News Impact Summit - 12 May 2016

London

Trolls, Corruption, Falsehood: Reporting 'Truth' in the Digital Age

Trolls, Corruption, Falsehood: Reporting 'Truth' in the Digital Age

On Thursday 12 May 2016, the News Impact Summit London, our second London edition and the twelfth in the series will take place in London (#NISLON) at the Sheikh Zayed Theatre on the campus of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

The event will focus on the theme “Trolls, Corruption, Falsehood: Reporting 'Truth' in the Digital Age”.

Organised by the European Journalism Centre (EJC) and the Google News Lab, in collaboration with Polis, the journalism think-tank at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), this one day free-of-charge public event will bring together leading field experts, investigative/data journalists, and academics from international and British media organisations, universities and think tanks. Participants will have an opportunity to join the debate with the experts and attend the skills training workshops.

Sign up now for this free event open to all journalists, editors, newsroom managers, journalism trainers, J-school students, and media experts.

Venue address: 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ

Some of the topics we will be covering are:

- Panama Papers and Data Investigation
- Political Bots & Social Media
- Trolls and Russian Propaganda
- Fact-checking Brexit
- Haters and Digital Harassment toward Women in Media
- Stakeholder Media & Factual Reporting

Round up:

Programme

08:45 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 10:00
Opening Remarks
Charlie Beckett
London School of Economics (LSE)
Matt Cooke
Google News Lab
UK
10:00 - 11:00
Panel: Panama Papers, Data and Investigation
Gerard Ryle
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Juliette Garside
The Guardian
James Melley
BBC 2 & BBC News Channel
Mar Cabra
Formerly at ICIJ
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-12:00
Panel: Politics, Propaganda and Bots: The Changing Nature of Cyber Warfare
Dhiraj Murthy
University of London
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Raphael Satter
The Associated Press
Samuel Woolley
Oxford Internet Institute & University of Washington
Alison Powell
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
12:00 - 12:45
Fireside Chat: Trolls and Russian Propaganda
Jessikka Aro
Yle Kioski
Peter Pomerantsev
Legatum Institute
Charlie Beckett
London School of Economics (LSE)
12:45 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
Session 1 - Digital Storytelling with Trends, 360 and VR
Matt Cooke
Google News Lab
UK
13:30 - 14:30
Session 2 - Political Bots and Social Media: How Governments Spread Information
Samuel Woolley
Oxford Internet Institute & University of Washington
14:30 - 14:45
Room Change
14:45 - 15:45
Session 3 - Fact-Checking the EU Referendum
14:45 - 15:45
Session 4 - The Growing Power of Stakeholder Media
15:45 - 16:00
Break / Room change
16:00-17:00
Keynote Panel - Trolls, Online Harassment and Women in Media
Soraya Chemaly
WMC Speech Project
Michelle Ferrier
Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University
Becky Gardiner
University of London
Sydette Harry
Mozilla Foundation
Fergus Bell
Dig Deeper Media
17:00 - 17:45
Expert Session - How to Make the Most of the Panama Papers Data
Mar Cabra
Formerly at ICIJ
Helena Bengtsson
The Guardian
17:45-19:00
Closing Session & Reception
Julia Ziemer
Polis at London School of Economics (LSE)
Rina Tsubaki
European Forest Institute
Mattia Peretti
European Journalism Centre

Venue

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The London School of Economics and Political Science (New Academic Building)

  • Venue address

    54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ

  • Website

    www.lse.ac.uk

Confirmed Speakers

Charlie Beckett

London School of Economics (LSE)

Gerard Ryle

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

Jessikka Aro

Yle Kioski

Matt Cooke

Google News Lab
UK

Peter Pomerantsev

Legatum Institute

Mar Cabra

Formerly at ICIJ

Samuel Woolley

Oxford Internet Institute & University of Washington

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Soraya Chemaly

WMC Speech Project

Raphael Satter

The Associated Press

Will Moy

Full Fact

Michelle Ferrier

Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University

Alison Powell

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

Juliette Garside

The Guardian

Becky Gardiner

University of London

Dhiraj Murthy

University of London

Sydette Harry

Mozilla Foundation

Joseph O'Leary

Full Fact

Amy Sippitt

Full Fact

Helena Bengtsson

The Guardian

James Melley

BBC 2 & BBC News Channel

Julia Ziemer

Polis at London School of Economics (LSE)

Fergus Bell

Dig Deeper Media

Rina Tsubaki

European Forest Institute

Mattia Peretti

European Journalism Centre
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