International Journalism Week 2024 - live streamed sessions
International Journalism Week (IJW) 2024, at the University of Sheffield, takes place from 4 November to 7 November. This year's theme is Journalism in the times of global unrest.
The following IJW2024 sessions will be live streamed here.
4 November 2024
14.00 - 15.50 - Panel Discussion: Covering elections in UK, US and France
Moderator: Tim Hopkinson.
Panellists:
Oksana Vozhdaeva - (former BBC World Service Reporter).
Matthew McGregor - (CEO of the campaigning organisation,
38 Degrees).
Dominic Penna - (Political Correspondent, Telegraph).
Jonathan Wald - (ITN's Washington news editor).
7 November 2024
10.00 – 10.15 - Keynote Address by the UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity, Professor Jackie Harrison (CFOM).
10.15 – 12.00 - CFOM Panel: Three perspectives on journalism in an age of unrest.
Moderator, (CFOM) – William Horsley.
Panellists:
Professor Chris Paterson from the University of Leeds.
Subtopic: Weakening of the global legal order to protect journalists in the age of unrest.
Fiona O'Brien – Reporters Without Borders, London Bureau Director.
Subtopic: The rise of transnational threats and attacks on journalists by authoritarian
governments.
Howard Zhang Former Head of BBC News Chinese
Subtopic: Reporting today’s China: Practical realities and editorial decision-making.
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