PROGRAMME 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 11 & 12 NOVEMBER 2014 Zofin Palace PRAGUE Hosted by 2 AGENDA SPG 19355 MONDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2014 19:30 - 20:30 DRINKS RECEPTION Hotel Sheraton lobby bar TUESDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2014 09:00 - 09:15 1. OPENING OF THE 9TH NEWS ASSembly Asun Gomez Bueno, Chairwoman of the News Committee (TVE) Petr Dvorak, Director General (CT) 2. APPROVAL OF THE 8TH NEWS ASSembly REPORT (SPG 18790) 3. APPROVAL OF THE 9TH NEWS ASSembly ageNDA (SPG 19355) 09:15 - 10:15 4. OPENING KEYNOTE: REINVENTING TV NEWS Jeff Jarvis, Professor and Director (Tow-Knight Centre for Entrepreneurial Journalism, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism) 10:15 - 11:15 5. ATTRACTING yoUNG AUDIENCES Moderator: Markus Mörchen, Chairman of the YNE group, Senior Editor of children’s news programme “logo!” (ZDF) Panel: Ronald Bartlema, Chief Editor of children’s news programme “Jeugdjournaal” (NOS) Petr Kopecky, Editor of children’s news programme “Zpravivcky” (CT) Tommy Zwicky, Editor of children’s news programme “Ultra Nyt” (DR) 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 3 11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break 11:45 - 13:15 6. INTERACTIVE: ASSembly REPORT AND EUROVISION NeWS STRATegy Jeff Dubin, Head of News & Events (EBU) Justyna Kurczabinska, Head of News Exchange (EBU) Jens-Thilo Rumphorst, Sports News Producer (EBU) Lance Newhart & Marc Stanislas, Deputy Heads of Special Events (EBU) Francesca Matera, Radio News Producer (EBU) Ed Mulhall, EVN Rules Revision Project lead Asun Gomez Bueno, Chairwoman of the News Committee (TVE) 13:15 - 14:30 Lunch 14:30 - 15:15 7. THE CHANGING NEWS MARKET: A CONVERSATION WITH VICE NEWS Richard Sambrook, Professor of Journalism and Director of the Centre for Journalism (Cardiff University) Kevin Sutcliffe, Head of News Programming in Europe (Vice News) 15:15 - 16:45 8. NEW(S) DIMENSIONS – BEST PRACTICES FROM MEMBERS Newsroom 3.0: Atte Jääskeläinen, Director of News & Current Affairs (YLE) Sweden of Samir: deploying your correspondents in new and innovative ways Saam Kapadia, Executive Editor (SVT) Ingrid Thörnqvist, Head of Foreign News (SVT) RTBF’s fully automated studio: Benoît Balon-Perin Digital Workflows Manager (RTBF) 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 4 Flood news coverage 2013: role of PSM in crisis communication Tomas Sponar, Project Manager (CT) 47 Stones: Sara Alonso, New Media Manager (EBU) 16:45 - 17:15 Coffee break 17:15 - 17:25 9. GUNNAR HØIDAHL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE NEWS EXCHANGE 2014 Justyna Kurczabinska, Head of News Exchange (EBU) 17:25 - 17:40 10. ZERORISK REAL-TIME SECURITY APP Tony Loughran, Director ZeroRisk International 17:40 - 17:50 11. LOOKING BACK AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS Juana Lahousse-Juàrez, Director-General of DG Communication (EP) Fernando Cabajo, Head of the Audiovisual Unit (EP) 19:30 - 23:00 NEWS ASSEMBLY DINNER AT VILLA RICHTER, HOSTED BY CT Coaches depart at 19:30 from Hotel Sheraton WEDNESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2014 09:00 - 10:30 12. BUILDING A CULTURE OF CREATIVITY IN THE NEWSROOMS OF TOMORROW Moderator: Ulrik Haagerup, Executive Director of News (DR) 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 5 Panel: Olov Carlsson, Executive Director of News and Sports (SVT) Helle Hedegaard Hein, Lecturer at Copenhagen Business School Ingolf Gabold, Development Executive (EyeWorks) 10:30 - 11:30 13. IS OBJECTIVITY OBLIGATory OR OUTDATED AND OVERRATED? Moderator: Monica Maggioni, Director (RAI News 24) Panel: Khazar Fatemi, Journalist & Filmmaker Guillaume Debre, Journalist (TF1) Nyani Quarmyne, Photographer 11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break 11:45 - 12:45 14. CoNVERSATION WITH GOOGLE Moderator: Bernd Hagenkord, Head of German Section (Radio Vatican) Panel: Paul Myers, Internet Research Specialist (BBC) William Echikson, Head of Communications & Public Affairs for Free Expression (Google) 12:45 - 13:15 15. PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR NEWS CommITTEE, FolloWED by ELECTIONS 16. CloSING OF THE NEWS ASSembly 13:15 - 13:45 NEWS ASSEMBLY / NEWS XCHANGE JOINT LUNCH Lunch will be served on the Terrace located on the 1st floor * NEWS XCHANGE STARTS AT 13:45 (ALL NEWS ASSEMBLY DELEGATES ARE WELCOME TO THE OPENING SESSION FREE OF CHARGE) 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 6 LIST OF WORKING DOCUMENTS FOR THE 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY: SPG 19355 9th News Assembly Agenda SPG 19356 News Assembly Report 2014 SPG 18790 8th News Assembly closing report SPG 19358 News Assembly Annual Financial Report for News Exchange SPG 19357 Election of the News Committee member 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 7 SPEAKERS ASUN GOMEZ BUENO Chairwoman of the News Committee, Head of International Partnerships & Planning (TVE) Asun graduated with a degree in journalism from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid and has been working for Spanish Television, TVE, since 1989. She is currently Head of International Partnerships & Planning for the News Service and was previously Director of TVE’s 24 Hours news channel. Prior to this, she was Head of TVE’s News Exchange & News Gathering. In 2011, Asun was elected as chairwoman of the EBU News Committee. She is also a member of the News Xchange editorial team and, since 2004, of the OMEC of Barcelona Autonomous University, and COPEAM. PETR DVORAK Director General (CT) Petr is the CEO of Czech Television, the public service broadcaster in the Czech Republic. Previously, he served as senior vice-president of the Broadcasting Division of Central European Media Enterprises (CME). He was also CEO of CET 21, the operating company of TV NOVA channels in the Czech Republic and served on the boards of CME’s operating companies in the CEE region. Petr Dvorak graduated in 1989 from the Czech Technical University in Prague and in 1999 he was awarded an MBA from the University of Chicago. 