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New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension
Challenges and Opportunities of New Media for Press Freedom
15 & 16 February, 2007
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
7, place Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France
Meeting Room IV
The conference is made possible by a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Programme
Thursday, 15 February
9:30-10:15
Opening Session
New Media -- Expanding Press Freedom
Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director General/Communication, UNESCO
Richard Winfield, Chairman, World Press Freedom Committee
Timothy Balding, CEO, World Association of Newspapers
Leslie Harris, Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology, USA
Guy Berger, Head, Journalism & Media Studies School, Rhodes University, South Africa
10:15-11:30
New Media in New Democracies
Moderator: Johann Fritz, Director, International Press Institute
Panel:
Baltics: Pauls Raudseps, Editor of the Editorial Page, Diena daily, Latvia
El Salvador: Fabricio Altamirano, Publisher, El Diario de Hoy, Chairman, Inter American Press Association’s Internet Committee
Georgia: Levan Berdzenishvilli, Member of Parliament, Internet specialist, Georgia
South Africa: Elizabeth Barratt, Executive Editor/Multimedia and Training, The Johannesburg Star, and General Secretary, African Editors Forum, South Africa
Rwanda: Albert Rudatsimbura Bryon, Contact FM, Rwanda
11:30-11:45
Coffee Break
11:45-13:15
New Media Under Challenge
Moderator: Abi Wright, Communications Director, Committee to Protect Journalists, USA
Panel:
Burma: Sein Win, Managing Editor, Mizzima online news service
China: Sharon Hom, Director, Human Rights in China, USA
Iran: Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Managing Editor, Freedom of the Press Survey, Freedom House, USA
Russia: Anton Nossik, Chief Blogs Officer, LiveJournal.com, SUP, Russia
Somalia: Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary, National Union of Somali Journalists
13:15-15:00
Lunch
15:00-16:30
News Online
Moderator: Mogens Schmidt, Director, Freedom of Expression Unit, UNESCO
Sankarshan Thakur, Executive Editor, Tehelka online newspaper, India
Neil Budde, General Manager, Yahoo!, USA
Rosental Alves, Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, USA
Nora Paul, Director, Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota, USA
Sawsan Zaidah, Editor-in-Chief, AmmanNet Radio, Jordan
Monique Villa, Managing Director, Reuters, U.K.
16:30-16:45
Coffee Break
16:45-18:00
Direct Satellite Broadcasting/ Digital TV/Public Service Broadcasting -- Opportunities for Diversity
Moderator: Henrikas Yushkiavitshus, Media Consultant and former Vice Chairman, Gostelradio, Russia
Imad el Atrache, Al Jazeera TV network, Qatar
Saad Mohseni, Tolo TV, Afghanistan
Boris Bergant, RTV Slovenia, Slovenia
Alfonso Ruiz de Assνn, President, International Association of Broadcasting
Friday, 16 February
9:30-10:45
How Young People Get Their News
Moderator: Aralynn McMane, Director, Young Readership Development, World Association of Newspapers
Chris Schuepp, Coordinator, Young People’s Media Network, UNICEF
Roxana Morduchowicz, Director of Media Education, Argentinian Education Ministry, Argentina
Evelyne Bevort, Associate Director, Centre de Liaison de l’Enseignement et des Moyens d’Information, France
Robert Barnard, Founder and Partner, D-Code, Canada
10:45-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
Bloggers as Journalists/Local News and New Media/Citizen Media
Moderator: Mary Lou Fulton, Vice President of Audience Development, The Bakersfield Californian newspaper, USA
Dr. Oh Yeon-Ho, Founder, Ohmynews online newspaper, South Korea
Steve Yelvington, Vice President, Morris Digital and Founder, Bluffton Today citizen news site, USA
Karma Tshering Bhutia, Research Coordinator, Nepal Community Multimedia (CMC), Nepal
Declan McCullagh, Senior Writer, CNET News.com, USA
Ehab Elzelaky, Blog Editor, Al Dustour weekly, Egypt
12:30-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
Circumventing the Censors
Moderator: Julien Pain, Head of the Internet Freedom desk, Reporters Without Borders
David Banisar, Deputy Director, Privacy International
Gerry Jackson, Founder, Station Manager, SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe - U.K.
Leonard Sussman, Senior Scholar, Freedom House, USA
16:00-17:00
Concluding session
Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director General/Communication, UNESCO
Gary Kebbel, Journalism Program Officer, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, USA
Richard Winfield, Chairman, World Press Freedom Committee, USA
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English and French
Background papers:
1. New Media in the Developing World: Guy Berger, Head, Journalism & Media Studies School, Rhodes University, South Africa
 Rhodes University
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2. Circumventing Censorship: Julien Pain, Head of the Internet Freedom desk, Reporters Without Borders
RSF
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3. Bloggers as Journalists: Declan McCullagh, Senior Writer, CNET News.com
4. How Young People Get News: Aralynn McMane, Director, Youth Readership Development, World Association of Newspapers
WAN
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Editor of post-conference publication: Barry James
A conference organised by the World Association of Newspapers/World Editors Forum, the World Press Freedom Committee and UNESCO, in partnership with the other members of the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Inter American Press Association
International Association of Broadcasting
International Association of the Periodical Press (FIPP)
International Press Institute
North American Broadcasters Association |
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