WJS GLOBAL CONVENTION (Madrid, July 5-6, 2019)

2019 Worlds of Journalism Meeting
Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 5-6 July, 2019
Calle/Street Quintana 21, 28008 Madrid

PROGRAM

Day 1 – Friday, 5 July (Conference hall)

09:30-10:00 Arrival: coffee & tea provided
10:00-11:00 Welcome and update on new developments Thomas Hanitzsch
11:00-11:30 Coffee & Tea (room 501-502)
11:30-13.00 General methodological framework Thomas Hanitzsch
13:00-14:00 Lunch (room 501-502)
14:00-16:00 Working Group reports I
WG Journalists’ Backgrounds Epp Lauk
WG Conditions of Labor Olivier Standaert
16:00-16:30 Coffee & Tea (room 501-502)
16:30-17:30 WJS Business Meeting Thomas Hanitzsch
17:30-18:30 Foundation of WJS Association Thomas Hanitzsch
20:00-late Dinner at Colonial Norte Restaurant at Centro Comercial Príncipe Pío in Paseo de la Florida Street

Day 2 – Saturday, 6 July (Conference hall)

08:30-09:00 Arrival: coffee & tea provided
09:00-11:00 Working Group reports II
WG Influences on News Work Corinna Lauerer
WG Journalistic Roles Thomas Hanitzsch
11:00-11:30 Coffee & Tea (room 501-502)
11:30-12:30 Working Group reports III
WG Technology Neil Thurman
12:30-13:30 Lunch (room 501-502)
13:30-15:30 Working Group reports IV
WG Journalists’ Safety Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova
WG Practices and Ethics James Hollings
15:30-16:00 Coffee & Tea (room 501-502)
16:00-17:00 Working Group reports V
WG Epistemology Tim Vos
17:00-17:30 Wrapping up and where to from here Thomas Hanitzsch