Melbourne Future of Journalism Summit - Program

Wednesday, November 26 - Telstra Conference Centre
Level 1,
242 Exhibition St (cnr Lonsdale & Exhibition streets),
Melbourne

Program

9am-9.05am Welcome
Christopher Warren
- Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance federal secretary and CEO of the Walkley Foundation

9.05am - 9.25am Launch of Life in the Clickstream - the future of journalism report and discussion of the findings of the Media Alliance mission to US and Western Europe
Matt Brown - producer, ABC Radio, Melbourne
Louise Connor - Alliance Victorian branch secretary
Terry O'Connor - production editor - couriermail.com.au, Queensland branch secretary
Ruth Pollard - Journalist - Sydney Morning Herald, Media Alliance federal president
Christopher Warren - Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance federal secretary and CEO of the Walkley Foundation

9.30-10.10am: In conversation - The state of the global news media
Phil Meyer
ญญ- Knight Chair of Journalism, University of North Carolina; author - The Vanishing Newspaper
Margaret Simons - Journalist and author - The Content Makers
Moderator:  Matt Brown - producer, ABC Radio, Melbourne

10.15am - 10.55am The economics of journalism
Christian Guerra - head of communications, media and entertainment research - Goldman Sachs JBWere
Russel Howcroft - chairman and managing director of George Pattersons Y&R and panellist – ABC TV’s The Gruen Transfer
Ivor Ries – head of research, EL&C Baillieu Stockbroking, former Chanticleer columnist with the Australian Financial Review
Robert Gottliebsen - columnist, Business Spectator, former publisher Business Review Weekly
Moderator: Kathy Bowlen - presenter Stateline, ABC TV

10.55-11.10 Morning tea and networking

11.10am - 11.40pm Opportunities and challenges
Tony Wheeler - founder - Lonely Planet
Jane Schulze - media section editor, The Australian
James Kirby - editor - The Eureka Report
Moderator:  Damien Carrick
- presenter/producer - The Law Report, ABC Radio National

11.45pm - 12.30pm Innovation
Matthew Ricketson - media and communications editor - The Age
Trevor Cook - author of Corporate Engagement blog
Rod Peno - editor- Wires and Lights in a Box blog - The Australian
Moderator: Paul Colgan
- Deputy Editor of News Digital Media's news.com.au

12.30-1.30 Lunch and networking


1.30-2.15pm: Keynote discussion – What next for the media?
Jan Schaffer - former Pulitzer Prize winner and executive director of J-Lab
Michael Gawenda - Director of the Centre for Advanced Journalism, University of Melbourne, former editor of The Age

2.15pm-3.00pm: Gadgets and applications - the technology transforming journalism

Asher Moses - Young Australian Journalist of the Year online winner
Stephen Quinn - Associate professor of journalism, Deakin University
Andrew Maiden - Director - Media Communications, Telstra
Moderator: Misha Ketchell - researcher, Media Watch, ABC TV

3.00pm - 3.15pm afternoon tea and networking

3.15pm - 3.55pm Building the journalist of the future
Lawrie Zion - Senior Lecturer and Journalism Coordinator, Media Studies Program, La Trobe University
Chris Smyth - Acting Dean of Murdoch University
Ian Royall - City Editor - Herald Sun and Cadet Trainer - Herald & Weekly Times Ltd
Colin McKinnon - Learning & Development Manager - Editorial - The Age
Moderator: Heather Ewart - journalist, The 7.30 Report, ABC TV

4.00pm - 4.55pm Connecting with the audience
Stephen Brook - assistant news editor - MediaGuardian.co.uk
Annie Fox - editor-in-chief, The Vine – Fairfax
Moderator: Jonathan Este - Director - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance

5pm Close followed by drinks




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