Sustaining Journalism—32nd European Meeting of Cultural Journals
The 32nd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will focus on sustaining independent cultural journalism in an increasingly difficult public sphere. As an industry, the cultural and community media spheres in Europe are affected by shifting public funding models, digitised markets, audience expectations, and political interference. Bringing together Eurozine’s network partners and cultural professionals, as well as local audiences, the conference will explore:
(a) ownership and labour in media;
(b) public funding models in Europe; and
(c) politics encroaching on independent cultural journalism.
We will discuss how these shifts in the cultural field are affecting both journalism and audiences in Europe. The conference will feature a keynote discussion and two panel discussions, as well as presentations from our partners in the Come Together Creative Europe Journalism Partnerships project. Internal sessions will allow network members and interested participants to workshop industry-specific questions and themes.
The sessions will be live-streamed, recorded, and published here.
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Itinerary
Friday 11th October
Arrivals in the morning
Location: Staszic Palace
15:00-18:00 – Internal networking and catch-up
18:00-20:00 – Keynote speech by John Keane, professor of politics, University of Sydney, Australia on The beautification of war: Digital communications, public indifference, rebel journalism and civilian resistance in the age of meta wars.
20:30 – Standing Dinner
Saturday 12th October
Location: Centrum Bankowo Finansowe
09:00-09:15 – Come Together Introduction Presentation
09:15-10:45 – Internal session: Securing EU funding for cultural media
10:45-11:00 – Break
11:00-12:30 – Internal session: Fact-checking to sustain quality journalism by PISMO magazine
12:30-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-15:30 – Panel discussion
Political shifts, media freedoms and cultural journals
Anne-Lorraine Bujon, managing director at Esprit, Paris
Mustafa Ünlü, director at P24, Istanbul
Moderated by Simon Garnett, senior editor at Eurozine, Vienna
15:30-16:00 – Break
16:00-17:30 – Panel discussion
Bullshit journalism: career paths of young journalists
Paulina Januszewska, journalist at Krytyka Polityczna, Warsaw
Paula Cardoso, journalist, activist and founder of Afrolink, Lisbon
Ivana Dragičević, journalist and executive producer international news at N1, Zagreb
Moderated by Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič, historian, essayist and editor at Razpotja, Ljubljana.
18:30 – Dinner at Runo Restaurant
Sunday 13th October
Location: Centrum Bankowo Finansowe
10:00-11:30 – Internal session: Representing Palestinian voices
11:30-13:30 – Cultural Programme
13:30-15:00 – Closing Remarks & Lunch
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