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The Journalism Leaders Forum reflects our vision of the University of Central Lancashire as a centre for debate on critical media issues.

The Forum convenes leaders - from editors and executives to leading journalists, consultants and academics - to examine local and global media challenges and explore a variety of perspectives.

Throughout the yearlong series of events, UCLan’s students, faculty, and alumni, along with members of the wider media community gather on campus and online to hear from, and engage in, an open dialogue with distinguished journalism leaders.

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1. Join in the discussions on the Journalism Leaders Forum Blog.

2. Contact us for an invitation to the next event or monitor our blog. We also welcome your general feedback as well as specific suggestions on topics for future forums and recommendations for panellists.

3. Review the Webcasts...

  • 7. Revisiting "Local Turf Wars" Forum.  A panel discussion on the 16th October 2007, with:

    - Jay Rosen – Press Think
    - Neil Benson – Trinity Mirror
    - Darren Thwaites – Evening Gazette, Teeside
    - Andy Mitten – United We Stand
    - Emma Hemmingway – Into the Newsroom
    - Chair: Mike Ward - author of Journalism Online and head of journalism at UCLan.

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  • 6. Editor as Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Digital Front.' A panel discussion on 15th May 2007, with:

    - Eamon Carey - Randon Thoughts Media
    - Robin Hamman - Co-ordinator BBC Blogging network
    -Nick Jaspan - How-Do Media
    -Jeff Kaye - Media Consultant
    - Chair: Bob Eggington - Established BBC News Online

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  • 5 'Media Mashups! How Traditional Media Brands Survive and Thrive in a Wired World' a panel discussion on 8th February 2007, with:

    - Professor Jane Singer - Johnston Press Chair in Digital Journalism.
    - Heather Hopkins - Hitwise.
    -Jeff Kaye - Media Consultant
    - Simon Reynolds - Lancashire Evening Post editor
    - Robb Montgomery - founder of Visual Editors.com
    - Chair: Mark Tungate - Paris based journalist

     

  • 4 'Leading Innovation: What To Do, How To Do It', a panel discussion on May 24th, 2006, with:

    - Tim Bowdler - Johnston Press chief executive.
    - Tim Porter - Associate director of Tomorrow’s Workforce, a Knight Foundation-sponsored project devoted to professional development in America’s newsrooms.
    - Simon Waldman - Director of digital publishing at Guardian Newspapers.
    - Geert-Jan Bogaerts - De Volkskrant's online editor.
    - Chair: Keith Sutton - president of the UK Society of Editors.

     

  • 3. The Challenge: Make News Conversations Happen, a roundtable discussion on May 24th, 2006, with:

    - Kevin Anderson, BBC’s 2004 US election blogger and a producer for the BBC World Service programme, ‘World Have Your Say’.
    - Chair: Mike Ward, author of Journalism Online and head of journalism at UCLan.

     

  • 2. The implications of Citizen Journalism for the Media Establishment, a panel debate on January 31st, 2006, with:

    - Dan Gillmor , author of We the Media
    - Pete Clifton , editor of BBC News Interactive
    - Cath Hearne    , editor of BBC London’s nightly news programme
    - John Fray, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Journalists (UK and Ireland)
    - Mike Ward, author of Journalism Online and head of the journalism department at UCLan.
    - Chair: Nigel Kay, former Head of Journalism Development at the BBC and now an Industrial Fellow of the Journalism Leaders Programme.

     

  • 1. What are the great questions that journalism leaders should be asking? , a panel discussion on October 11th, 2005, with:

    - Keith Sutton, president of the UK Society of Editors
    - Mary Glick, associate director of the American Press Institute
    - Wilf Mbanga, editor of The Zimbabwean
    - Chair: François Nel, founding director of the Journalism Leaders Programme.

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