Journalism under fire: Challenges of your time

Panel 1: Rise of identity politics as a challenge to representative democracy

Moderator: Mr Ivor Gaber, Professor, University of Sussex

• Mr Henrikas Iouchkiavitchious, Independent expert
• Mr Yascha Mounk, Lecturer on Government, Harvard University, USA
• Mr David Levy, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism,Oxford University, UK
• Mr Philip Howard, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, UK
• Mr Paul F. Nemitz, Director, Fundamental rights and Rule of Law, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
• Ms Amira Yahyaoui, Al Bawsala, Tunisia
• Mr Kari Huhta, Diplomatic Editor, Helsingin Sanomat, Finland

Q&A session

Panel 2: Media challenged - business models and new technologies

Moderator: Mr Vincent Peyrègne, Chairman, World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA);

• Mr Ricardo Gandour, Journalism Director, CBN, Brazilian Radio Network, Brazil
• Mr Vicente Jiménez, Director-General, Cadena SER, Spain
• Ms Lina Chawaf, Founder, Rozana Radio, Syrian Arab Republic
• Mr Andrius Tapinas, Founder and CEO, Liberty TV, Lithuania
• Mr Giles Trendle, Director, Al Jazeera English, Qatar
• Mr Carlos Dada, Editor-in-Chief, El Faro, El Salvador

Q&A session
 

Panel 3: A crisis of audience identity - social networks, computer generated misinformation

Introduction by Mr Frank La Rue, Assistant Director General, UNESCO

Moderator: Ms Christiane Amanpour, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalists’ Safety, and Chief International Correspondent, CNN

Sub-session on “Fake news”

• Mr Serge Schmemann, The New York Times, USA
• Ms Evangelina de Bourgoing, Director of Programmes, Global Editors Network
• Ms Ginna Lindberg, Head, Foreign News, Swedish Broadcasting, Sweden
• Mr Vyacheslav Umanovskiy, Secretary, Russian Union of Journalists, Russia
• Ms Verashni Pillay, Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post, South Africa

Sub-session on impact of internet intermediaries

• Mr Espen Egil Hansen, Editor-in-Chief, Aftenposten, Norway
• Mr Richard Allan, Director of Policy in Europe, Facebook
• Mr Samuel Laurent, Head, Les décodeurs, Le Monde, France
• Ms Audrey Herblin-Stoop, Head of Public Policy France, Twitter
• Ms Maria Ressa, Editor in chief and CEO, Rappler, Philippines

Q&A session

Panel 4: The future of journalism training, media information literacy and ethics

Moderator: Mr Aidan White, Director, Ethical Journalism Network

• Mr Adam Thomas, Director, European Journalism Centre, The Netherlands
• Ms Elena Vartanova, Dean, Moscow State University, Russia
• Ms Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
• Mr Samy Tayie, Professor, Cairo University, Egypt
• Ms Sanita Jemberga, Director, Baltic Centre for Investigative Journalism, Latvia
• Ms Albana Shala, Chair, UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Way Forward by Mr Frank La Rue, Assistant Director General, UNESCO