Programme of CPBF/NUJ events at ESF

news | The programme of four seminars involving the Campaign and/or the NUJ includes contributions from solicitor Gareth Pierce, David Miller (who edited Tell me Lies), Aidan White (General Secretary of the IFJ) and CPBF stalwarts Granville Williams and Tom O'Malley.Visiting journalists from Russia, the Basque country, France, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland and Spain are also expected.

Friday October 15, 9am-12pm LIVING IN FEAR: Civil Liberties and the ‘War on Terror' (Seminar D23) GARETH PIERCE, lawyer for anti-terror law detainees ANNA POLITKOVSKA, Russian journalist famed for uniquely fair coverage of Chechnya MARTXELO OTAMANDI, journalist from banned Basque paper Egunkaria Saturday October 16, 9-11am THE LIES OF WAR: exposing propaganda and fighting censorship (Seminar W22) DAVID MILLER, media author and commentator, editor of Tell Me Lies (2003) AIDAN WHITE, General Secretary IFJ Journalists from France and Italy Saturday October 16, 4.30-6.30pm CONCENTRATION OF THE MEDIA: the shift of power from governments to unelected chiefs of capital (Seminar S24) JEREMY DEAR, NUJ General Secretary GRANVILLE WILLIAMS, Editor of Free Press, CPBF magazine Journalists from France, Croatia, Switzerland and Italy Sunday October 17, 9am-12pm KEEP MEDIA FREE FROM STATE AND COMMERCIAL INTERFERENCE, defending and democratising public service broadcasting (Seminar S23) JIM CORRIGALL, NUJ President TOM O'MALLEY, media academic, author of NUJ submissions on PSB Journalists from France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland

DATELINE: 24 January, 2010

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