Journalism events diary

Please email information about your events of interest to journalists to Jen Crosland jen at journalism.co.uk

The future of transparency

Start date: 22/05/13
Time: 18:15

Details:
Transparency is a precondition of democracy. But accountability in Britain is under threat. On May 22 Request Initiative and City University will ask why. Our speakers include Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, Duncan Campbell, investigative journalist and forensic expert, Robin Hopkins, a barrister from 11KBW, Helen Darbishire, director of Access Info Europe and Brendan Montague, co-founder and director of the Request Initiative. The talk will focus on information law and the role of investigative journalism in today’s world.

ll our events are free to attend but you are required to register. Spaces are limited to so please ensure you are able to attend when booking.

Venue:
Room AG21,
College Building,
City University,
St John Street,
EC1V 4PB
Contact: Lucas Amin

Email: lucas@requestinitiative.org
Web: click here

After Leveson, is Citizen Journalism the answer?

Start date: 08/06/13

Details:
The event is being hosted by the Citizen journalism Educational Trust and the-Latest.Com, and builds on the success of their Media and the Riots conference that brought young people and journalists face to face. The Leveson Inquiry accepted the conference report as evidence.

Top bloggers, campaigners for greater press regulation, including Hacked Off, those opposed to it, citizen journalists, scholars, students and members of the public will be at the one-day conference.

In the wake of the outcry from Fleet Street’s finest about them not wanting to be regulated by law, the debate has turned to online news and comment. Will bloggers, and sites like our, face draconian fines if lawyers are set loose on them? Or, should they be excluded from new regulation?

After the 2011 summer riots, some police and politicians, aware that young people share a lot of news using social media, urged the closing down of internet services including Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger, during times of civil unrest. Yet the post Leveson Inquiry debate seems to have by-passed discussion that the way forward may not be with “big media”, whose circulations are tumbling, but with alternative reporting by the people for the people in the shape of citizen journalism.

Can newspapers recapture the vast space now occupied by a growing army of online bloggers and other members of the public publishing news, views and images unhindered by the demands of rich, powerful and partisan proprietors? Then again, maybe “big media” need not fear citizen journalism because it is a passing fad unable to uphold professional standards in an unaccountable wild west that is the World Wide Web.

These important questions and more will be discussed in a lively debate by key figures in the media industry. We hope you will be able to join us.

Venue:
London College of Communication,
Elephant and Castle,
London
SE1 6SB

Web: click here

Fanalytics

Start date: 10/06/13

Details:
Data's not just for improving corporate performance — it's also for talking trash about sports, exposing scandals and identifying celebrity overexposure. Tableau Public is Tableau's free platform for working with public data. You'll be amazed at the breadth of subjects that Public authors have covered—including how to improve your fantasy team performance!

In this session, Lee Mooney will show us what it means to be a Fanalyst: someone who obsesses over sports data in a highly analytical way. Lee has done some fantastic work on European football players and will share with us some of his insights on analysing sports.

John Burn-Murdoch, data journalist at The guardian, will also speak about how data is changing the world of journalism and specifically the work they have done at the world-famous Guardian Datablog.

Join this session to hear from these speakers, get an overview of the world of Tableau Public, and compete in a fun dashboard-building contest. At the close of the session we’ll head straight to the cocktail reception for the opening of the Tableau Customer Conference.

Venue:
Park Plaza,
Westminster Bridge,
London
SE1 7UT

Web: click here

GEN News Summit 2013: HACK THE NEWSROOM!

Start date: 19/06/13
End date: 21/06/2013

Details:
The GEN News Summit 2013 aims to #HackTheNewsroom by challenging conventional practices in the news media while maintaining the sophistication and integrity of journalism.

Over 500 participants will travel from all over the world to take part in what has proven to be one of the top media networking events of the year.

GEN’s keynote speakers include Jeff Jarvis, Paul Steiger, Juan Luis Cebrian, Jane McDonnell, John Paton and Alan Rusbridger, ensuring participants will learn the latest best practices and trends.

