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News Xchange 2007
as of 3 October 2007 |
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| Wednesday, 24 October |
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News Xchange Opening Cocktail Reception
800 to 2000, Foyer, Grand Hyatt Hotel
Co-sponsored by Eurovision and ARD
AP Television News Delegate Party
Barensaal, Old Town Hall, Berlin
Coaches departing from 2000
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| 0930 |
A Year in Pictures
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Produced by AP Television News
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| 0945 |
RUSSIA: DO WE GET IT RIGHT?
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Russia hits the headlines again. News coverage of grim-looking police beating up peaceful demonstrators. Alexander Litvinenko and Anna Politkovskaya murdered. Thirteen journalists killed since President Putin came to power. As we go to press, Mr Putin – not eligible to run for another term in the presidential office – has himself raised the possibility of running for parliament with the ultimate aim of becoming Prime Minister.
The predominant picture of Russia in Western media is that of a booming economy and political stability, marred by the odd dark spot of authoritarian rule and corruption. But is Russia really a healthy market economy? Or are we blinded by flashy wealth that has no foundation beyond the price per barrel? Do we understand the real dimension of human rights violations, the everyday decline of liberty and democracy? And – most importantly – are we doing a good job of reporting them? Are we getting the story right?
With Vladimir Ryzhkov, independent Russian politician; Andrey Illarionov, former economic policy chief to President Putin; Alexander Rahr, Russia/Eurasia Program Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik e.V., and Putin biographer; Ernst-Jörg von Studnitz, Chairman, German-Russian Forum, and former German Ambassador to Russia; Kenneth Roth, Director, Human Rights Watch; David Satter, former Moscow correspondent for FT and the Wall Street Journal, and author of Darkness at Dawn: the Rise of the Russian Criminal State; Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief, Russia Today; Tony Maddox, Executive VP and Managing Director, CNN; Sue Phillips, London Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera English; Albrecht Reinhard, ARD. Chaired by Arnim Stauth, editor and correspondent, ARD/WDR.
Produced by Elke Maar and Arnim Stauth, ARD/WDR.
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COFFEE BREAK
All coffee breaks sponsored by SES New Skies.
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A Year in Coverage
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Presented by Jean-Francois Dumas, President, Influence Communications, Montreal.
Produced by Catherine Cano, Canovision.
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INNOVATE OR FAIL: THE CHALLENGE FOR ALL NEWS BROADCASTERS?
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If news executives don’t break formula, do they run the risk of audiences abandoning them and going elsewhere for their news? Designed to shake news managers from their current mindset that continuous news and information channels need to be produced in the same tired old way, this brief but provocative session will challenge delegates to produce channels and services in different ways.
Produced by Chris Cramer, former Managing Director, CNN International, and global media consultant.
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| 1230 |
LUNCH
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| 1430 |
IRAN: HERE WE GO AGAIN?
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As tensions between the U.S. and Iran worsen, the drumbeats of war are once again being heard in Washington and in parts of the media. Is history repeating itself? Are the news media ignoring or learning from the mistakes of Iraq?
With contributions from Robert Greenwald, documentary filmmaker, 'Outfoxed' and 'Uncovered: The War on Iraq'; Jon Snow, presenter, Channel 4 News. Chaired by Avi Lewis, Canadian broadcaster and filmmaker.
Produced by Tony Burman, former Editor-in-Chief, CBC News, and media consultant.
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TRIBUTE TO THE RORY PECK TRUST AWARD FINALISTS
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JOURNALISM HELD HOSTAGE
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When the BBC's Alan Johnston was finally released unharmed by his captors after being held hostage in Gaza for three months, his family, friends, and colleagues all breathed a gigantic sigh of relief. It had been a nightmare for them all. But it took a worldwide campaign by the BBC to keep the media's attention focussed on his plight. Alan Johnston was fortunate to have the BBC behind him. Other journalists held hostage around the world haven't been so fortunate, as was the case of the local Afghan journalist Ajmal Naqshbandi, who was working as fixer for an Italian newspaper. Their correspondent was released. Naqshbandi was murdered.
What lessons have we learned from Johnston's ordeal and the murder of Naqshbandi? Do news organisations have policies in place to deal with hostage-taking? Is all publicity good publicity? How closely should networks work with their own governments? What about the paying of a ransom? Who looks after the loved ones and families of those taken hostage? What responsibility for local journalists who work as drivers, translators, and fixers? What happens when the hostage taking ends? What programmes are in place to deal with any PTSD symptoms?
With contributions from Alan Johnston, BBC correspondent; Helen Boaden, Director, BBC News; Rodney Pinder, Director, INSI; Aleem Agha, Afghan journalist; Dr Anthony Feinstein, author of Dangerous Lives: War and the Men and Women Who Report It. Chaired by Anita McNaught, freelance journalist and television presenter, currently working for Fox News.
Produced by News Xchange in association with the International News Safety Institute
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CLOSE
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German Beer Tasting, Foyer, Grand Hyatt Hotel
(immediately following the last session)
Sponsored by CBS News
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| 2200 |
Delegate Party, “40 Seconds Penthouse Club”, Central Berlin, from 22:00
Sponsored by Deutsche Welle, our News Xchange 2007 Host Broadcaster
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