Alertnet (Reuters) is organizing a debate on the responsibility of the media to report on “forgotten crises”. Global Voices has a post on the debate being held today, and the IRC linkup.
The results will be featured in a debate about the responsibility of the media to cover “forgotten crises” and how best to do it. Why do some emergencies receive more coverage than others? And do children in risky situations get fair representation in the mainstream media?
…Global Voices readers and writers are all invited to take part too, as members of the new media landscape of citizen journalism as well as critical consumers of the mainstream media.
The speakers will be in London but anyone with an internet connection can take part too. The debate will be streamed on live audio here, and all those interested can contribute to the discussion via IRC (internet relay chat) using the instructions on the live event internet page.
Posted on July 11th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Media, Rights
