The International Media on Iraq
MediaDemos is happy to invite you to the second seminar of the MediaDemos Seminar Circle: ‘War and Terrorism in the Media. A New Theatre of Politics’.
The seminar includes a screening of ‘Control Room’, a documentary about the coverage of the Iraq war, March-April 2003, by Arab TV channel Al Jazeera. The film is taken as a point of departure for a panel discussion on the business of journalism and the politics of representation with Malek Triki, Sr. Journalist, Al-Jazeera and Torben Krogh, Chairman of International Media Support.
Program:
13.00 – 13.20: Torben Krogh, Chairman, International Media Support; Head of the board, Danish School of Journalism
13.20 – 13.40: Malek Triki, Senior Journalist, Al Jazeera
13.40 – 15.15: Screening of documentary about Al Jazeera, 'Control Room'
15.15 - 16.00: Discussion
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Control Room – The film about Al Jazeera (2003), directed by Jehane Noujam. “You are likely to emerge from Control Room touched, exhilarated and a little off-balance with your certainties scrambled and your assumptions shaken” NY Times. See also www.controlroommovie.com |
MediaDemos - The international Network on the Ethics of Mediation - is established and coordinated by CBS Media Hub and constitutes a central instrument for its activities. This seminar is part of the MediaDemos Seminar Circle, Spring 2005: Terrorism and War in the Media. A New Theatre of Politics? Please see www.mediademos.dk for further information.