A reminder about our next Media Society in-person event - a topical and important discussion about Migration and the Media.
It's at The Conduit in Covent Garden from 6pm on Monday 22nd September. We have an expert panel; there'll be opportunities for questions; and there'll be networking drinks with a pay bar.
Ticket Prices... Media Society Members: £10 (50% discount). Student Members: Free. General tickets for non-members: £20. Students: £10. Join the Media Society here.
Event Description
Migration continues to be a massive issue in the UK - but how does the media shape public opinion on migration?
Our panel:
- Ritula Shah (Chair) - currently with Classic FM, she was formerly the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's flagship programme, The World Tonight.
- Rob McNeil - former newspaper journalist and now Deputy Director and Head of Media and Communications at Oxford University's Migration Observatory.
- Douna Haj Ahmed - a Syrian journalist, human rights activist and refugee living in London. She has master's degrees from Damascus University and the University of York.
- Andrew Harding - currently the BBC’s Paris Correspondent, where some of his most notable recent reporting has been on the small boats and the smuggling gangs.
- Nicola Kelly - journalist and writer. Her first book ‘Anywhere But Here: How Britain’s Broken Asylum System Fails Us All’ was published this year.
The event will be introduced by the President of the Media Society, Nigel Dacre.
Event Details
Monday 22nd September. Doors open: 6pm. Discussion: 6.30pm-7:30pm. Networking drinks before and after the discussion, with a cash bar.
Location: The Conduit, 6 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA.
The evening is a co-branded event hosted by The Media Society and The Conduit.
Matt Frei: the Steve Hewlett Lecture
And next month, the Media Society is proud to be working with the Royal Television Society to co-present the prestigious annual Steve Hewlett Lecture.
This year, Channel 4 News's Matt Frei is giving a lecture titled: 'Who gets to tell the story? A world at war over competing narratives'.
Tickets are available through the RTS website. There will be a reception after the lecture in the Portland Hall. Proceeds of the lecture will go to the Steve Hewlett Scholarship Fund.
Event Details
Wednesday 22nd October. Doors open: 6pm. Lecture: 6:30pm. Followed by reception. General tickets £15.00, Student tickets £5.00.
Location: Westminster University, 4-12 Titchfield St, London W1W 7BY
The Media Society is a British charity that organises events that discuss and debate important and topical media issues.
