Invited keynote presentations

Hugo Bigi: Journalism Education between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility. Thursday 27th, 14.20 – 15.20 

Hugo Bigi, senior lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences HWZ Zurich, Switzerland, has recently published the book: “Journalism Education between Market Dependence and Social Responsibility. An Examination of Trainee Journalists”. This presentation will focus on the main points from this book and discuss the impact of journalism training on journalists’ experiences of their occupation and its implications for the news industry in the present volatile economic environment. It examines to what extent training empowers current journalists to adapt to the fast changing news world in order to guarantee the improvement of journalistic quality and to further serve a vital democratic function on our society.  
See also Hugo Bibi's homepage.

Maria Becher Trier: Educating the supervisors of journalist interns. Friday 28th November, 10.15 – 11.15

Maria Becher Trier works as a journalist for Folkeskolen, The Public School, an independent magazine, published by the Danish Union of Teachers. She has engaged herself in improving the experience of internship for the students, supervisors and the work place. She was one of the initiators of a Danish education for the supervisors for journalist interns. The education is run within the Danish Union of Journalists. In 2012, Maria Becher Trier with her colleague won the prize as best intern supervisor of the year. This prize is given by the journalists interns, who each year nominate and elect a candidate, who has excelled as a supervisor.