Beyond Borders panel debate

London College of Communication

Tuesday 7 March 6-7pm followed by drinks Lecture Theatre A 
This panel debate tackles some of the themes raised during The Refugee Journalism Project, which has supported exiled and refugee journalists in re-establishing their careers in the UK. The debate will explore key issues around migration and journalism – the representation of migrants in the media; news values in the reporting of conflicts and humanitarian disasters; diversity in industry recruitment. It will be chaired by Claudia-Liza Armah, a Ghanaian-British newsreader who currently works for Sky News and BBC London.
Claudia has worked for ITV's This Morning, BBC 60 Seconds and was the host of Headline on London Live. Armah grew up in West Kensington and attended Queen Mary's College. She worked at Time FM in Romford, then as an assistant to the news editor at ITN News and at the Press Association; her first presenting job was at Vox Africa. Before hosting 60 Seconds she worked for BBC Look East, and she has also presented on BBC News interactive.
 
Panellists to include: Daniel Trilling, Editor, New Humanist Daniel is Editor of New Humanist magazine and writes on migration, borders and the far right for a variety of publications including the Guardian, New Statesman and London Review of Books. His first book, Bloody Nasty People: the Rise of Britain's Far Right (Verso) was longlisted for the 2013 Orwell Prize and his second, on refugees in Europe, will be published by Picador next year. 
 Maurice Wren, Chief Executive, Refugee Council Maurice joined the Refugee Council as Chief Executive in March 2013, having previously worked in the homelessness and refugee protection fields with Shelter and Asylum Aid, where he was Director for 12 years. Maurice co-founded the ground-breaking Independent Asylum Commission in 2007 and Detention Forum in 2009, and is presently Co-Chair of the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum at the Home Office and Chair of UK Refugee Week. He is a Trustee of Migrant Voice; Every Casualty Worldwide; and the European Network on Statelessness; and was made a Patron of Action Foundation in 2016. Tom Law, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Ethical Journalism Network The Ethical Journalism Network aims to strengthen the craft of journalism and to promote high ethical standards in media through education, training and publication of useful research. Prior to joining the EJN in 2015, Tom worked as a freelance journalist specialising in covering Sudan and South Sudan, writing for websites including Al Jazeera and VICE Magazine. From 2010 to 2014 Tom was the associate editor of Sudan Tribune, a leading news website in the region. Abdulwahab Tahhan, Researcher, Airwars Abdulwahab was raised in Aleppo, Syria. He previously worked on The Suffering Grasses – a documentary about Syrian refugees which went on to win six awards. Now based in the UK, in 2015 he worked as a volunteer for Amnesty Yemen team. In 2016, with the assistance of the Refugee Journalism Project, Abdulwahab became a volunteer with Airwars, where he's now a full time researcher. His work focuses in particular on Russia’s actions. 
Shahd Abusalama, writer and artist Shahd is a Palestinian feminist writer, journalist and artist, born and raised in Jabalia Refugee Camp, in Palestine’s northern coastal enclave of the Gaza Strip. She holds an MA in Media and the Middle East from SOAS, University of London. Shahd is the author of Palestine from My Eyes, which is reproduced at the Electronic Intifada, and was published as a hardcopy in Italian in 2013. She is a participant on the Refugee Journalism Project.
 
About the Refugee Journalism Project: The RJP is a collaboration between London College of Communication and the Migrants Resource Centre. It has worked with participants from many countries including Syria, Sudan, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Cuba, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Yemen. Collectively, they have an impressive array of experience in the media industry – broadcasting, print, and photography. Yet, despite being qualified and experienced professionals, most have been unable to gain paid or unpaid work within the British media.
The motivation for the project is based on concerns about levels of anti-immigrant sentiment in Britain and the role of some sectors in the media in driving negative coverage of this controversial topic. By enabling the inclusion of more refugee voices in the journalism sector, the project attempts to challenge this. About the Beyond Borders exhibition: The refugee journalists’ past, present and future will be explored through a multimedia exhibition accompanying the debate. This work includes collaborations between the refugee journalists and UAL students. For more information on the project, please visit: <A HREF="http://migrantjournalism.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.migrantjournalism.org</A>
The RJP project is a collaboration between London College of Communication and the Migrants Resource Centre. It is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. [Image by UAL student Maite Diez] 
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