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23/06/2015
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Dublin City University in partnership with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Twitter: #FuJo
Event Fully Subscribed
DCU welcomes you to an afternoon of discussion and debate on media plurality and the future of journalism here and internationally.
The afternoon brings together some of the best in the business of news and newsroom innovation to provoke conversations around the idea that newsrooms as we know them will only survive and thrive when the cultures of digital and journalism collaborate and synergise.
In partnership with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland we will also be focussing on media plurality and on the impact of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014. And finally for the newshounds among you we will exclusively reveal the Ireland chapter of the global Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015. This report is the largest ongoing comparative study of news consumption in the world and 2015 marks the first year of Ireland’s participation.
Join us at the end of the day for the official launch of FuJo (Institute for Future Media & Journalism). FuJo will facilitate thought leadership to build engagement, collaboration and a cultural understanding between journalism and digital and data analytic innovation. It will provide a network for journalism, multimedia and computer and data science students and practitioners to collaborate and experiment. FuJo brings together the humanities faculty and the world class institutes of Insight and ADAPT and Ethics at DCU. Round off the evening with a post event drinks reception and networking opportunity with guest speakers including Mark Little, Storyful and John Mullholland, The Observer to name but a few
Key Speakers
Alison Gow, Digital Innovation Editor, Trinity Mirror Regionals
Alison Gow is Editor, Digital Innovation for Trinity Mirror Regionals. A former Editor of the Daily Post and WalesOnline, she heads a small team that works across TMR titles to develop new ways of engaging audiences, promoting compelling journalism, and interactive story-telling.
@alisongow
Mark Little, CEO and Founder, Storyful
Mark has been a journalist for more than 20 years. He was Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Washington Correspondent and news anchor for RTE, the Irish national broadcaster. He left RTE in December 2009 to set up the social news agency, Storyful, which extracts news from the social media noise. Storyful discovers, verifies and delivers the most valuable and authentic content on social media platforms and works with some of the world’s leading news brands.
@marklittlenews
https://storyful.com/stories/9394
John Mulholland, Editor, The Observer
John Mulholland took over as Editor of The Observer at the beginning of 2008. Prior to that he was Deputy Editor for nine years with specific responsibility for the magazines and weekly features supplements. Before joining The Observer John was Media Editor of The Guardian. A native of Dublin, Ireland he has worked in journalism for over 25 years. John received a BA at Dublin City University, before studying for an MA at California State University, Sacramento. He is a trustee of the charity Body & Soul.
@jmulholland