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Join East-West Center and the Korea Press Foundation for a special public online conference in English and Korean:
Viral News: Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic
A live, bilingual public discussion by US and Korean journalists and media experts on news coverage and the impact of disinformation in the COVID-19 crisis.
View the online forum video
Featured Speakers:
- Joshua Benton, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University
- Alan Miller, Founder and CEO, The News Literacy Project
- Jung, Jun Hee, Professor, Hanyang University
- Lee, So Eun, Senior Researcher, Korea Press Foundation
Discussants:
- Vanessa Hua, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
- Amy Brittain, Reporter, The Washington Post
- Kim, Beechyra, Reporter, Korean Broadcasting System
- Koo, Jung Eun, Reporter, Kyunghyang Shinmun
- Park, Yu Mi, Reporter, JTBC
Moderator: Kim, Young Ju (KPF)
Tentative schedule (subject to change)\\
Time (Seoul) | Topic |
---|---|
09:30~09:40 | Welcoming Remarks |
09:40~10:00 | News coverage of Covid 19 and “infodemics” - Jung, Jun Hee, Professor, Hanyang University |
10:00~10:20 | “A Nearly Perfect Weapon”: How COVID-19 and the Public Health Response Are Hurting Publishers and Journalists." - Joshua Benton, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University |
10:20~10:40 | “How people use news media/SNS to perceive corona outbreak” - Lee, So Eun, Senior Researcher, Korea Press Foundation |
10:40~11:00 | News Literacy: Giving Facts a Fighting Chance." - Alan Miller, Founder and CEO, The News Literacy Project |
11:00~11:25 | Panel discussion |
11:25~12:00 | Floor discussion and questions taken online |
Join East-West Center and the Korea Press Foundation for a special public online conference in English and Korean:
Viral News: Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic
A live, bilingual public discussion by US and Korean journalists and media experts on news coverage and the impact of disinformation in the COVID-19 crisis.
View the online forum video
Featured Speakers:
- Joshua Benton, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University
- Alan Miller, Founder and CEO, The News Literacy Project
- Jung, Jun Hee, Professor, Hanyang University
- Lee, So Eun, Senior Researcher, Korea Press Foundation
Discussants:
- Vanessa Hua, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
- Amy Brittain, Reporter, The Washington Post
- Kim, Beechyra, Reporter, Korean Broadcasting System
- Koo, Jung Eun, Reporter, Kyunghyang Shinmun
- Park, Yu Mi, Reporter, JTBC
Moderator: Kim, Young Ju (KPF)
Tentative schedule (subject to change)\\
Time (Seoul) | Topic |
---|---|
09:30~09:40 | Welcoming Remarks |
09:40~10:00 | News coverage of Covid 19 and “infodemics” - Jung, Jun Hee, Professor, Hanyang University |
10:00~10:20 | “A Nearly Perfect Weapon”: How COVID-19 and the Public Health Response Are Hurting Publishers and Journalists." - Joshua Benton, Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University |
10:20~10:40 | “How people use news media/SNS to perceive corona outbreak” - Lee, So Eun, Senior Researcher, Korea Press Foundation |
10:40~11:00 | News Literacy: Giving Facts a Fighting Chance." - Alan Miller, Founder and CEO, The News Literacy Project |
11:00~11:25 | Panel discussion |
11:25~12:00 | Floor discussion and questions taken online |