Staying On Message: The Importance and Future of Broadcast Journalism
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About this event
We have been overwhelmed with news these last 12-months, from daily death tolls and campaign polls to reports of protests and vigils, it can be difficult to keep up-to-speed in the 24-hour news machine with so many conflicting opinions, bias reporting or reporting that isn’t asking the questions we need answered. Channel 4 News’ Jon Snow joins WoWFest for this exclusive talk on the role of the media in our lives, and the future of broadcast journalism for a better, more-informed society.
Jon Snow joined ITN in 1976 reporting from Africa, the Middle East and Europe. He served as Washington Correspondent 1983/1987; Diplomatic correspondent 1987/1989, and main anchor of Channel 4 News from 1989. He reported the fall of Idi Amin in Uganda; the Revolution in Iran; the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan; the fall of the Berlin Wall; the release of Nelson Mandela; the Earthquakes in Kashmir and Haiti; the elections of Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, and Hassan Rouhani's victory in 2013; Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
The Channel 4 News anchor was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship at the prestigious television awards in 2015. In 2016 he accepted the BAFTA for news coverage of the Paris massacre. He has also won the Royal Television Society’s Presenter of the Year awards in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012; Journalist of the Year 2006 and the BAFTA award for best factual contribution to UK television in 2005.
Chaired by broadcaster, journalist and film-maker Bidisha. Her latest publication is The Future of Serious Art and her latest film series, Aurora, has just launched. Bidisha specialises in international human rights, social justice and the arts and offers political analysis, arts critique and cultural diplomacy tying these interests together. She writes for the main UK broadsheets and broadcasts for BBC TV and radio, ITN, CNN, ViacomCBS and Sky News. Her fifth book, Asylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London (2015), is based on her outreach work in UK prisons, refugee charities and detention centres. Her first short film, An Impossible Poison, received its London premier in 2018. It has been highly critically acclaimed and selected for numerous international film festivals.
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Organiser Writing on the Wall
Organiser of Staying On Message: The Importance and Future of Broadcast Journalism
Writing on the Wall is a dynamic, Liverpool-based community organisation that coordinates projects and events that celebrate writing in all its forms. We work with a broad and inclusive definition of writing that embraces literature, creative writing, journalism and non-fiction, poetry, songwriting, and storytelling. Writing on the Wall works with local, national and international writers whose work provokes controversy and debate. We work with all of Liverpool’s communities to promote and celebrate individual and collective creativity.
