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
Opening session
Mogens Schmidt, Deputy Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
 Mogens Schmidt
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Timothy Balding, CEO, World Association of Newspapers
Timothy Balding
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Leslie Harris, Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology, USA
Leslie Harris
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Guy Berger, Head, Journalism & Media Studies School, Rhodes University, South Africa
Slides Guy Berger
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New Media in New Democracies
Johann Fritz, Director, International Press Institute
Johann Fritz
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Pauls Raudseps, Editor of the Editorial Page, Diena daily, Latvia
Pauls Raudseps
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Fabricio Altamirano, Publisher, El Diario de Hoy, Chairman, Inter American Press Association’s Internet Committee, El Salvador
Fabricio Altamirano
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Session: New Media Under Challenge
Moderator: Abi Wright, Communications Director, Committee to Protect Journalists, USA
Abi Wright
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Sein Win, Managing Editor, Mizzima online news service, Burma
Sein Win
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Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Managing Editor, Freedom of the Press Survey, Freedom House, USA
Karin Deutsch Karlekar
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Anton Nossik, Chief Blogs Officer, LiveJournal.com, SUP, Russia
Slides Anton Nossik
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Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary, National Union of Somali Journalists, Somalia
Omar Faruk Osman
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Session: News Online
Neil Budde, General Manager, Yahoo!, USA
Neil Budde
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Rosental Alves, Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, USA
Rosental Alves
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Nora Paul, Director, Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota, USA
Nora Paul
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Slides Nora Paul
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Monique Villa, Managing Director, Reuters, U.K.
Slides Monique Villa
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Session: Direct Satellite Broadcasting/ Digital TV/Public Service Broadcasting -- Opportunities for Diversity
Moderator: Henrikas Yushkiavitshus, Media Consultant and former Vice Chairman, Gostelradio, Russia
Henrikas Yushkiavitshus
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Session: How Young People Get Their News
Aralynn McMane, Director, Young Readership Development, World Association of Newspapers
Introduction
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Chris Schuepp, Coordinator, Young People’s Media Network, UNICEF
Chris Schuepp
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Roxana Morduchowicz, Director of Media Education, Argentinian Education Ministry, Argentina
Roxana Morduchowicz
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Evelyne Bevort, Associate Director, Centre de Liaison de l’Enseignement et des Moyens d’Information, France
Evelyne Bevort
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Robert Barnard, Founder and Partner, D-Code, Canada
Robert Barnard
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Session: Bloggers as Journalists/Local News and New Media/Citizen Media
Mary Lou Fulton, Vice President of Audience Development, The Bakersfield Californian newspaper, USA
Mary Lou Fulton
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Steve Yelvington, Vice President, Morris Digital and Founder, Bluffton Today citizen news site, USA
Slides Steve Yelvington
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Ehab Elzelaky, Blog Editor, Al Dustour weekly, Egypt
Ehab Elzelaky
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Slides Ehab Elzelaky
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Session: Circumventing the Censors
David Banisar, Deputy Director, Privacy International
David Banisar
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Gerry Jackson, Founder, Station Manager, SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe - U.K.
Gerry Jackson
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Leonard Sussman, Senior Scholar, Freedom House, USA
Leonard Sussman
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Concluding session
Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director General/Communication, UNESCO
Abdul Waheed Khan
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Gary Kebbel, Journalism Program Officer, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, USA
Gary Kebbel
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