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LIVE: What is News Now? 2018 East West Center International Media Conference

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LIVE: What is News Now? 2018 East West Center International Media Conference
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From eastwestcenter.org

The intersection of media, technology and social change has brought profound disruption to the business of news and storytelling. This East-West Center conference will bring hundreds of media professionals together to look at new-era trends and transformations in media and the news itself.

The conference will include speakers on transformative issues shaping today’s world, particularly in the Asia Pacific region — artificial intelligence, digitalization, China’s rise, populism and identity politics, future of trade, smarter cities, and emerging issues that may not have yet made the news.

  • What kinds of creative reporting and business models are emerging in the region to tell and deliver stories?
  • What is the level of trust between the public and media in Asia Pacific? How is misinformation being tackled?
  • What should be regulated on social media platforms in the region, and how?

Speakers:

  • Caitlyn Chen, vice president of Tencent, the world’s 5th largest tech company and operator of WeChat, on technological innovation in China’s media industry.
  • Maria Ressa, CEO and executive editor of Rappler, on undermining of the free press. 
  • Joshua Benton, director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, on transformations in US/global media. 
  • Coconuts Media founder & CEO Byron Perry on digital storytelling: YouTube to Facebook to Netflix.
  • Alan Soon, co-founder & CEO of The Splice Newsroom on transformations in Asia’s media and journalism.
  • The Atlantic national correspondent and author Graeme Wood on the spread of ISIS in Asia.
  • Journalism initiatives across Asia: Anubha Bhonsle leads #GenderAnd, an initiative to cover gender across intersections at The Indian Express.
  • Saumya Khandelwal, award-winning Thomson Reuters photographer, on using Instagram to draw attention to underrepresented groups such as child brides
  • Kamal Siddiqi, director of the Center for Excellence in Journalism in Karachi, on enhancing the profession.
  • News on Facebook: Facebook’s Jason White, Director of News Partnerships
  • Tackling “fake news” and disinformation in Singapore: Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Communications and Information, and The Straits Times editor Warren Fernandez
  • Shaping stories through lens of identity and your mobile: Yusuf Omar, co-founder of Hashtag Our Stories and global trainer on mobile phone storytelling
  • Smart, livable cities: Kok Ping Soon, chief executive for Singapore’s GOVTECH and Limin Hee, director of Centre for Liveable Cities

– Rappler.com

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