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Friday 30 April 2010

Reuters seminars in Oxford

Oxford's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has just released its list of twice-weekly seminars for Trinity term, and they look very much worth going to. With speakers including Director-General of the BBC Mark Thompson, Transport Secretary Lord Adonis and Sky News Political Editor Adam Boulton and topics ranging from the UK elections to Iran, RISJ has once again assembled a stellar line-up.

The Wednesday seminars are from 12-2pm in the Barclay Room at Green Templeton College, while the Friday seminars are from 5-7pm in the Seminar Room at Nuffield College. All undergraduates, grads and others are welcome. Hope to see some of you there. The full termcard is below:

Wednesday seminars
12-2pm, Green Templeton

Week 1 Wednesday 28th April: “The UK elections and beyond – the challenges of the digital revolution for media companies”
Speaker: Nic Newman, former Future Media Controller, Journalism at the BBC

Week 2 Wednesday 5th May: “The decline of international coverage in the UK and US media” Speaker: Martin Moore, Media Standards Trust, and a visiting fellow at the RISJ

Week 3 Wednesday 12th May: “The watchdog’s new bark – The changing face of investigative journalism”
Speaker: Donald Matheson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and RISJ Visiting Fellow

Week 4 Wednesday 19th May: “Professional journalists, citizen journalists, militaries and protesters: telling the story, setting the context and staying safe”
Speaker: David Schlesinger, Editor-in-chief, Reuters

Week 5 Wednesday 26th May: “Reporting Iran”
Speakers: Lindsey Hilsum, International editor, Channel 4 News and Nahid Seyedsayamdost, St Antony’s College

Week 6 Wednesday 2nd June “Tell it to the birds... why the Twitter revolution is falling on deaf ears"
Speaker: Joy Lodico, freelance writer on books, the media and culture and contributing editor to Prospect magazine

Week 7 Wednesday 9th June “Title TBC”
Speaker: Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History, University of Westminster

Week 8 Wednesday 16th June “Documentary making outside the BBC”
TBC Speaker: Alex Connock, Chief Executive, Ten Alps

Friday seminars
5-7pm, Nuffield

First Week (Friday April 30)
Lord Adonis (Secretary of State for Transport)The best trade? Academic, journalist or politician

Second Week (Friday May 7)
No seminar Watch election results

Third Week (Friday May 14)
Adam Boulton, (Political Editor, Sky News), Impact of 24/7 on Broadcast Reporting

Fourth Week (Friday May 21)
Baroness Williams of Crosby The coverage of politics in the UK & USA

Fifth Week (Friday May 28)
Mark Thompson (Director General BBC)

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