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Perugia, Italy | 1-5 April 2020 PERUGIA, ITALY | 1-5 APRIL 2020 XIV EDITION | FREE ENTRY supported by a charitable donation from main sponsors institutional partners NFORMATION PRESS ROOM Sala Notari, Hotel Brufani | 09:00 - 19:00 Discover training, tools and Sala Maggiore, Hotel Brufani | 11:00 - 19:00 (Wed - Sat - Sun) / 11:00 - 15:00 (Thu -Fri) INFOPOINT resources for journalists on Sala Oderisi, Hotel Brufani | 09:00 - 19:00 LIVE-STREAMING AND ON-DEMAND VIDEOS • All festival sessions are live-streamed except those in the Sala Perugino. Facebook. Enroll today: The live-streams will be available for viewing on the festival website homepage. • How can I watch the on-demand video of an IJF session? fb.com/journalists 1. Via the online speaker list: videos of all sessions in which any given speaker has taken part are embedded at the bottom of his/her speaker profile. 2. Via the online programme: videos are embedded at the bottom of each session page in the festival programme. 3. Via the online video platform media.journalismfestival.com FREE WIFI username: journalismfestival password: journalismfestival DOWNLOAD THE FESTIVAL APP Journalismfestival FREE ENTRY All festival sessions are free entry without any need for registration. SESSION LANGUAGE AND SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION The language of each session is indicated above the session title. Simultaneous translation in English-Italian is provided (free) for 44 festival sessions. The programme may be changed for reasons beyond the control of the festival organ- isation. Please check the programme updated in real time on the festival website. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA We inform you that all the sessions organised by IJF are recorded and streamed online. It is also possible that photos of attendees will be taken in the venues and in proximity to the venues. All personal data will be processed according to the European General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016. To know more about the purposes and means of the processing and your data protection rights, please use the following QR-code or visit the link: https://www.journalismfestival.com/privacy/ FESTIVAL VENUES 10 PIAZZA MORLACCHI PIAZZA F. PICCININO PIAZZA DANTI 11 9 VIA DELLA STELLA PIAZZA 8 IV NOVEMBRE 6-7 5 1 - Hotel Brufani 4 piazza Italia, 12 3 2 - Sala Brugnoli, Palazzo Cesaroni piazza Italia, 2 3 - Libreria La Feltrinelli VIA DELLA SAPIENZA corso Vannucci, 78/82 VIA BAGLIONI 4 - Centro Servizi G. Alessi via Mazzini, 9 2 5 - Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani corso Vannucci, 47 PIAZZA 1 ITALIA 6 - Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori piazza IV Novembre 7 - Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori piazza IV Novembre 8 - Sala San Francesco piazza IV Novembre, 6 9 - Sala del Dottorato piazza IV Novembre 10 - Teatro Morlacchi piazza Morlacchi, 13 11 - Palazzo Sorbello piazza Piccinino, 9 6 WEDNESDAY 01 WEDNESDAY 01 WEDNESDAY 01 11:00 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA RAFFAELLO HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA PRIORI in Italian (without translation) LAW&ORDER in Italian (without translation) LIVIA IACOLARE WHAT EVERY JOURNALIST NEEDS TO 09:00 POLITICS AND PROPAGANDA ON THE PLATFORMS BETWEEN PROFILING, INFORMATION WARFARE AND ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR KNOW ABOUT FACEBOOK Giovanni Ziccardi University of Milan AND INSTAGRAM 10:00 THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN’S DATA ON PLATFORMS AND ONLINE Livia Iacolare head of media partnerships Facebook Italy NEWSPAPERS BETWEEN PROHIBITIONS AND OBLIVION Stefania Stefanelli University of Perugia 14:00 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA RAFFAELLO 11:00 THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY PROFILES OF PLATFORM MANAGERS BETWEEN LEGAL ISSUES AND TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION in Italian (without translation) Giuseppe Vaciago founding partner Tech and Law Center CLARA ATTENE DIGITAL JOURNALISM FUNDAMENTALS 12:00 SPORTS PLATFORMS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CONTENT AND COMMENTS BETWEEN GDPR, MODERATION AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS Clara Attene teaching fellow Google News Lab Federica De Stefani lawyer Alessandra Ortenzi sports journalist 15:00 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA RAFFAELLO 13:00 JOURNALISTS ON THE PLATFORMS AND IN THE CLOUD: TECHNICAL in Italian (without translation) AND LEGAL ISSUES, ASPECTS OF SECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION Alessandro Rodolfi University of Milan DOING JOURNALISM ON INSTAGRAM Valerio Edoardo Vertua lawyer FRANCESCO ZAFFARANO 14:00 GROUP MANAGERS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES: OMITTED MODERATION Matteo Garavoglia Centro di Giornalismo Permanente AND OFFENSES ON CLOSED AND SECRET GROUPS Alessio Melandri L’Espresso Giovanni Battista Gallus lawyer Chiara Severgnini Corriere della Sera Francesco Paolo Micozzi lawyer Francesco Zaffarano senior social media editor The Telegraph 15:00 THE ONLINE JOURNALIST AND THE REUSE OF CONTENT ON SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PLATFORMS BETWEEN PLAGIARISM AND FREEDOM 16:00 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA RAFFAELLO Matteo Jori University of Milan in