5th annual conference on the Safety of Journalists – Digital Safety
November 6th, 7th and 8th 2019
Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Organized by the Research group Media, War and Conflict (MEKK) & Fritt Ord
supported by UNESCO, the Journalism and Media International Center (JMIC)
and OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group (DJRG)
No conference fee, please register here
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 6th of November
18:00 – 20:00
FRITT ORD, Uranienborgveien 2
Knut Olav Åmås, director FRITT ORD
Guy Berger, UNESCO
Panel discussion: Digital safety while reporting
Leandro Demori, The Intercept Brasil
Neena Kapur, New York Times
Osman Kibar, journalist Dagens Næringsliv
Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth, Moderator
Thursday 7th of November
Athene 1 & 2, OsloMet, Pilestredet 46, Oslo
0830
Registration, coffee & tea
0900 Welcome
Professors Roy Krøvel and Kristin Skare Orgeret, Research group MEKK
Music by Marte Wulff & Marte Vike Arnesen
0930 Official Conference Opening
Paul Chaffey, State Secretary
Curt Rice, Rector OsloMet
1000 – 1040 Key Note
Surveillance and digital harassment of journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa
Muthoki Mumo, Sub-Saharan Africa Representative. Committee to Protect Journalists
1040 – 1130 Key Note
Journalism and the risks of publicity and free speech
Silvio Waisbord, Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University.
1130 – 1145 Break
1145 – 1230
Presentation
Results from Making Transparency Possible: Digital Research & Safety concerns.
Daniela Quirós Lépiz, journalist Burkina Faso/Costa Rica
Craig McCune, journalist South Africa
1230 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1415
11 tips for protecting your privacy and digital security
Olivia Martin, Digital Security Trainer at Freedom of the Press Foundation.
1430 – 1500
#Vazajato: reporting on corruption in Brazil
Leandro Demori, Executive Editor The Intercept Brazil.
1515 – 1615
Workshop: Doxxing – tracing your own footprints before the hackers can
Neena Kapur, New York Times
1630 – 1715
Reflexions on how journalists, safety trainers & scholars can collaborate?
Monir Zaarour, IFJ
& short discussion
1715
Book launch
Transnational Othering, Global Diversities. Media, Extremism and Free Expression
Profs Elisabeth Eide and Kristin Skare Orgeret (eds.)
Friday 8th of November
Third floor, Pilestredet 46, OsloMet
0900 – 1000
Paper sessions
1000 – 1015 break
1015 – 1130
Paper sessions
1130 – 1145 break
1145 – 1245
Paper sessions
1245 – 1330 LUNCH KK-Lounge
1330 – 1430
Athene 1 & 2, OsloMet, Pilestredet 46, Oslo
UNESCO report on safety
Guy Berger, Unesco
The New Frontline: Female Journalists at the Intersection of Converging Digital Age Threats
Julie Posetti, International Center for Journalists; University of Oxford; University of Sheffield
1430 – 1445 Break
1445 – 1515
Journalists at risk
Presentation of European Centre for Press and Media Freedom
Stephanie Koch & Katrin Schatz
1530 – 1630
Journalism under threat: Towards a systematic investigation of journalists’ perceptions of risk in 110 countries
Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, University of Liverpool, UK
Thomas Hanitzsch, LMU Munich, Germany
1630 – 1700
Oscar Westlund
Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
Research leader for the Digital Journalism Research Group
Editor-in-Chief, Digital Journalism