Coventry Conversations Autumn programme

Talks by media people at Coventry University. Open to the public.

Gideon Coe (Radio 6 Music and Coventry alum) 
ETG34
14 Oct
13:00 – 14:00

Jon Snow (Channel 4 News) 
Coventry Cathedral
15 Oct
10:00 – 11:00

Shelly Jofre (BBC Panorama)
 ETG34
13:00 – 14:00

Debbie Isitt (Feature film maker and Coventry alum) 
ETG34
22 Oct
13:00 – 14:00

Professors Richard Keeble, John Tulloch and others
 Start-up Cafe
28 Oct
10:00 – 11:00

Various speakers from UK, USA, Africa and China, including Nick Davies and Jeremy Paxman (both tbc)
 Humber theatre
14:00 – 15:00

John Stonborough (Media Counsel)
 ETG34
29 Oct
13:00 – 14:00

Christian Wolmar (Best-selling author)
 The Herbert Cafe
18:00 – 19:00

Bill Heine (Presenter, BBC Radio Oxford)
 ETG34
05 Nov
13:00 – 14:00

Stephen Cole (Presenter, Al Jazeera English)
 ETG34
12 Nov
13:00 – 14:00

Alan Rusbridger, via video lilnk (Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian)
 ETG34
18 Nov
13:00 – 14:00

Phil Riley (Owner of six Midland Radio Stations) 
ETG34
13:00 – 14:00

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Coventry Conversations

Changes to the published schedule.

Wednesday 11th March lecture theatre EG34

David Brookes Editor Evening Telegraph

My plans for the Telegraph

Thursday 12th March lecture theatre EG34

Tom Reeves Producer breakfast show Mercia FM

Local radio – how to make it

Friday 13th March Humber Theatre

Martin Lewis Money Saving Expert

Creating the biggest consumer website in Britain

Lectures at 1.00pm open to all

Filed under: Coventry Conversations, Uncategorized

Confirmed: Jon Snow lecture Friday 6th February

We expect the lecture to go ahead as planned. Title: Snow over Coventry.

Graham Sutherland building room GSG22  10.00 am

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Unseen Gaza Dispatches C4 special with Jon Snow

Jon’s recent Dispatches programme on the restrictions faced by  reporters attempting to cover the Israeli assault on Gaza.

Also, raises the editorial question of whether showing shocking footage of civilian victims as Al Jazeera does, is showing war as it is, or inflames hostility.

Contains scenes of dead and injured adults and children. 

Broadcast 22.01.2009

Available for 30 days from

http://www.channel4.com/video/dispatches/catchup.html

The player works for Windows PCs only

Filed under: Coventry Conversations, Media, Coventry Conversations, Dispatches, Jon Snow

Blinkx Video: Unseen Gaza Dispatches C4 special with Jon Snow

Blinkx Video: Unseen Gaza Dispatches C4 special with Jon Snow

Posted using ShareThis

Works for other platforms.

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After newspapers, the future for journalism

A video clip of the announcement to staff at the Seattle Post Intelligencer of the papers’ sale and closure of the print edition. It shows the human dimension to many of the issues covered in the lecture. Let’s salute the professionalism of  journalists who report the news, even if  it is the announcement of their own redundancy.

Good journalism and a good website, tied to declining print sales and a loss-making title.

Seattle PI Video

The page of links for the lecture is available for download talk-links.

Filed under: Coventry Conversations, Media, Coventry Conversations, journalism, newspapers

Lecture flyer

A shameless self-publicist writes …

The flyer for my Coventry Conversations lecture  After newspapers, what future for journalism? is out and available for download.

The lecture is on Thursday 29th January and open to all.

Pete Hnatushka has done a fine job of interpreting the brief for the graphic.

The PDF is a 236Kb download.a_mackenzie_flyer

Filed under: Coventry Conversations, Media, Reading & publishing

Hope

On Tuesday 20th January President Obama takes office. Millions of people in America and around the world entrust their hopes to the new President.

You could watch the inauguration on TV. In the UK, live on BBC 1 at 4.00pm. Also on Sky.

You could also watch live on the internet via Hulu, where the video will be available along with past speeches and press conferences in perpetuity.

On Wednesday 21st January 13.00-14.00  Professor John Oucho speaks at Coventry University:

from Barack Obama Senior to Barack Obama Junior: my hopes for the US  and Africa.

Download the Coventry Conversations lecture programme from the previous post.

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Coventry Conversations 2009

 

The excellent Coventry Conversations series of talks by media insiders continues.

The winter season features Jon Blair, Nick Davies, John Oucho, David Moorcroft, Andrew Mackenzie, Peter Ogden, Jon Snow, Peter Barron, Richard Keeble, Bob Satchwell, Roger Cook, Martin Lewis and Andrew Vallance.

Practitioners and academics in an hour of talk about contemporary issues in media.

For the lecture topics, dates, venues and a little background on the speakers, download the flyer.

Flyer as PDF (84k) coventry-conversations09

 

I’m talking on the 29th January on ‘After newspapers, what future for journalism?’.

Newspapers are not going to survive in their present form. A long history of declining readership, a deep recession and web technologies are combining to eliminate national and regional newspaper titles. Magazine publishing is not exempt.

Print revenues are in steep decline and the web does not produce significant revenue for publishers.

What prospects for journalism as a profession? What strategies should students and educators consider?

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Coventry University Events

Coventry Conversations

A series of 12 lectures by visiting speakers from the contemporary media world.

Foreign correspondent, sports writer, drama writer, editor, investigative journalist, games developer, screen writer, film director … leading figures share their experience.

Starting on 25th September talks take place on Thursday lunchtimes. Talks are free and open to the public. Read the full programme.

Professorial Lecture – Pirate Philosophy

Monday 29 Sept/6.00pm/AB107 – Goldstein Lecture Theatre

Gary Hall, Professor of Media and Performing Arts, CSAD

“This lecture presents a series of performative media projects or ‘media gifts’. This project investigates some of the implications of internet piracy for the arts and humanities. ‘Pirate Philosophy’ explores such ideas both philosophically and legally through the creation of an actual ‘pirate’ text.”

Light refreshments will be available after the Lecture at approximately 7pm

To reserve your place contact Suky Sanghera on 5294 or email s.sanghera(at)coventry.ac.uk

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