OS//OS Conference: Full Schedule

10:45 NZST

Open Media: Supporting journalism in an open society

In New Zealand (and globally) the landscape is changing fast. Tech giants and social media are eroding advertising revenue, editorial capacity is rapidly decreasing everywhere, public funding is tightening and journalism is feeling the pinch big time. A big question emerges....what do we need to do to support quality journalism in an open New Zealand society?

Hosts

Marianne Elliott

ActionStation

Marianne Elliott is National Director for ActionStation - a movement to reignite participation in our democracy and restore 'people power' by building a community of active citizens, and facilitating collective social action for progressive change. Trained as a human rights lawyer... Read More →

Speakers

Bernard Hickey

Hive News

Bernard Hickey is the publisher of Hive News, which is a daily subscription news email service aimed at corporate and Government subscribers who want to understand the political economy in New Zealand.

Mark Jennings

MediaWorks

Mark Jennings is the former group head of news for MediaWorks. He played a key role in establishing a news service for TV3 when it became the first private television network in New Zealand.

Jan Rivers

Scoop Foundation

Jan Rivers is a librarian with an ICT background who worked on the original government portal as metadata manager and with the e-local government strategy as well as with government and local government library and information services. For the last 4 years she has worked on public... Read More →

Tuesday August 23, 2016 10:45 - 11:20 NZST
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