The event takes place in the heart of Paris at the world renowned Hotel de Ville, making the GEN News Summit the ideal place to connect with other media professionals.

Venue:
Hotel de Ville (Paris City Hall)
3 and 5 rue de Lobau
75004 Paris

Web: click here

8th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ2013)

Start date: 24/06/13
End date: 28/06/2013

Details:
WCSJ2013 provides excellent opportunities for science journalists and communication professionals to meet and to engage in international dialogue with researchers, decision makers and citizens. Science journalists will be able to exchange ideas and discuss their roles in the new and rapidly-changing media landscape.

A world conference organised by and for science journalists is a unique event. Science journalism faces many challenges. WCSJ2013 provides an agenda for revisiting our values and approaches in interactive sessions. There will be a special emphasis on cultural events, while not forgetting the source of our daily bread – science news.

The host organisations, the Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists (FASEJ) and the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), will be very happy to meet you in Helsinki during the peak of the white nights of Finnish summer. Come, get inspired and interact! For more information, please visit the website.

Venue:
City Centre Campus of the University of Helsinki
Contact: Minttu Hilden

Email: secretariat@wcsj2013.org
Web: click here

Payforit Summit

Start date: 26/06/13

Details:
On June 26th AIME’s inaugural Payforit Summit (http://payforitsummit.com) will take place in central London to help UK businesses learn more about the growing mobile billing opportunity for digital services.

The Summit will explain how Payforit can help UK businesses increase revenues and tap into a new consumer audience and will provide hints, tips, experts and case studies on Payforit.

With support from all the UK’s mobile network operators O2, EE, Three and Vodafone the event, held at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, just round the corner from Charing Cross train station, will provide an introduction into mobile billing for any business that is keen to target the UK’s growing smartphone and mobile-savvy audience.

Venue:
10-11 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5AH
Contact: Patrick Smith

Email: patrick@impulsepay.com
Web: click here

The Guardian Activate London

Start date: 27/06/13

Details:
Activate is the Guardian's platform for innovators using the internet to change the world. The aim of Activate is to unite the international conferences, hack days, VC pitching days and fund raising activities to help us make sense and adapt to the way technology is changing the world around us.

On 27 June 2012 some of the world's most influential and inspirational figures will once again descend on Kings Place, London to discuss and debate the critical issues and strategies driving a more connected, creative and cohesive planet.

Understanding how and why web technologies are reshaping almost every aspect of society poses one of the biggest questions and offers one of the greatest opportunities of our time.

We have an exciting programme of presentations, workshops and debates planned for Activate London this year focusing on:

• The challenge of agility in business
• Open access: promoting open journalism, open source, open data
• Overcoming the difficulty of storytelling through data
• Promoting sustainable investment in technology startups
• Preserving the founding principles of the web: the battle between an open and proprietorial internet

In addition to these themes, Activate London will showcase the best and most innovative uses of technology to transform areas such as health, education, science, government and global development.

Check out the speaker list here http://bit.ly/JA3C5l

Venue:
Kings Place
90 York Way
London
N1 9GU
Contact: Ellen Morley

Telephone: +44 203 353 4767
Email: activatelondon2012@guardian.co.uk
Web: click here

news:rewired

Start date: 20/09/13

Details:
Following another sell-out event on Friday (19 April), Journalism.co.uk will be running its next digital journalism conference news:rewired on Friday 20 September 2013, at MSN UK’s offices in Victoria, London.

The one-day event will again be focused on the latest innovations in digital journalism, and the key skills and techniques to help keep journalists working online ahead of the game.

Here are just a few of the subjects we plan to cover on the day:

- breaking news and crisis journalism
- verification tools and techniques
- mapping
- online video

We’re pleased to announce the first speakers to be confirmed for September’s news:rewired: Richard Moynihan, social media and community manager, Metro, Chris Hamilton, social media editor, BBC News, Claire Wardle, director of news services, Storyful, James Ball, data editor, the Guardian, Daniel Ionescu, managing editor, the Lincolnite, Richard George, corporate communications manager, EMEA, LinkedIn, Darain Faraz, communications manager, LinkedIn.

