News v Noise: How can journalism break through on our feeds?

TIME & LOCATION

Tuesday 10 November, 10:00 am

End Time: 11:00 am

Downstairs Theatre

About

What does the way we consume news mean for the future of journalism?

Audiences are moving from traditional news providers and discovering stories and content through social media, digital platforms and via independent creator-journalists.

Join this session for a lively discussion about the battle for attention, the importance or otherwise of legacy media and independent journalism, and the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of news.

Chair

William Crawley

SPONSOR

Panel

Mark Little

Journalist and Digital Media Innovator, CEO & co-founder of Kinzen
Mark Little is an entrepreneur and journalist working to understand the impact of technology on media and democracy. His new book, The Last Good Day on the Internet, explores hope and humanity in the age of superhuman technology. Mark was the co-founder of Kinzen, which used AI and human analysis to detect online harms, and the founder of Storyful, the world's first social news agency. Mark has worked on trust and safety issues at Spotify, and developed media partnerships for Twitter. He is a former TV presenter and foreign correspondent for RTE, and was a member of the Future of Media Commission, tasked with mapping the future of public media in Ireland.

Thomas Copeland

Journalist, BBC Verify
Thomas Copeland is a journalist with BBC Verify, where he covers artificial intelligence, open-source intelligence and disinformation. Before joining BBC News, Thomas studied as a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia Journalism School in New York City and then worked as a radio reporter in Alaska. His journalism career began in television production, working on politics programmes for the BBC in Northern Ireland and as a broadcast journalist for Sky News.

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Flávia Gouveia

Lead Journalist, Creator, Belfast Telegraph
Flávia Gouveia is the Lead Journalist Creator at the Belfast Telegraph where she oversees a team focused on social media-first content and contributes to the development of the organisation's social video strategy. Flávia holds an MA in Journalism from Ulster University, a BA in Liberal Arts and Politics from Queen’s University Belfast and first joined the Belfast Telegraph as a freelancer 2023.