sponsored by:Mr. Dan MeridorFormer Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of JPC.Mr. Nitzan ChenDirector of the Government Press Office.Mr. Uri DromiDirector General of JPC.MK Ksenia SvetlovaIsraeli politician, journalist, associate professor at the Hebrew University, Chairman of the caucus for freedom of speech and expression.Mr. Dan PerryMiddle East Editor, Associated Press.Mr. Carl BernsteinWashington Post reporter, who, together with Bob Woodward, broke the Watergate story, will reflect on government-press relations from Nixon to Trump.
19:00 –19:10
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19:10 – 20:45
Governments and the Press: Friends or Foes
US President Donald Trump called the press “phony” and denied access to White House briefings; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan throws journalists to jail; in Vladimir Putin’s Russia they are oppressed; and in Israel, according the RSF’s Press Freedom Index, the public broadcasting is going through hard time. This panel will surely make headlines.
Moderator:Mr. JacobEilonChief Anchorman, WALLA NEWS Digital Network, Israel’s Largest Digital Outlet. Among the Speakers:Ms. Lynn WalshNBC 7 Investigates in San Diego, National President of the Society of Professional Journalists.Ms. Galina SidorovaAuthor and columnist with RFE/RL – Radio Svoboda (Moscow). Co-founder of the Community of Investigative Journalists – Fond, Executive Board of the Vienna based International Press Institute (IPI).
Mr. Aviv Bushinsky
Former Spokesperson of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Dr. Zoltán KovácsSpokesperson of the Hungarian Government.
21:00 -23:00
Opening Dinner ** Opening Dinner tickets are available here
Tuesday, May 9, 2017*Schedule is subject to change
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Event
09:00 -09:30
Registration & Gathering
09:30 – 09:55
Press Freedom Fighters
Secretary General of the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC), will talk about the annual Freedom of Speech Award. Speakers: Mr. Jarosław WłodarczykPresident of Press Club Polska (Warsaw) and the Secretary General of the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC).Ms. Aleksandra GubskayaThe coordinator of the Press Club in Belarus.
09:55 -11:15
War Coverage in the Digital EraSince William Howard Russell covered the charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War, war correspondents risked their lives to bring the realities of the battlefield to readers, viewers, and listeners. Many of them have paid with their lives in the line of duty, and wars only become more lethal. New technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, open new options for war coverage. Will it be the same?Moderator:Ms. Tania Krämer Deutsche Welle DW-TV.Among the Speakers:Prof. Gadi Wolfsfeld
IDC Herzliya, will discuss the INFOCOREEU research, on the role of social media in collective action.
Dr. Noam Lemelshtrich LatarDean, Sammy Ofer School of Communications at IDC Herzliya.Mr. Ediz Tiyanşan Turkish foreign correspondent with TRT World.Mr. Robert MahoneyDeputy Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.Mr. Walid Al OmariAl Jazeera’s Israel & Palestine bureau Chief.
11: 15- 11:45
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11:45 -13:10
Journalism Ethics Under PressureTraditional media, particularly newspapers, suffer from the impact of structural and market changes, which have reduced the profitability of media enterprises. In response, severe cuts have been imposed in editorial departments, weakening the quality of journalism and sacrificed reporting standards in pursuit of commercial objectives, overriding ethical values with journalism that is populist, sensational, and biased. The rise of social media legitimizes the use of amateurs in a weakened traditional media industry. The panel will discuss ways to maintain ethical norms in such a challenging situation.sponsored by:Moderator:Dr. Tehilla Shwartz AltshulerResearch Fellow at The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)Among the Speakers:Mr. William BoothThe Washington Post’s Jerusalem Bureau Chief.Mr. Juan Andrés Muñoz Digital and Social Media Director for CNN en Español.Mr. Oren Persico Journalist and media critic at The Seventh Eye, an independent Israeli website devoted to Journalism.Mr. Yair TarchitskyChairman of the The Union of Journalists in Israel.Mr. Alan D. AbbeyDirector of Internet and Media at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
13:10 -14:10
Lunch Break
14:10 – 14:20
ShowboxSpeaker:Mr. David Feuerstein, Vice President Strategic Partnerships & Sales at Showbox.
