Join us at the News Impact Summit on Thursday 12 May in London for FREE!
On Thursday 12 May, the twelfth News Impact Summit (#NISLON) will be held in London, UK. The event will focus on the theme “Trolls, Corruption, Falsehood: Reporting ‘Truth’ in the Digital Age”. Our full-day programme will cover a wide range of topics such as:
- Panama Papers and Data Investigation
- Political Bots & Social Media
- Trolls and Russian Propaganda
- Fact-checking Brexit
- Trolls, Haters and Digital Harassment toward Women
- Stakeholder Media & Factual Reporting
Organised by the European Journalism Centre (EJC) and the Google News Lab, in collaboration with the Polis, the journalism think tank of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), this one day free-of-charge public event will bring together leading field experts, investigative/data journalists, and academics from international and British media organisations, universities and think tanks. Participants will have an opportunity to join the debate with the experts and attend the skills training workshops.
Sign up now for this free event open to all journalists, editors, newsroom managers, journalism trainers and students, academics and other stakeholders.
Registration: http://n.newsimpact.io/registration
Note: the event is sponsored by the Google News Lab. Lunch and drinks will be offered to the participants free of charge. Limited seats available.
Confirmed speakers:
- Gerard Ryle, Director, The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
- Michelle Ferrier, Associate Dean for Innovation, Research / Creative Activity and Graduate Studies, Scripps College of Communication
- Matt Cooke, Europe Lead, Google News Lab
- Mar Cabra, Head of the Data & Research Unit, The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
- Raphael Satter, Journalist, The Associated Press
- Jessikka Aro, Investigative Reporter, YLE Kioski
- Helena Bengtsson, Editor for data projects, The Guardian UK
- Soraya L. Chemaly, Director, The WMC Speech Project
- Charlie Beckett, Director at Polis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Mark Lee Hunter, Adjunct Professor at the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre
- Sydette Harry, Community Lead of the Coral Project, Mozilla
- Becky Gardiner, Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London and Series editor of The Web We Want, The Guardian UK
- Will Moy, Director, Full Fact UK
- Wilfried Ruetten, Director, European Journalism Centre
- Samuel Woolley, Project Manager, org
- Alison Powell, Programme Director of Media and Communication, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, Legatum Institute
- Fergus Bell, Founder, Dig Deeper Media
- Julia Ziemer, Executive Manager at Polis, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Rina Tsubaki, Project Manager, European Journalism Centre
- Mattia Peretti, Project Coordinator, European Journalism Centre
… and there will be many more.
Any questions? You can contact us via info@newsimpact.io
Hashtag: #NISLON
