Taking on the Media Barons – Live video stream, 17 March 2012
Date: Saturday 17 March, 10am - 4pm
Missed the event? You can watch the recording of the event here.
The Leveson Inquiry is lifting the lid on the truth behind the headlines and there is now a once in a generation chance for real reform.
On Saturday 17 March, politicians, union representatives, journalists, campaigners, commentators and academics will debate how we can reform the media. Watch the live stream from 10am, 17 March.
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Morning session
- Opening remarks and welcome: Frances O'Grady -TUC Deputy General Secretary
- Keynote address and Q&A: Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, Labour Deputy Leader and Shadow Cabinet member for Culture, Media and Sport
- Panel Discussion, The state of the media today; Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary - journalism and the media barons; Luke Crawley, BECTU Assistant General Secretary - the broadcasting dimension; Jim Boumelha, International Federation of Journalists - an international perspective; Pete Lazenby, NUJ - what's happening to local news? Natalie Fenton, Goldsmiths College - local media and democracy; Chair: Frances O'Grady.
- Why ownership matters; Granville Williams, Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom; Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary Unite; Richard Bagley, The Morning Star ; Chair: Joy Johnson
Afternoon session
- Leveson  - the story so far: Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian ; Thais Portilho-Shrimpton, Hacked off ; John Hendy QC, NUJ counsel  to the Leveson Inquiry; Chair: Chris Frost
- Regulatory reform what is to be done? Tom O'Malley, Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom - The historical context; James Curran, Goldsmiths College - The Co-ordinating Committee for Media Reform proposals; Chris Frost, NUJ Ethics Council; Seamus Dooley, NUJ Ireland - The Irish experience; Chair: Natalie Fenton
- Concluding remarks; Michelle Stanistreet NUJ
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