WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA TODAY? EU AND ARMENIAN CIVIL SOCIETY TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES

ARMENPRESS
November 7, 201
YEREVAN

The Second EU-Armenia Civil Society Seminar “Media Today” will be
held on 8-9 November 2011 in Tsakhkadzor. With an aim to open up
the existing official EU-Armenia human rights dialogue, this seminar
will engage European and Armenian academic, media and NGO communities
in a constructive discussion of the key challenges and prospects of
media today.

Panels on election coverage, the role of new media in a changing
society, media law and media ethics in Armenia and the EU will be
the highlight topics of the two-day event.

The seminar will bring together over 100 participants from Armenia
and EU countries, including journalists, media managers, NGO
representatives engaged in media development, academics, educators and
members of regulatory bodies. Keynote speakers will include former
European spokesman Nico Wegter, Lars Holmgaard Christensen from the
Danish School of Media and Journalism, Nouneh Sargsyan from Internews
Armenia and others.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress