On The Media Category

In association with BBC College of Journalism

Governments and security forces are becoming increasingly wise to the role of social media in organising and enhancing protest movements. As a result they are developing new ways in which to block, hack and track protestors tweets, Facebook and other social media tools in order to prevent unrest.

Join us at the Frontline Club for a lively discussion about the latest technology available to protesters and how far technology can go in making protest safer and smarter.

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This event is now fully booked but you will be able to watch it live here and follow the discussion on #fcfreelance.

With uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa setting a relentless pace in this year's news agenda, media outlets have frequently turned to freelances to cover events in countries where they are without staff bureaus and wire services.

The Frontline Club, in association with the BBC College of Journalism, will be bringing together a panel of freelances who will discuss the practicalities of life as a freelance foreign correspondent from setting up in a country to finding and pitching stories and dealing with the realities of conflict.

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IN ASSOCIATION WITH BBC COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM

After the headlines trumpeting that Alex Crawford and Sky News were clear winners of the battle for reporting Tripoli, we will be taking stock of this recent chapter in covering modern warfare.

With a panel of newsroom executives and frontline journalists we will discuss how the conflict in Libya was reported and what its legacy is likely to be.

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As many established media organisations are forced to cut back on their foreign bureaux, new opportunities are emerging for a new type of foreign correspondent - the independent multimedia journalist.

We'll be bringing together a panel of experts to talk about their experiences of reporting, including kit, the realities of going it alone, and working relationships with the established news organisations.

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From regime change in Tunisia, persistent calls for President Mubarak to step down in Egypt, and protests in Jordan and Syria to student demonstrations in Britain and unrest in Ireland, Greece and France - we are witnessing unprecedented revolt against power structures around the world. But are journalists equipped to understand the nature of these protests, what drives them and how they are organised? ...more

Featuring:-- Peter Horrocks, BBC director of global news-- Ben Cohen, Channel 4 News technology correspondent-- Greg Beitchman, global editor of the Reuters news agency-- Simon Bucks, associate editor at Sky News.Chaired by Matt Wells, head of audio at the Guardian, and presenter of the Media Talk podcast.There is much talk of Old Media platforms of news print and TV being wiped out by digital platforms. But TV is still world's most dominant communication medium and is growing year on year - TV journalism now reaches more millions of people around the world than ever before.The BBC sells its news channels across the world to... ...more

Managing large amounts of data is one of the key skills of the modern, digitally-minded journalist. So how do top data-driven journalists collate, analyse and present vast amounts of facts and figures into interactive graphics, searchable databases and fascinating charts.

This event is now sold out. Sorry for any disappointment - we will be streaming video of the event live at Frontlineclub.com. What would you do if someone handed you 90,000 unfiltered documents and asked you to make a story out of it? Managing large amounts of data is one of the key skills of the modern, digitally-minded journalist. So how do top data-driven journalists collate, analyse and present vast amounts of facts and figures into interactive graphics, searchable databases and fascinating charts. Experts confirmed so far include: -- Simon Rogers, news editor (data) at The Guardian and editor of Guardian.co.uk's... ...more

There's no doubting the power of Google: having re-written the online advertising rule-book, publishers around the world now use its AdSense system to make money and rely on its search algorithm to drive traffic. The company's motto is "don't be evil" - but is it a malign influence on the UK and world's news publishing? Or, as it claims, does Google simply enable publishers to reach bigger audiences than ever before, at no cost? Rupert Murdoch described Google as a parasite and has taken the news, paid-for The Times papers away from its index. But is dealing with Google and... ...more

They're supposed to be opposite ends of the spectrum: journalists report the news, while public relations professionals try to influence them. But how different is PR from journalism these days? Should those who value editorial and commercial independence be concerned or is it just a sympton of a shrinking, fragmented mass media? ...more