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Joined January 2013
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What is the future of public-interest news in the UK? We'll be asking this question and revealing the findings of the News Futures 2035 foresight project, supported by @GoogleNewsInit, at @journalism's @newsrewired conference in London today.
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.@francoisnel, Reader in Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship @UCLan, will be joined by Helen Philpot, Managing Editor @TheSun; Jonathan Heawood, Executive Director @PINewsF, Lisa MacLeod (@lisataljard), Director, Head of EMEA, @FtStrategies; and ex-Google exec Madhav Chinnappa.
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Watch this space for more information. In the meantime, here is @ElizaTalks on why she chose to take part in News Futures 2035.
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Media Innovation Studio retweeted
Congratulations to Dr.@francoisnel for being awarded the @UCLan Students' Union Lecturer of the Year Award 2024! Your leadership in the Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programmes has truly inspired us. Thank you for your support and guidance. Stay blessed! #UCLanProud
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The @JILeaders Forum Finding Clarity in Chaos: News Leadership in a Distruptive Age has started with our panel of young leaders sharing their experiences and advice. Visit mediainnovationstudio.org/ev… for details of this and future events
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We're thrilled to announce that Nata Dzvelishvili will be joining the speakers at our JILeaders Forum tomorrow. Nata is CEO of Indigo Magazine in Georgia and was a participant on @UCLan's Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme last year. Register: bit.ly/jileadersfeb24
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Nata is joining @ivorprice, co-founder @foodformzansi in South Africa; @ Ghada Ammar, news anchor at AlMamlakaTV in Jordan; and Jacqui Merrington (@jacquiwalls), Founder, The Happy Journalist, to consider leadership lessons from diverse markets. Register: bit.ly/jileadersfeb24

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There's still time to book a place to attend the @JILeaders Forum, on the theme of Finding Clarity in Chaos: News Leadership in a Disruptive Age. It takes place online and in-person tomorrow (27th February) from 13.00-15.30 GMT. Reserve your spot at bit.ly/jileadersfeb24
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This was such an incredible final call. I loved reliving the year through everyone’s memories of the things they have most valued. I have got so much from this programme - greater confidence, skills, ideas, new ways of thinking, amazing friendships.
'Belonging', 'a rich community', 'genuine connections' - descriptions that were repeated again and again during last night's final call of our Journalism Innovation & Leadership programme Class of 2023, when we asked participants for their reflections on the past 12 months
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'Belonging', 'a rich community', 'genuine connections' - descriptions that were repeated again and again during last night's final call of our Journalism Innovation & Leadership programme Class of 2023, when we asked participants for their reflections on the past 12 months
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The final assignments may have been handed in, but the @JILeaders experience is not over. Participants will all continue to be members of that 'rich community' of journalism leaders and thinkers, who work in a range of media organisations across the globe.
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Should the media tell you when they use AI to report the news? @francoisnel, Reader in Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship @UCLan, considers options for news orgs wanting to ensure AI is used ethically and responsibly, in this piece for @ConversationUK bit.ly/3G2ImGp
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Our Journalism Innovation and Leadership programme participants have spent a week in Cape Town learning how to solve problems and test new ideas via a five-day design sprint led by @campodipace
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... @Googlenewsint, @mattcooke_uk and everyone else who contributed. Further information on @UCLan's @JILeaders programme: mediainnovationstudio.org
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