Nordic Research Network in Journalism Studies,
seminar in Oslo 15-16 April 2010

Department for Media and Communication, University of Oslo,
Oslo Innovation Center (Forskningsparken)

Journalism, blogs and new media platforms. Classical problems and clash of cultures

Program

Thursday, April 15

10.15 Registration/coffee (Aula Forum, Oslo Innovation Center)

11.00 Opening

11.15 Key Note speech (1): Citizen participation in online news
journalism. Steve Paulussen, professor, Ghent University, Belgium
Questions/discussion.

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30 Online Feature Journalism, Steen Steensen, Journalist, lecturer
(Oslo University College) and PhD-student (Department of Media
and Communication, University of Oslo), Norway.
Questions/discussion

14.30 Paper presentations (in groups)

16.30 Coffee

17.00-18.00 Key Note Speech (2). The Online Journalist 2.0: Ethics amid Structural Change. Jane B. Singer, ass. professor, University of Iowa, and Johnston Press Chair in Digital Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, UK (on screen from the US).
Questions/discussion

20.00 Tapas-dinner at Fyrhuset Café, Oslo University College Campus (Pilestredet 52)

Friday, April 16

9.30 Computational Research Approaches to Journalism. Astrid Gynnild, post. doc. fellow, University of Bergen, Norway

10.30 Coffee

10.40 The Global report on the Status of Women in the News Media. Tarja Savolainen, researcher, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki

11.30 Lunch

12.30 Investigative online journalism. Morten Crone, journalist, Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen, Denmark.

13.30 Coffee

13.45 Future plans for the Nordic Research Network

14.30 Good bye!