I hope that this conference might be of interest to list members: BROADCAST NEWS AND THE ACTIVE CITIZEN A Dialogue between Media Researchers and Practitioners about the changing relationship between Broadcast News and Citizenship Monday, January 7, 2008, University of Leeds KEYNOTE SPEAKERS PETER HORROCKS, Head of (the recently converged) BBC Newsroom JOHN DOWNING, Southern Illinois University (author of Radical Media) Presenters include: Brian McNair, University of Strathclyde Chris Atton, Napier University Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College - University of London Vicky Taylor, BBC Interactive Simon Bucks, Sky News Mark Waddington, ITV Local USER GENERATED CONTENT - CITIZEN JOURNALISM - INTERACTIVITY - PRODUSAGE - COMMUNITY MEDIA - LOCALISM Broadcast news institutions are responding in unprecedented ways to a public which increasingly produces and consumes its own journalism. The conference will explore the changing relationship between Broadcast News and Citizenship. These trends challenge traditional notions of citizenship and the role of broadcasters. While enabling exploration of a broad range of topics related to these phenomena, we seek to develop insights, in particular, into how the major news broadcasters of the UK - at the local and national levels - adapt to an increasingly active, engaged, and demanding public. The cost of the conference (including lunch and wine reception) is £25. The reduced fee for students/unwaged is £10. For information or to register, please visit: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/news-citizen <https://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/news-citizen> . Contact news.citizen@leeds.ac.uk for further information or call Sarah Ventress on 0113-343-5805