Afghanistan: are we embedding the truth?
Alex Thomson (Channel 4), Stuart Ramsey (Sky News) and Jonathan Marcus (BBC) have all been confirmed as speakers for this week’s conference on journalism from Afghanistan.
As previously reported on Journalism.co.uk, along with the BBC College of Journalism, we are supporting the afternoon event at Coventry University next Thursday (18 March), which asks: “Afghanistan: are we embedding the truth?”
Conference organiser John Mair said he is “delighted to be co-operating with the BBC College of Journalism – the new kid on the J block in Britain”.
“The time is long overdue to closely examine and debate the British media coverage of the Afghan war – this is the forum. Come along or follow the webcast live.”
Journalism.co.uk will livestream video and tweets from the conference from our site. For followers on Twitter, the tag will be #afghancov.
The conference will take place on Thursday 18, at 1pm – 4pm in the Humber Theatre, Coventry University.
The line-up in full, below:
March 16th, 2010 at 8:53 am
[...] is due to participate in this week’s video conference in Coventry: Afghanistan – are we embedding the truth? The event is due to be livestreamed on this site and the BBC College of Journalism. The Twitter [...]
March 18th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
[...] will examine coverage of Afghanistan in the news and wider media with correspondents in Kabul. There’s more details at this link of the line-up, which includes Channel 4’s Alex Thomson and Kevin Marsh from the BBC College of [...]
March 23rd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
[...] Journalists gathered to discuss the British media’s coverage of the war in Afghanistan at last week’s video conference at Coventry University. [...]
May 20th, 2010 at 12:23 am
[...] coverage of Coventry University’s video conference about the British Media’s coverage of the war in Afghanistan, with a focus on speeches made [...]