Summary
Media Society at The Conduit. Doors open 6pm on Monday 22nd September. Discussion starts at 6.30pm. Location: The Conduit, 6 Langley Street London WC2H 9JA (close to Covent Garden tube station).
Event Description
How does the media shape public opinion on migration?
From small boats crossing the English Channel to tension at the US-Mexico border, the migration debate is often framed through fear, crisis, and division. But how much of that is shaped by the way the media tells the story?
Our panel (so far):
Ritula Shah (Chair) - currently with Classic FM, she was formerly the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's flagship programme, The World Tonight. She also presented Woman's Hour and The World Today on the BBC World Service.
Rob McNeil - former newspaper journalist and now Deputy Director and Head of Media and Communications at Oxford University's Migration Observatory. He lectures on migration and the media, and researches migration news stories.
Douna Haj Ahmed - a Syrian journalist, human rights activist and refugee living in London. She holds masters' degrees from Damascus University and the University of York.
Andrew Harding - currently the BBC’s Paris Correspondent, where some of his most notable recent reporting has been on the small boats, their attempts to cross the Channel, and how the French authorities deal with them.
Nicola Kelly - journalist and writer. Her first book ‘Anywhere But Here: How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All’ was published this year.
The event will be introduced by the President of the Media Society, Nigel Dacre.
Event Schedule
6:00pm: Pre-event socialising and networking
6:30pm: Discussion begins
7:30pm: Discussion ends
Networking drinks before and after the discussion, with cash bar.
The evening is a co-branded event hosted by The Media Society and The Conduit.
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