Italian (without translation) 16:00 PROFILING AND GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE BETWEEN PLATFORMS AND GEOPOLITICS IN THE INFORMATION WARFARE ERA VIRGIN & MARTYR: SENTIMENTAL GRETA TOSONI Gabriele Suffia University of Milan AND SEXUAL EDUCATION ONLINE IN THE AGE OF ALGORITHMIC CENSURE 17:00 THE JOURNALIST AND THE USE OF OPEN DATA BETWEEN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATIVE AND REPORTING ACTIVITIES Riccardo Coluccini freelance journalist Ernesto Belisario lawyer and author Fernanda Faini law and new technologies lecturer Giulia Lineette illustrator Silvia Semenzin University of Milan 18:00 THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ONLINE PLATFORMS AND EDITORS Greta Tosoni freelance photographer FOR PUBLISHING ILLEGAL CONTENT Greta Elisabetta Vio co-founder Virgin & Martyr Marcello Bergonzi Perrone lawyer 10 11 17:00 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA RAFFAELLO in Italian (without translation) FREELANCE JOURNALISTS: ANDREA COCCIA A SURVIVAL KIT Andrea Coccia co-founder Slow News Barbara D’Amico freelance journalist 18:00 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA RAFFAELLO in Italian (without translation) HATE SPEECH ONLINE: RANIA WAZIR THE ROLE OF DATA SCIENCE IN TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT Martina Chichi Amnesty International Italy Mauro Munafò L’Espresso Antonio Nicita commissioner AGCom Rania Wazir Data4Good 19:00 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA RAFFAELLO in Italian (without translation) THURSDAY 02 STOP IT! MARIANNA APRILE Marianna Aprile Oggi Espérance Hakuzwimana Ripanti author and activist 21:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI in Italian (without translation) THE MORNING AFTER MANUEL BORTUZZO Manuel Bortuzzo author Mario Calabresi journalist and author 12 THURSDAY 02 THURSDAY 02 09:30 | PALAZZO SORBELLO DATA JOURNALISM HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA PERUGINO in English (without translation) WORKSHOPS AND DEMOS in English (without translation) THE POWER AND THE PRICE OF 09:30 MEET THE TOOL THAT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER KEMAL GOKTAS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN TURKEY Trainer: Elisabetta Tola founder Formicablu Kemal Goktas editor-in-chief Kısa Dalga Podcast 10:45 EXCEL FILTERING AND RANKING Ozge Mumcu Aybars Ugur Mumcu Investigative J. Foundation 12:00 SUMMARIZE YOUR DATA WITH PIVOT TABLES Nazan Ozcan freelance journalist NAZAN OZCAN Barbara Trionfi executive director International Press Institute 14:00 TAMING TEXT AND OTHER EXCEL SUPERPOWERS 15:15 INTRODUCTION TO DATA VISUALISATION 09:30 | HOTEL BRUFANI - SALA PRIORI Trainer: Sophie Warnes data journalist Office for National Statistics in English (without translation) 16:30 A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO AI AND MACHINE LEARNING A CRASH COURSE FOR JOURNALISTS Trainer: John Keefe investigations editor Quartz DAVID DIEUDONNÉ ON AI AND MACHINE LEARNING 17:45 LEARNING TO CODE ISN’T HARD WITH PYTHON Trainer: Cheryl Phillips University of Stanford David Dieudonné lead Google News Lab France, Italy, Spain Mattia Peretti Polis London School of Economics 09:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO 09:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI with simultaneous translation in English (without translation) in English and Italian HOW TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL READER CURRENT TRENDS IN AMANDA MICHEL RESEARCH ON MEDIA REVENUE STRATEGY IN 2020 MANIPULATION AND Styli Charalambous co-founder and publisher Daily Maverick DISINFORMATION Lea Korsgaard co-founder and editor-in-chief Zetland Joan Donovan Amanda Michel global director of contributions The Guardian EDUARDO SUAREZ Joan Donovan Ernst-Jan Pfauth co-founder and CEO The Correspondent director TSCRP Shorenstein Center Eduardo Suarez head of communications RISJ Robert Faris research director Berkman Klein 09:30 | CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI Center in English (without translation) Irene Pasquetto MEET THE AUDIENCE EDITOR FEDERICA CHERUBINI editor Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review Beth Ashton head of audience & subscriptions The Telegraph Robert Faris Federica Cherubini engagement manager Hearken Ingeborg Volan director publishing Dagens Næringsliv 14 15 09:30 | SALA SAN FRANCESCO, ARCIVESCOVADO 10:45 | SALA DELLA VACCARA, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI in English (without translation) in English (without translation) AN INTRODUCTION TO DATA JOURNALISM AGEISM IN THE NEWSROOM: WHEN ARE JENNIFER LAFLEUR DOROTHY BYRNE YOU TOO OLD TO MAKE THE HEADLINES? Helena Bengtsson editor data journalism Sveriges Television Jennifer LaFleur data editor Investigative Reporting Workshop Dorothy Byrne head of news & current affairs Channel 4 TV Cheryl Phillips University of Stanford Ritu Kapur co-founder and CEO Quintillion Media Sophie Warnes data journalist Office for National Statistics ANNETTE YOUNG Kate O’Brian founder and CEO O’ Media Strategies Annette Young host The 51 Percent France 24 09:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO in English (without translation) 10:45 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO in English (without translation) JOURNALISTS UNDER ATTACK: PROTECTING KHADIJA ISMAYILOVA JOURNALISTS
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