The 6th international conference on the Safety of journalists – Risks, Resistance, Resilience
International conference organised by the research group MEKK to address the safety of journalists. This year’s conference will focus on resistance, risk and resilience. Luisa Chiodi, director of OBC Transeuropa and Maria Francesca Rita (OBC Transeuropa) will participate on November 4th, in the panel discussion "What is Missing to Ensure Journalists are Protected?"
The conference will be streamed - here you can both follow the stream and spread the links.
Day1 : https://youtu.be/npdOJ05Gu08 Day2 : https://youtu.be/VV8yH4-EaiQ Day3 : https://youtu.be/RoyZIUXgynM
The conference will take place on November 2, 3 and 4th 2020 in connection with UNESCO’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. For the sixth consecutive year, the research group MEKK at OsloMet University organizes an international conference to address the safety of journalists. This year’s conference will focus on resistance, risk and resilience. In line with most things happening these days - and this year - this conference will be digital. The conference will be streamed and it will be possible to raise questions and give comments. All the paper sessions will be on zoom, links will be emailed for those who register for this.
Program: November 2, 3 & 4th - OsloMet, Norway
November 2nd
14:45–15:00 OPENING
Welcome from OsloMet University
Professor Kristin Skare Orgeret & Roy Krøvel, heads of the Research group Media War & Conflikt (MEKK) & Ingrid Fadnes, journalist and member of MEKK
Nathalie Hyde-Clarke, Head of department of Journalism and Media Studies at OsloMet
15:00–16:15 WORKSHOP: DIGITAL & PHYSICAL THREATS
The Blended Threat Model: Our adversaries don't distinguish between digital and physical threats, why should we?
November 3rd
10:30–11:15 SATIRE, HUMOR & THE RISK OF DRAWING THE “UNDRAWABLE”
Story of a Cartoonist
Watch Political Satirists, Mind your Safety!
Break – 15 minutes
11:30–12:15 SHORT DOC SESSION: RISK, RESILIENCE, RESISTANCE
A short story of a feminist reporter in Turkey's hostile NewsScape (9 min)
Making or Faking: A Documentary Film on Fake News and Disinformation (10 min)
Break – 30 minutes (Lunch)
12:45-13:15 NEW LITERATURE IN THE FIELD
The Persistence of Violence: Colombian Popular Culture
Rethinking Safety of Journalists, Special Issue of ‘Media and Communication’
Break – 15 minutes
13:30–14:15 SHORT DOC SESSION: RISK, RESILIENCE, RESISTANCE
Journalism in Colombia, from Risk to Resilience (11 min)
Mexican journalists, resilience and resistance
14:15–14:30 Closing remarks day 2 & information on program, MEKK group
Break – 15 minutes
14:45–16:30 PAPER SESSIONS (Zoom – registration required)
November 4th
12:00–12:45 SHORT DOC SESSION: RISK, RESILIENCE, RESISTANCE
3R Zimbabwe – risk, resistance and resilience Stories (11 min)
The Forsaken Heroes of COVID-19 (9 min)
Break – 15 minutes
13:00–13:30 NEW LITERATURE IN THE FIELD
Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety & Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Break – 15 minutes
13:45–14:30 SHORT DOC SESSION: RISK, RESILIENCE, RESISTANCE
Against the tide: surviving being a journalist in Mexico
Safety of journalists – Risks, Resistance, Resilience – South Africa Documentary Project Focus
Risk, Resilience and Resistance Journalism and journalists in Brazil in continuous resistance (9 min)
Break – 15 minutes
14:45–15:15 What is Missing to Ensure Journalists are Protected?
15:15–15:30 Closing remarks for the Sixth Conference on the Safety of Journalists – the way ahead, MEKK research group
Break – 15 minutes
15:45–18:00 PAPER SESSIONS (Zoom – registration required)
Here the full program of the conference.
You can register here to participate.
INFO: Media, War and Conflilct (MEKK)
Website: https://blogg.hioa.no/mekk