14:20 – 15:40
Innovation & Freedom of the PressMore people than ever are getting their news via their smartphones, and some from their smartwatches. The Cards system, which integrates designers, editors and technical people, provides visual presentations to make social media more appealing and effective. But guidance has shifted from the editorial board rooms to corporate headquarters, and governments have new ways of becoming Big Brother. How can we maintain press freedom in such a turbulent era?Moderator:Ms. Sarah Tuttle-Singer Times of Israel’s New Media Editor.Speakers:Mr. David Horovitz Founding Editor of The Times of Israel.Ms. Diedra DepkeElected President of the Overseas Press Club of America.Ms. Michal ShilorFounder of ‘0202’ – A brand-new Facebook page that translates Arabic-language news items about East Jerusalem into Hebrew.Ms. Mayke BlokMedia strategist of De Correspondent.
15:40 – 16:00
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16:00 – 17:00
Reporters Without Borders Present The World Press Freedom IndexA global benchmark, the World Press Freedom Index ranks 180 countries according to the freedom allowed journalists. It incorporates indicators on the level of media freedom violations in each region. Last year’s Index showed that Europe still had the freest media, followed distantly by Africa, which, for the first time, overtook the Americas, a region where violence against journalists was on the rise. Asia and Eastern Europe/Central Asia followed, while North Africa/Middle East was still the region where journalists were most subjected to constraints of every kind. What will the new Index reveal?Moderator:Dr. Seth J. FrantzmanThe Jerusalem Post’s op-ed editor.Speakers:Mr. Prem SamyHead of the World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders.
17:00 – 17:15
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17:15 – 18:15
Press Freedom in IsraelBeen under attack: Public broadcasting has been subject to pressure from the government, a publisher schemes with the Prime Minister to offer positive coverage for economic gains, and there were calls to boycott the liberal Haaretz newspaper because of a certain opinion piece. Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken will discuss all this and more with Israel Harel, Founder and first Editor-in-Chief of the political magazine ‘Nekuda’ (To the point) and columnist at Haaretz. Rotem Danon, Editor-in-Chief of Liberal .magazine will moderate this loaded panelThe session will be held in Hebrew, with simultaneous translation.The session will be held in Hebrew, with simultaneous translation.sponsored by:
Moderator:Mr. Rotem DanonEditor-in-Chief and founder of the political magazine “Liberal”.Speakers:Mr. Amos SchockenPublisher of ‘Haaretz’ newspaper.Mr. Israel HarelFounder and first Editor-in-Chief of the political magazine ‘Nekuda’ (To the point) and columnist at Haaretz.
18:15 –18:30
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18:30 – 19:30
Press Freedom under Trump and NetanyahuDalia Dorner, Israel Supreme Court Judge Emeritus and President of the Israeli Press Council, will give introductory remarks to a panel where two leading experts will discuss the new challenges to press freedom in the United States and Israel: Professor Frederick Lawrence, former President of Brandeis University and an expert on freedom of speech, and Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, Professor emeritus at the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Vice President of The Israel Democracy Institute.You don’t want to miss this session.Moderator:Ms. Ruth EglashThe Washington Post’s Correspondent in Israel.Speakers:Former – Supreme Court Justice Dalia DornerPresident of the Israel Press Council.Prof. Frederick M. Lawrence
Former President of Brandeis University. Visiting Professor of Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. Secretary and CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Lawrence is a leading expert on civil rights, free expression, and bias crimes.Prof. Mordechai KremnitzerProfessor emeritus at the Faculty of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, former Dean of the Faculty of Law, and President of the Israeli Press Council. Currently he is The Vice president of The Israel Democracy Institute.
21:00
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Mr. Dan MeridorFormer Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of JPC.Mr. Nitzan ChenDirector of the Government Press Office.Mr. Uri DromiDirector General of JPC.MK Ksenia SvetlovaIsraeli politician, journalist, associate professor at the Hebrew University, Chairman of the caucus for freedom of speech and expression.Mr. Dan PerryMiddle East Editor, Associated Press.Mr. Carl BernsteinWashington Post reporter, who, together with Bob Woodward, broke the Watergate story, will reflect on government-press relations from Nixon to Trump.
Moderator:Dr. Tehilla Shwartz AltshulerResearch Fellow at The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)Among the Speakers:Mr. William BoothThe Washington Post’s Jerusalem Bureau Chief.Mr. Juan Andrés Muñoz Digital and Social Media Director for CNN en Español.Mr. Oren Persico Journalist and media critic at The Seventh Eye, an independent Israeli website devoted to Journalism.Mr. Yair TarchitskyChairman of the The Union of Journalists in Israel.Mr. Alan D. AbbeyDirector of Internet and Media at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.