UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2004

Seminar at Parliament: Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster.

Broadcasting and media freedom: Is the UK model broke?

Speakers: Charles Wheeler (BBC broadcaster), Lord McIntosh (DCMS broadcasting minister), Stewart Purvis (former Chief Executive ITN), Adam Boulton (Sky TV political editor), Austin Mitchell MP, Dorothy Byrne (Senior Commissioning Editor Channel 4), Mark Damazer (BBC Deputy head of News and Current Affairs), Jeremy Dear (General Secretary NUJ), Jocelyn Hay (Voice of the Listener and Viewer). Chaired by Robin Lustig (BBC broadcaster). Organisers: a group of media bodies and press freedom NGOs, including UK UNESCO, the NUJ, Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, Society of Editors, Newspaper Society, Association of European Journalists, Amnesty International, Index on Censorship. Sponsors: Guardian Foundation, BBC, NUJ, ITN, Amnesty International and the British Journalism Review. Further information: Ivor Gaber 020 8341 7190, 07730 955690, email ivorgaber@hotmail.com Admission: free, but please note it is ESSENTIAL TO BOOK places—a requirement of security at Portcullis House. Contact Debbie Smith on debbies@nuj.org.uk.