March 6. 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Knight Library Browsing Room
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About: As some democratic governments, many autocracies, drug and human cartels, and terrorist groups are attacking professional journalists and independent citizen journalists in increasing numbers, this symposium will explore the possibilities and challenges that media and technology present in such environments.
All are welcome to attend this morning symposium to discuss how journalists and citizens may work together in the service of public interest and how technology may help us achieve new ways of reporting events and creating new narratives that push for and strengthen democracy globally.
Symposium organized by Gabriela Martinez: gmartine@uoregon.edu
Speakers:
Danny O’Brien: International Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Madeleine Bair: Curator of the YouTube Human Rights Channel at Witness.
Gabriela Martinez: Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Communications and the 2014-15 Wayne Morse Resident Scholar at the University of Oregon.
Endalk Chala: Co-founder of Ethiopia’s Zone-9 Bloggers and PhD student at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.
Tewodroe Workneh: Post-Doctoral Fellow at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.
Sponsors:
University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication
Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
UO Office of International Affairs