Media Conference 2021
Defending Media Freedom. What Freedom?
Date: 11th of November 2021
Organisers: Tallinn University, Estonian Public Broadcasting, Baltic Centre for Media Excellence
Conference moderator: Andres Jõesaar, Associate Professor, Tallinn University
Conference working languages: Estonian and English (translation into Estonian and English)
Partcipation/registration: Free admission. Pre-registration is required.
Contact: conference@tlu.ee
Watch the conference live stream here:
CONFERENCE LIVE STREAM: https://youtu.be/IWKvkYtB6Y0
Presentations without translation (original language): https://youtu.be/w02fS_TYm-Y
Conference live feed: ERR.EE and tlu.ee/en/mediaconference
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
8:45 – 9:15 Registration
9:15 – 9:30 Opening words
Birgit Vilgats, Director, Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University
Erik Roose, Chairman of the Board, Estonian Public Broadcasting
9:30 – 10:00 Why PSM is needed to protect democracy in turbulent times?
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, Director General, LRT, Lithuania, Board Member of EBU Media and Accountability
Accountability and Regulation in a Toxic Public Sphere
10:00 – 10:30 Challenges of the Regulator - hate speech, fake news, public service vs private interests
Adam Baxter, Ofcom Director for Broadcast Standards, Licensing and Online Content
10:30 – 11:00 Accountability in a Toxic Digital Sphere: New Ethics, New Mechanisms
Stephen J.A. Ward, Media Ethicist, Distinguished Lecturer of Ethics, The University of British Columbia, Canada
11:00 – 11:30 How not to report on populism?
Tim Pauwels, ombudsman, VRT, Belgium
11:30 – 12:00 Ten Top Tips – is this the best we can do?
Janette Ballard, Founder of Be Smart Cookie, UK
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch
Case Studies
12:30 – 13:00 Trust in media. Public-service media and public value
Una Klapkalne, Chairman of the Board, Latvian Radio
13:00 – 13:20 Testimony about the state of the Hungarian media landscape
Péter Erdélyi, an investigative reporter, editor and media manager, Hungary
13:20 - 13:40 ENTR - What’s Next: a new online media offer for young Europeans
Patrick H. Leusch, Project Director ENTR, Deutsche Welle
13:40 - 14:00 An organisation in transition
Frans Klein, Director of the video production at Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO
Panel discussion - PSB for minorities
14:00 – 14:45
ETV+ … Mission impossible?
Ekaterina Taklaja, Editor in Chief, ETV+
New multimedia platform in Latvian PSM
Rita Ruduša, development consultant, Latvian TV
Reaching Polish minority in Lithuania
Monika Juškevičiūtė-Muravjova, LRT Radio Russian service editor
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
Media research
15:00 – 15:30 Global currents and local impact. Today and tomorrow
Rainer Kattel, Professor of Innovation and Public Governance, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London, UK
15:30 – 15:45 Research on Baltic Media
Andres Jõesaar, Associate Professor, Tallinn University
Anda Rožukalne, Professor, Rīga Stradiņš University
Deimantas Jastramskis, Associate Professor, Vilnius University
15:45 – 16:00 The values, challenges and development opportunities of the Estonian independent local press
Indrek Ibrus, Professor, Tallinn University
Ulrike Rohn, Professor, Tallinn University
Andres Jõesaar, Associate Professor, Tallinn University
Panel discussion
16:00 – 16:45 Friends or foes: does stronger PSM mean weaker commercial media?
Mari-Liis Rüütsalu, Chairman of the Board, Ekspress Grupp
Erik Roose, Chairman of the Board, ERR
Rita Ruduša, development consultant, Latvian TV
Mindaugas Rakauskas, TV3 Latvia
16:45 – Closing
NB! The conference is required to check infection safety to ensure all attendees have been fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19. Please be aware of the obligation to present (at the conference registration table) a certificate of vaccination status or certificate of recovering status.
For current regulations in Estonia please see HERE.
Supporters:
Konrad Adenaur Foundation,
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
EEA and Norway grants
