A transcript of this session is now available *pdf <https://isoc.live/wsis/2020.04.21_WSIS_TalkX_4_-_The_role_of_information%2C_journalism_and_media_in_countering_COVID-19.pdf> | doc <https://isoc.live/wsis/2020.04.21_WSIS_TalkX_4_-_The_role_of_information%2C_journalism_and_media_in_countering_COVID-19.doc>* See pp 15-16 of the transcript for a bunch of resources mentioned during the call, The RSF World Press Freedom Index launch webinar later in the day *didn't go all that well* <https://rsf.org/en/news/why-rsfindex-virtual-conference-was-not-broadcast>. Note that the UN's *World Press Freedom Day* <https://www.un.org/en/observances/press-freedom-day> is coming up on May 3 On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:07 AM Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
8am EDT, WSIS are into Microsoft Teams because the AI captions have a built-in translate option. However those captions are one line and fleeting. By contrast, AI captions on the ISOC livestream will be regular 3 line style, but English only.
ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday 20 April 2020, at 12:00 UTC, the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2020 (WSIS+15) presents 'The role of information, journalism and media in countering COVID-19'. This panel is the fourth in the ongoing virtual interactive TalkX ser"
[image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx4>On *Tuesday 21 April 2020*, at *12:00 UTC*, the *World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2020 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/>* (WSIS+15) presents '*The role of information, journalism and media in countering COVID-19*'. This panel is the fourth in the ongoing virtual interactive *TalkX series <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX>*,
Speakers: *Giacomo Mazzone* — Head of Institutional Relations, European Broadcasting Union (EBU); *Rachel Pollack* — WSIS Action Line Focal Point C9: Media, UNESCO; *Christophe Deloire* — Secretary General, Reporters Without Borders (RSF); *Mira Milosevic* — Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).
Participation is via *Microsoft Teams <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX>*, with closed AI captions available.
*LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx4 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx4> (open AI captions)*
*PARTICIPATE: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX>*
*TWITTER: #WSIS <https://bit.ly/2XIzSz3>*
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