Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

The Iraq war has shaped the everyday lives and experiences of an entire generation. For close to a decade it has been covered by news media across the globe but particularly uniquely by formidable young journalists who comprise "Generation Iraq". Please join us for a panel discussion with Magnum photographer Peter van Agtmael, VII photographer Ashley Gilbertson and New Yorker writer Sarah Stillman along with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now and author of Breaking the Sound Barrier,  as they discuss what it has meant to cover the war that has served as the unyielding backdrop of their lives.

Details

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, World Room
116th Street & Broadway, 3rd floor
New York City

Participants

Peter van Agtmael, photographer, Magnum Photos; author of 2nd Tour Hope I Don't Die
Ashley Gilbertson, photographer, VII; author of Whiskey Tango Foxtrox
Sarah Stillman, writer, New Yorker, Washington Post, Slate
Amy Goodman, host, Democracy Now!; author of Breaking the Sound Barrier
Ali Adeeb al Naemi, former news editor, New York Times Baghdad bureau
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, executive director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Relatives of the victims, journalists  and people who worked at the school will discuss with representatives from Dart Centre Germany how approaches of the to media to this kind of event has changed. They will also compare the media coverage of the school shooting in Winnenden. 

http://dartcenter.org/global/de/gutenberg-winnenden-und-die-verantwortung-der-medien

This conference, the fourth in a series of child protection conferences held in association with David Niven Associates, focuses on images, rights and responsibilities and is aimed at all those working with children and young people.

SPEAKERS

Elisabeth Ribbans, Managing Editor of the Guardian; Jim Gamble QPM, CEO of INEQE Group, former Head of CEOP; Simon Milner, UK Head of Policy at Facebook; Naomi Gummer, UK Public Policy Analyst at Google; Charlotte Dewar, Head of Complaints at the Press Complaints Commission; Sue Steel, Co-ordinator, Anti-Bullying Alliance; Dr Fleur Fisher, Chair, Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel; David Akinsanya, Film maker and Presenter; Susana Giner, Director of Youth Media Agency supported by Young Journalists; Mike Jempson, Director of MediaWise and Lecturer in Journalism, University of the West of England; Colin Kay, Education Consultant and former Head Teacher, Clarendon College, Trowbridge.

DETAILS

09:15AM - 4.00PM

Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University, Newton St Loe, Bath BA2 9BN

Full details of how to attend can be found at www.dnivenassociates.co.uk.

This retreat is reserved for invited journalists.

The event runs from 27 April to 29 April.