Programme 2016 - panel discussions

wednesday 6

09:00 - 13:00
Liceo Galeazzo Alessi

Journalism: a tool for every craft

15:00 - 16:00
Palazzo Sorbello

The case of Giornale dell'Umbria: the difficulties of local news publishing

16:00 - 17:30
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Tackling complex issues in the media: the example of genetically modified crops

16:30 - 18:00
Teatro della Sapienza

Crime news: collateral effects

17:30 - 19:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Does independence in journalism have a future?

18:00 - 19:30
Teatro della Sapienza

Radio, TV, internet: the future of sports journalism

18:00 - 19:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Between civic and data journalism: how to work on a crowdsourced journalistic investigation

thursday 7

10:30 - 11:30
Sala del Dottorato

Disruptive storytelling in the digital age

10:30 - 11:45
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Making secondary trauma a primary issue

11:30 - 13:00
Palazzo Sorbello

Writing about literature in the social media age

11:30 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Creating community: how effective curation of interactive spaces can bring readers together

11:45 - 13:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

PR in the digital age: communication or information?

11:45 - 13:15
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

A golden age of investigative reporting?

12:00 - 13:00
Salone d'Onore, Palazzo Donini

European structural funds: programmes and projects

14:00 - 15:00
Sala del Dottorato

Reporting on the refugee crisis

14:00 - 15:00
Palazzo Sorbello

Digital policy in Italy: what next?

14:00 - 15:30
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

The death of journalistic objectivity

14:00 - 15:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Best practices: mobile video vs social video

15:00 - 16:30
Sala del Dottorato

Diversity and transcultural competences in journalism: a creative opportunity

15:00 - 16:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Hacking the newsroom

15:00 - 16:00
Palazzo Sorbello

Lies, damned lies and storytelling?

15:00 - 16:30
Teatro della Sapienza

The Juncker plan: between myth and reality

15:30 - 16:30
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

The future of television news

16:30 - 18:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Latest developers: engineers and editors together in an innovative newsroom

16:30 - 18:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Automating verification: how far can we go?

17:00 - 18:00
Teatro della Sapienza

Public sector waste

17:00 - 18:30
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Financial news: a question of responsibility

17:00 - 18:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Unmask the corrupt: from follow the money to follow the stocks

17:30 - 19:00
Sala del Dottorato

Captured news media: the case of Turkey

18:00 - 19:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Fostering innovation

18:00 - 19:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Protecting journalism sources in the digital age

18:30 - 19:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Italian economic recovery: fact or fiction?

friday 8

09:15 - 10:15
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

How journalists can save public service media

09:30 - 10:30
Hotel Sangallo

Engagement is journalism

10:00 - 11:15
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

The growth of fact-checking in a world of Pinocchios

10:15 - 11:45
Sala del Dottorato

The use of audience data and metrics in newsrooms

10:15 - 11:45
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Podcast: the birth of a new medium?

10:30 - 11:30
Palazzo Sorbello

What constructive journalism is and why we need it

10:30 - 11:45
Hotel Sangallo

The case for engaged journalism

11:15 - 12:30
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Startups 101: the best way to predict the future is to build it

11:30 - 13:00
Palazzo Sorbello

Covering violence: psychological injury, resilience and self-care

11:45 - 13:15
Sala del Dottorato

Why do journalism schools teach like it's 1996?

11:45 - 13:15
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Goodbye Tito, hello chaos!

11:45 - 13:15
Hotel Sangallo

Today’s tool and tech of engagement

12:00 - 13:00
Sala Fiume, Palazzo Donini

False medical-scientific news stories

12:00 - 13:00
Teatro della Sapienza

From journalism to politics: and then back again?

14:00 - 15:00
Sala del Dottorato

Frontiers: journalists, photographers and authors on the migrant tragedy

14:00 - 15:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Stress test of Italian digital journalism

14:00 - 15:30
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Can a robot do my job?

14:00 - 15:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Does the rise of closed networks spell the end for social newsgathering?

14:30 - 16:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Speaking out: when reporting changes history

15:00 - 16:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Buzzfeed international strategy

15:30 - 17:00
Palazzo Sorbello

Yemen: the silent war

15:30 - 17:00
Teatro della Sapienza

Lawsuits, threats, weakened source protection: journalism under attack

15:30 - 17:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Why funding good journalism matters

16:00 - 17:00
Sala del Dottorato

End female genital mutilation: journalism and campaigning together on a global scale

16:00 - 17:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Syria: journalists tell of hope

17:00 - 18:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Climate change and migration: the untold story

18:00 - 19:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Doing the impossible for the ungrateful: building technology for newsrooms

18:00 - 19:30
Sala del Dottorato

Platformed publishing? The evolving relationship between search engines, social media, and news media

18:00 - 19:30
Teatro della Sapienza

From WikiLeaks to Snowden: protecting high-value sources in the age of mass surveillance

18:30 - 19:45
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Ever stronger voices in crisis reporting: NGOs, think tanks, foundations

saturday 9

09:00 - 10:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Communicating complex economic news

09:30 - 10:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Beyond competition: multi-newsroom collaborations in a time of scarcity

09:30 - 10:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Israel-Palestine: narration and interpretation

10:00 - 11:30
Teatro della Sapienza

Journalism and Silicon Valley

10:00 - 11:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Covering terror attacks

10:30 - 11:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Covering elections: from TV marathons to the web

10:30 - 11:30
Sala del Dottorato

Why is cyber-war such a hot topic?

10:30 - 11:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Should we forget the ‘right to be forgotten’?

11:00 - 12:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Communication is a good story

11:30 - 12:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Slow news: the leisurely revolution

11:30 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Reporting mafias glocally

11:30 - 13:00
Teatro della Sapienza

The digital single market: creating jobs with a click

12:30 - 13:15
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Women in the media

12:30 - 13:30
Palazzo Sorbello

What's really going on in China and Japan?

14:00 - 15:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Journalism after Snowden

14:00 - 15:30
Sala del Dottorato

What does it mean to protect an eyewitness in the social media age?

14:00 - 15:30
Teatro della Sapienza

Launching new products from the newsroom

14:00 - 15:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

The living room opportunity: video news consumption in the over-the-top age

14:00 - 15:30
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The refugee crisis: how can television lead to a better understanding?

14:30 - 15:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Communication and journalism in the social media age: change, change, change

15:00 - 16:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Freelance war reporting

16:30 - 17:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Ideas in movement: communicating sport

16:30 - 18:00
Teatro della Sapienza

Political journalism, propaganda, conformism and consensus

16:30 - 18:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

News distribution: how has it changed?

17:30 - 19:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

About time: digital women bosses take charge

17:30 - 18:30
Sala del Dottorato

The capture of traditional media by Facebook

18:00 - 19:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

The iconic image on social media: the death of Aylan Kurdi

18:30 - 19:30
Sala del Dottorato

Fail better: the journalist's guide to screwing up

sunday 10

09:30 - 11:00
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

The millenials: following and creating new online communities

10:30 - 11:30
Palazzo Sorbello

Syria, how (not) to to report on a war

11:30 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

#SocialRadio: the web, smartphones and the future of radio news

11:30 - 13:00
Palazzo Sorbello

Who's fighting against corruption in SE Europe: the media or the police?

12:00 - 13:15
Hotel Brufani - Sala Raffaello

Does the Italian FOIA work?

14:30 - 16:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

LGBT rights and civil unions: what the Italian media has to say

15:00 - 16:30
Sala del Dottorato

Communicating science: languages, case studies and methods of divulgation

16:00 - 17:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Integration and diversity: communities in Umbria