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Improving media coverage of humanitarian issues, day seminar
Information: mailto:ICHR@aol.com http://www.ichr.org
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN REPORTING: CREATING A JOURNALISTS' FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE
PURPOSE: A day-long working seminar to engage in active and constructive discussion of how to improve and ensure coverage of human rights and humanitarian issues worldwide.
CO-SPONSORS: The International Division of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism; The Columbia School of Public and International Affairs; International Media Concentration The Columbia Center for Human Rights
8:30 - 5:00 Wednesday 15 April 1998 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Lecture Hall 116th Street and Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York City
COST: Free (contact mailto:ICHR@aol.com for an invitation)
SCHEDULE:
-------- 9:00 -- Welcome (Anne Nelson, Columbia Journalism School) --------
-------- 9:05 - 10:30 -- Panel I: The International Centre for Humanitarian Reporting -- Mission, Programs, and Publications -------- The panel will introduce the International Centre for Humanitarian Reporting and will include ICHR representatives: Gordon Adam, Edward Girardet and Eve Porter. Discussion by panelists and audience to address the challenge of reporting from closed conflicts, how to prepare for dangerous situations, innovative use of radio, Internet and other media in reporting and supporting the work of journalists reporting on human rights and humanitarian topics.
-------- 10:30 - 12:00 -- Panel II: Human Rights and Humanitarian Reporting -- Resources in Development for Journalists -------- Moderated by Anne Nelson (Columbia Graduate School of Journalism), the panel will include Roy Gutman (Newsday, originator and co-author of forthcoming journalists' guide to laws of war), and Loretta Hieber (ICHR, sponsor of new handbook, "Reporting Human Rights and Humanitarian Stories: a Journalists' Handbook."). Discussion of handbooks for journalists in the field and journalist training programs.
-------- 12:00-1:00 -- Break for Lunch (Participants can find a quick lunch on campus or on Broadway.) -------- -------- 1:00 - 2:30 -- Presentation on Kurdistan Projects -------- Susan Meiselas, Magnum Photos, and the Web team responsible for www.akaKURDISTAN.com, present the website inspired by her recent book on the Kurds.
-------- 2:30 - 4:00 -- Hands-on New Media Session -------- (Session IV will be held in the Journalism School Computer Center. Space is limited.) Presentation and discussion of Web-based journalist resources including Norman Green's "Hot Zones" site on dangerous places and the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) site, with members of the Columbia New Media faculty.
-------- 4:00 - 5:30 -- Session V: Where do we go from here? -------- An informal discussion of potential for future collaboration.
* The sessions from 8:30 until 2:30 are open to the public.
For more information, contact the ICHR at mailto:ICHR@aol.com or see the ICHR website: www.ichr.org.
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