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 8 JEFF JarVIS Professor and Director (CUNY Graduate School of Journalism) Jeffis the author of Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live; What Would Google Do? and the Kindle single Gutenberg the Geek. He blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com and co-hosts the podcast This Week in Google. He is professor and director of the Tow-Knight Centre for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. He advises media companies, start-ups, and foundations and is a public speaker. Until 2005, he was president and creative director of Advance. net, the online arm of Advance Publications. Prior to that, Jeff was creator and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly; Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News; TV critic for TV Guide and People; a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner; and assistant city editor and reporter for the Chicago Tribune. MARKUS MÖRCHEN Senior Editor of children’s news programme “logo!” (ZDF) Markus is Senior Editor of logo!, the only daily TV news bulletin for children in Germany. The programme has won several awards, such as Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2010 (best information programme), the EMIL 2013 (best website for children) and the Prize for Best Language 2014. Markus studied in Siegen and Houston/Texas, completed editorial training at Deutsche Welle and has worked as producer, presenter and reporter for various TV and radio stations in Germany, England and Namibia. Markus Mörchen is a contributor to a workbook on media studies and also lectures at international seminars for journalists. 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 9 RONALD BARTLEMA Chief Editor of children’s news programme “Jeugdjournaal” (NOS) Ronald has been head of the children´s news programme Jeugdjournaal at Dutch news broadcaster, NOS, since 1998. Jeugdjournaal has two daily news bulletins, seven days a week, for children in the Netherlands and has won several awards. It is the second such news programme for children in Europe, having launched in 1981, after BBC’s Newsround. It aims to bring the main news to all Dutch children in the target group 9–12 years by offering news and background stories without taboo. PETR KopeCKY Editor of children’s news programme “Zpravivcky” (CT) Originally educated in economics and journalism, Petr has been editor of the children’s news programme Zprávičky since 2013. During his 25 years’ experience at Czech TV he has worked as reporter, news editor, anchorman, foreign correspondent and editor of journalistic documents. 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 10 Tommy ZWICKY Editor of children’s news programme “Ultra Nyt” (DR) Tommy obtained his degree in journalism in 2005. He spent the early years of his career working in broadcast news and investigative journalism, after which he developed current affairs and consumer programmes for young adults. In 2009 he joined the Children & Youth Department at DR where he has produced and developed a variety of formats. Since 2012 he has been the editor of the children’s daily news bulletin, Ultra Nyt, as well as a number of short documentaries. He has won the two Danish TV awards for Best Children’s Programme (Nerds adventures, 2011) and Best New Format (Ultra Nyt, 2014). RICHARD SambrooK Professor of Journalism and Director of the Centre for Journalism (Cardiff University) Richard is a professor of journalism and director of the Centre for Journalism that provides postgraduate vocational training. He is a former director of Global News at the BBC where he worked as a journalist, producer, editor and manager. He has been a visiting fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University where he undertook research into the future of international newsgathering and the place of impartiality and objectivity in the digital world. He is also chairman of DMA-Media, a media services and production company, and chairman of the International News Safety Institute. 9TH NEWS ASSEMBLY 11 KEVIN SUTCLIFFE Head of News Programming in Europe (Vice News) Kevin is a multiple-award winning television executive responsible for delivering high-profile, hard-hitting and talked-about factual television and online content with a track record of developing original ideas. He has produced hundreds of hours of bespoke factual content – weekly, daily and long-term projects; immersive documentaries, undercover investigations, talent-led programmes, series, live shows, cinema-released documentary and online content.