changing Media Summit has established itself as the must-attend event for anyone concerned with creative and commercial success in the digital age.

Speakers will include Eric Berger (Executive vice president digital networks, Sony Pictures Television), Rio Caraeff (President and CEO, Vevo) and Ashley Highfield (Chief executive officer
Johnston Press plc).

Topics covered will include how to raise the value of content on the web, questioning how the transition from legacy to digital media entity is leading to creative and commercial innovation and where opportunities for international expansion and growth in media and technology lie and how to get a footing in these new territories.

Standard prices (all prices are for 2 day conference)

Media and commercial companies:
£850 + VAT

Government departments, local authorities, NGOs, charities, academic institutions and trade unions:
£395 + VAT

Venue:
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

Telephone: 020 7841 4860/1
Email: changingmediasummit@medivents.co.uk
Web: click here

Printing Summit 2012: newspaper printing today and tomorrow

Start date: 21/03/12
End date: 22/03/2012

Details:
The next Printing Summit aims to provide a sample of technological and business changes that have delivered success around the world. It will also bring together representatives from associations to offer an overview on specific markets.

During two days an array of international speakers will bring participants up-to-date on a variety of important topics including:

*Innovations in printing
*The power of printed advertising
*Green production
*Quality in printing
*Lean production

Speakers include Rainer Esser (managing director of Die Zeit in Germany), Marius Fink (head of technical coordination for COOP Presse in Switzerland) and Assaf Avrahami (CEO of Yedioth Information Technology in Israel).

Early bird tickets are available until 10 February:

Members:
EUR 1.050 + VAT
Non- members:
EUR 1.390 + VAT

The 2012 Printing Summit will offer simultaneous interpretation in German and English, for more details visit the website.

Venue:
NH Berlin Friedrichstraße, Friedrichstraße 96, 10117 Berlin,
Germany

Telephone: +49.6151.733-6
Email: events@wan-ifra.org
Web: click here

POLIS International Journalism Conference: reporting the world

Start date: 23/03/12
Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm

Details:
The BBC College of Journalism, the European Broadcasting Union and POLIS are holding there third annual journalism conference. The conference will look at how the media cover major global news stories such as wars, protests, economic crisis, and disasters.

Senior journalists and editors from across the world will look at coverage of the most important stories of the past 12 months. They'll assess the global financial crisis, the events of the 'Arab Spring' in North Africa and the Middle East, plus the Olympics and other big stories of 2012. They will be questioning whether media organisations still have the resources to concentrate on more than one story at a time after budget cuts and loss of revenue.

In the parallel sessions, the conference will look more closely at how journalists can report better including ethics, data, standards and new social media tools.

Venue:
Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, London School of Economics, New Academic Building, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 2AE

Web: click here

The Norwegian foundation for investigative journalism (SKUP) annual weekend conference

Start date: 23/03/12
End date: 25/03/2012

Details:
SKUP organizes an annual weekend conference for investigative reporters and editors in Norway.

In the past the SKUP conference has been attended by up to 600 journalists and editors and has previously introduced John Pilger (award winning Australian journalist and documentary maker), Gunther Walraff (undercover journalist and writer) and Heather Brooke (journalist and freedom of information campaigner).

One of the conference highlights is the SKUP award ceremony. Every year SKUP awards a prize of 50.000 NOK to last year's best investigative story, as well as diplomas to a number of further stories for excellence in investigative reporting.

Contact: Heidi Molstad Andresen

Telephone: +47 90866223
Web: click here

Digital Media Europe

Start date: 16/04/12
End date: 18/04/2012

Details:
After last years success Digital Media Europe (DME) presents a 3 day event with a new concept and venue.

Speakers include Sam Duncan Brown (head of innovation at A&N Media), Emily Wu (production manager, Next Media Animation Taiwan) and Gregor Waller (founder & CEO, Digital Age Consulting). Attendees can expect topics of discussion regarding digital business trends, business innovation and the future of digital media.

Venue:
Science Museum, London
Contact: Priel Manes

Telephone: +49 172 266 6219
Email: priel.manes@wan-ifra.org
Web: click here

British Media Awards Ceremony

Start date: 26/04/12

Details:
Media news site TheMediaBriefing has launched a new awards programme, the British Media Awards, aimed at recognising media companies that have shown an innovative approach to new business models in the industry.

Awards will be announced and presented at a ceremony on Thursday 26 April.

Venue:
The Emirates Stadium, London

Email: andy.oakes@briefingmedia.com
Web: click here

Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Awards Ceremony 2012

Start date: 20/06/12

Details:
The PPA Awards 2012 will be celebrating editorial achievment from across the magazine industry in a ceremony in London's Grosvenor House hotel, Park Lane. Award categories include consumer magazine of the year, business magazine of the year and a new award for front cover of the year.

The dress code is black tie and guests are asked to arrive via the Great Room entrance on Park Lane at 6:30pm for a drinks reception.

