Wednesday, 22 September
10:15 - 10:30 Welcoming words
10:30 – 11:30 Keynote #1. Lucy Küng (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University). "Coming out of Covid - Emerging Priorities for the Media Industry."
Moderator: Charo Sádaba.
11:30 - 11:45 Break
11:45 – 13:15 Round table #1. Business transformations in the media. Mark Little (Kinzen), Alison Gow (Reach), Susan Daly (The Journal.ie & Noteworthy.ie)
13:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 16:00 Papers presentation panel 1 (parallel session)
14:30 – 16:00 Papers presentation panel 2 (parallel session)
16:00 - 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:15 Keynote #2. Alfred Hermida. "How innovation in the media structures the development of journalism." Moderator: Jane Suiter
Thursday, 23 September
10:00 – 11:30 Papers presentation panel 3 (parallel session
10:00 – 11:30 Papers presentation panel 4 (parallel session)
11:30 - 11:45 Break
11:45 – 13:15 Papers presentation panel 5
13:15 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30 Round Table #2. Presentation of the book Journalism, data and technology in Latin America, co-authored by JOLT project members.
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 – 17:30 Round Table #3. Technology Trends in Media Sector. Mariana Afonso (Netflix), Alessandro Piscopo (BBC) & Ivan Zupancic(Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, HHI). Moderator: Marta Mrak (BBC).
17:30 – 18:30 Researcher’s Career Path: Challenges and Opportunities. Moderator: Marta Mrak (BBC).
Friday, 24 September
10:30 – 11:30 Keynote #3. Oscar Westlund (Oslo Metropolitan University). "Publishers & platforms: The past, the present, and a call for future research." Moderator: Ramón Salaverría
11:30 – 11:45 Conference closing remarks
11:45 - 12:00 Break
12:00 – 12:45 JOLT wrap-up session: Future avenues for ESRs. Jane Suiter (Dublin City University), Andreas Veglis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) & Eileen Culloty (Dublin City University)
Keynote Speakers
Confirmed keynote speakers are Lucy Küng, professor, author and Google Digital News Senior Fellow at Reuters Institute, and Oscar Westlund, professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University and editor-in-chief of Digital Journalism.