The Centre for Community Journalism & The Independent Community News Network is delighted to announce who will be speaking at our 2021 conference: Community Journalism | Building a Sustainable Future.
We are proud to welcome the Director of Research at C4CJ, Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, who will deliver our keynote address on recent research carried out at Cardiff University on the challenges faced by hyperlocal practitioners during the Coronavirus pandemic.
We will also be launching a Toolkit for Independent Publishers written by Dr Julia Boelle.
This will be followed by a series of talks by members of the Independent Community News Network (ICNN) on their different models and how they have faced the challenge of sustainability.
We are delighted to announce Richard Gurner, editor and founder of the award-winning Caerphilly Observer; Rhiannon Davies, founder/editor of the solutions-focussed community magazine Greater Govanhill; and David Floyd, Managing Director of Social Spider – a social enterprise that runs five community newspapers in London.
We also welcome Phil Creighton (Wokingham Today), Klaudia Kiss (Social Spider), Darryl Chamberlain (853 London & Charlton Champion), Natalie Bloomer (NN Journal) to take part in a panel discussion on building a sustainable future for community journalism, moderated by Phyllis Stephen, editor of the Edinburgh Reporter.
In addition, there will be a skill swap, talks from industry partners and an introduction to our Google-funded innovation project, Ping!
The hashtag for the event is #CJBSF21.
The full agenda, including timings, can be found below.
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Agenda
DAY ONE – TUESDAY 14TH SEPT – 11:00 – 16:00
Timings include Q&A after each session
11:00: Emma Meese – Welcome and context
11:15: Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
This talk will report on findings from in-depth interviews with ICNN members, and a survey of community news practitioners, and will focus on the experiences and challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic.
12:00: Dr. Julia Boelle – sustainability booklet launch
12:30: BREAK
12:45: Richard Gurner (Caerphilly Observer) on successful supporters’ scheme.
13:30: Rhiannon Davies (Greater Govanhill) on running a successful solutions-focussed community magazine.
14:15: BREAK
14:30: Dominic Young – Founder and CEO of Axate – simple tools for publishers that generate reader revenue with fewer barriers and walls.
15:15: Jeremy Morton, Una Murphy, Michael Casey and Ben Black – SKILL SWAP
16:00: CLOSE + chance to continue the conversation.
DAY TWO – WEDNESDAY 15TH SEPT – 11:00 – 16:00
Timings include Q&A after each session
11:00: Emma Meese – Welcome to day two and recap of Day One
11:15: David Floyd (Social Spider) – On the success of the social enterprise model.
12:00: Joshi Herrmann (Manchester Mill) – On setting up a hugely successful news publication in the midst of a pandemic.
12:45: BREAK
13:00: John Baron & Tony Lloyd – Welcome to Ping!
13:30: Panel Discussion on building a sustainable future for the independent community news sector.
Panelists: Phil Creighton (Wokingham Today), Klaudia Kiss (Social Spider), Darryl Chamberlain (853 London & Charlton Champion), Natalie Bloomer (NN Journal)
Moderated by Phyllis Stephen, (Edinburgh Reporter)
14:15: BREAK
14:30: Collective ad selling – general discussion
15:00: The way forward – collective brainstorm/discussion
16:00: CLOSE