Venue:
Grosvenor House hotel, Park Lane, London
Contact: Emma Turner

Telephone: 020 7404 4166
Email: emma.turner@ppa.co.uk
Web: click here

East-West Center International Media Conference

Start date: 22/06/12
End date: 24/06/2012

Details:
This event will look at news and journalism issues in Asia, the Pacific and United States through the prism of New Media. The conference will be the third international media conference held by the East-West Centre. An early registration fee of $250 will cover all program activities, including a tour of the DMZ, the heavily fortified zone between North and South Korea that stands as the last remnant of the Cold War; an opening evening reception, three lunches, and two dinners; coffee/tea breaks throughout the day; and all program materials. Hotels offering special conference rates will be listed on the website; buses will pick up and return participants staying at these hotels. Details are thin on the ground at the moment but will be updated on the website below.

Venue:
Yonsei University, Seoul

Web: click here

East West Center International media conference 2012

Start date: 22/06/12
End date: 24/06/2012

Details:
The third East West Center (EWC) conference theme is “Networked News: How new media is shaping stories in Asia and the Pacific.” The focus of this two day event will be on news and journalism issues in Asia, the Pacific and United States through the prism of New Media.

The conference will cover the growing use of digital media across Asia and the Pacific. Social media and mobile journalism have impacted national elections and government actions throughout the region, and changed how places and events are being covered. New Media specialists from around the world have been invited to share their expertise and perspectives with speakers from media, government and business to be announced at a later date.

Breakout sessions in the afternoon will include panels of journalists and media workshops. Conference participants are encouraged to propose panel topics, join panels and lead workshops.

An early registration fee of $250 will cover all program activities including a tour of the DMZ (the heavily fortified zone between North and South Korea that stands as the last remnant of the Cold War), an opening evening reception, three lunches, and two dinners alongside all program materials.

Venue:
Yonsei University, Seoul South Korea

Web: click here

Journalists' Charity annual lunch featuring Sir Michael Parkinson

Start date: 22/06/12

Details:
Sir Michael Parkinson is to speak in Birmingham in the summer to raise funds for the Journalists’ Charity.

He has agreed to be this year’s celebrity guest at the charity’s annual lunch in June. The charity has been holding the lunch in Birmingham since 1993, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds. Previous speakers have included Sir Richard Branson, Sir Trevor MacDonald and Chris Tarrant.

Further details of venue and ticket prices will be announced shortly.

Contact: Laurie Upshon

Contact address:
Journalists’ Charity, Dickens House, 35 Wathen Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1JY

Email: laurie@upshon.com
Web: click here

IPI World Congress 2012

Start date: 23/06/12
End date: 26/06/12

Details:
Titled "Media in a Challenging World: A 360 Degree Perspective," the three-day IPI World Congress will examine the many challenges, concerns and opportunities facing the media not only in the Caribbean, but also in the rest of the Americas and around the globe. Interacting with participants from throughout the Americas and other regions of the world, a roster of world-class moderators, speakers and panellists will look at the role of state-owned media in the region and elsewhere, the impact of natural disasters on press freedom, the abuse of government advertising as a way to reward or punish media outlets, and the presence of colonial-era criminal defamation laws on the statute books in many Caribbean countries. Partners include the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) and the Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA).

Venue:
Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Contact: Milica Miletic

Contact address:
Spiegelgasse 2, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Telephone: + 43 1 512 90 11 16
Email: mmiletic@freemedia.at
Web: click here

UK Conference of Science Journalists 2012

Start date: 25/06/12
Time: TBC

Details:
The provisional date for the biennial UKCSJ is Monday 25th June at the Royal Society. A planning committee is due to meet within the next month to draw up the draft programme for the day. Connie the Chair of the ABSW has summed up the main aims quite succinctly:

* Reinforce skills for current journalists
* Discuss contemporary issues in science journalism
* Develop skills for newcomers

If you have any thoughts on content for the UKCSJ then do please send these either to the ABSW discussion list so that other members can comment or direct to Sallie Robins, UKCSJ Director at the email address below.

Venue:
TBC
Contact: Sallie Robbins

Email: sr@srpr.net
Web: click here

The UK radio industry - coverage, local markets and growth

Start date: 27/06/12

Details:
In this seminar Westminster Media Forum bring together key policymakers in Parliament, Whitehall and regulation alongside representatives from the media sector, their backers and advisors, together with analysts, commentators and those representing listeners.

Topics for discussion include:

*Driving DAB - options for increasing take up of DAB and moving debate away from FM switchover
*Local radio - with cuts to BBC services, the arrival of local TV set to increase the competition for advertising, and commercial stations increasingly opting for national simulcast content, the future of local radio
*Growth and prospects - how radio is faring against the would-be digital disruptors, its place as an advertising platform and options for exploiting content and generating secondary revenue from podcasts and on-demand.

Lead by Lord Gordon of Strathblane (member, Lords Communications Committee) speakers include Jimmy Buckland (UTV Medua), Andy Carter (GMG Radio) and Clive Dickens (Absolute Radio). Joined by guest of honour and keynote speaker Andrew Harrison (chief executive RadioCentre).

Book your place online.

Venue:
Central London

Contact address:
Westminster Forum Projects, 4 Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane, West Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7BW

Telephone: 01344 864796
Email: info@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk
Web: click here