Discounted tickets available now: -

You can book tickets online – and sales have already begun – at a special early bird rate of just £95 (+VAT). There are only 50 early bird tickets available, which we will sell until Friday 31 May. After this date, or once all 50 tickets have been bought (whichever comes first), ticket prices will rise to £130 (+VAT).

As well as the discounted conference-only ticket (for £95 +VAT) there is also the option of a ‘news:rewired plus’ ticket, at an early bird discount rate of £280 +VAT, which gives entry to news:rewired on Friday 20 September as well as access to a Journalism.co.uk training course the day before (Thursday 19 September).

Delegates can choose from the three training courses below, to attend on the Thursday:

- Introduction to open data for journalists: finding stories in data - with Kathryn Corrick, Open Data Institute and Lisa Evans, School of Data
- Creating a buzz: How to grow active social media communities - with Luke Lewis, BuzzFeed UK
- Mobile journalism: How to create quality video and audio on an iPhone and iPad - with Glen Mulcahy, RTE

Again, once all 50 tickets have been sold, or by Friday 31 May, whichever comes first, conference-only news:rewired tickets will rise to £130 +VAT and ‘news:rewired PLUS’ tickets will rise to £310 +VAT.

Tickets include lunch, refreshments and after-event drinks on the day.

For more information about tickets and availability or the agenda email rachel@journalism.co.uk.

For sponsorship/advertising queries contact jen@journalism.co.uk, sophie@journalism.co.uk or sophie.wallace@journalism.co.uk.

Venue:
MSN HQ
Cardinal Place
100 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 5JL
Contact: Rachel McAthy

Email: rachel@journalism.co.uk
Web: click here

Mobile Media Strategies

Start date: 26/09/13
End date: 27/09/2013

Details:
Tablet usage has surged faster than anyone could have expected and smartphones are becoming more sophisticated than ever. Media businesses of every kind have good reason to be worried: Mobile devices offer a new competitive landscape, add complexity to online advertising and demand new investment in product development.

But there are also huge monetisation opportunities. New product types, cross-platform bundles, rich ad formats and a highly engaged multi-platform user all offer the chance to open up new revenue streams and bolster existing ones – if you get it right.

For this reason, TheMediaBriefing.com is holding the third annual Mobile Media Strategies, a two day event focusing on mobile monetisation strategies, on 26 - 27 September 2013, at America Square, London.

Venue:
America Square Conference Centre
1 America Square,
17 Crosswall
London
EC3N 2LB
Contact: Tim Headley

Email: tim.headley@briefingmedia.com
Web: click here

Online News Association’s 2013 Conference & Awards

Start date: 17/10/13
End date: 19/10/2013

Details:
The Online News Association’s 2013 Conference & Awards Banquet, Oct. 17-19, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, is the premier gathering of highly engaged digital journalists who are shaping the future of media.

Record-breaking numbers of journalists travel to ONA’s conference each year to learn about new tools, techniques and technologies, to discuss advancements and challenges in the industry, take advantage of the rare opportunity to network face-to-face, and share best practices with peers from all over the map.

They also come to soak up the vibrant entrepreneurial spirit that distinguishes ONA conferences. ONA conference attendees are a tech-savvy bunch. They include producers, content editors, technologists, programmers, designers and newsroom decision-makers from major media markets, independent websites and leading academic institutions interested in emerging practices in news gathering, software, hardware, content and distribution platforms.

Registration is officially open for the 2013 Online News Association Conference & Awards Banquet, Oct. 17-19, in Atlanta. Pro tip: The earlier you register, the lower your fee.

New this year: One price gets you into any and all conference sessions, the Midway, exhibits and the Job Fair! Pick and choose from our extended (three-day) program.

Venue:
Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel
265 Peachtree Center Ave NE
Atlanta,
GA 30303,
United States

Email: ona13@journalists.org
Web: click here