Irish Media Conferences

Diversity in Action is organising a major Diversity Conference in partnership with NCCRI (National Consultative Committee for Racism and Interculturalism).

TITLE: Race and Media

DATE: Wednesday 3rd October.

TIME: 0945 - 1500

LOCATION: The conference will take place in Derry/Londonderry -

VENUE: (venue to be confirmed)

THEME: The theme of the conference is all about the freedom of the media and reporting of minority ethnic communities.

FEE: Attendance is free

DETAILS: The conference includes:

Keynote address on freedom of the media
Opportunity for participants to pose questions to guest speakers
Opportunity to take part in round-table discussion to identify recommendations and actions

Speakers: Mike Jempson, MediaWise Trust, a representative from the Press Council for Ireland and media representatives.

MORE INFO: A programme/agenda for the event will be available shortly. To register your place contact Janet Farren on 028 71 37 5575.

IMRO will host a seminar on the theme of Music For Film and TV this coming August.

The seminar will take place on Monday 13th August from 7:00pm - 9:00pm at the Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.

This seminar will cover the broad topic of music for film and TV, a notoriously difficult area for emerging Irish composers and songwriters to break into. The event will be moderated by Todd Brabec, and an expert panel will be on hand to give their collective insights and experiences on this aspect of the music business. Please note that the number of places available are limited.

This seminar is provided free of charge. Should you wish reserve a place please email your name to Keith Johnson, IMRO Marketing Manager without delay.

Podcamp Ireland is a stand-alone event to promote podcasting in Ireland and to help and encourage people to get started.

Podcamp Ireland will be an unconference. In other words: if you are interested in attending you should understand that it may not happen without your active participation. Everything about an unconference comes from the participants. That includes the topics which will be discussed, the time and place, and even the decision as to whether to hold such an event at all.

Neville Hobson, co-author of How to Do Everything with Podcasting and co-host of the highly successful FIR podcast will be with us

Suas and Connect World presented Images of Africa on Thursday July 26th in Cork as part of the Building Unity through Diversity.

The Audio from this event comes in eight parts.
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TITLE: Images of Africa; How do the media present Africa

DATE: THUR.26.JUL.2007

TIME: 11.30am - 1.30pm

VENUE: St Peter’s, North Main St, Cork

ORGANISER: Connect-World

SERIES: Building Unity Through Diversity

DESC:
Aoife Kavanagh of RTE will speak about the challenge of portraying the complexity of this whole continent. Her talk will be followed by a panel discussion with representatives of the media, both mainstream and immigrant.

BACKGROUND:
Connect-World is organising a seminar to promote discussion and debate about the issues involved in covering Africa in the media. It is part of a series of events involved in Building Unity Through Diversity, an exhibition to promote multi-culturalism in Ireland.

http://www.connect-world.net/About_Us/Connect-World_News/Connect-World_News.html

TITLE: Working With The Media

LOCATION: Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Dublin 12

DATE: 13 September - 14 September

FEE: €60 Euro (subsidised rate), €300 Euro (non subsidised rate)

TARGET:
Home and field based staff of Irish and international NGOs and Irish lay/missionary organisations who are involved in communication roles e.g. advocacy, fundraising or public relations.

DESCRIPTION:
Course Aim and Objectives

The aim of the course is enable participants to understand how the media works and to feel comfortable, confident and empowered in their handling of the media.
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Established in 1962 at the birth of commercial television in Ireland, the Shark Awards now rank as one of the top creative advertising festivals in the world. In its 45 year history it has maintained an unimpeachably high standard of judging, with advertising greats such as Bill Bernbach, Jay Chiat, Dan Wieden, John Hegarty, Andy Berlin, and Matthew Bull serving on the juries.
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p.1 Rose Tuelo Brock’s Speech is available here in text and here in audio on mediaforum.ie

p.2 Clare Herbert’s Speech is available here in audio and text.

p.3 Michael McCaughan’s Speech is here

q.1 Mid-session questions from the floor is here in audio

p.4 Tomas O’Siochain’s Speech is in audio here

p.5 Mark Garavan’s Speech is in audio here here

p.6 Patrick Nevin’s Speech is in audio herehere

Lead organiser for Media Moves was the Galway One World Centre

The Darklight Festival Symposium will be held on the 21st - the 24th of June 2007, Dublin, Ireland.

The DARKLIGHT SYMPOSIUM 2007 will be an action packed four day event, a combination of debates, workshops, screenings and master classes.
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TITLE: Media Skills Day | A Day for Development Education Practitioners and others to develop Media Skills and Knowledge.

DATE: Wednesday, 13th June, 2007.

VENUE: Cultivate Centre, Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8.
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