Journalism is presently faced with two major challenges: finding new ways to describe the world’s sustainability challenges in a way that attracts large audiences and developing innovative business models that can ensure long-term financial sustainability.
Join us for the launch of a new e-course “How to Run an Environmentally, Socially, and Economically Sustainable Media Company” with a global perspective on these themes. The e-course is developed by the Sustainable Journalism Partnership in cooperation with the Guardian, Sanoma, Schibsted and Politiken and WAN-IFRA as well as Linnaeus-, Rhodes-, Tampere-, Utrecht- and Örebro university, and it is funded by the Media Industry Research Foundation of Finland.
Listen to a panel featuring experts from Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Sanoma, and Alma Media, who will discuss the role of media in the transformation towards a sustainable society.
Join Lars Boering, Director of the European Journalism Centre (EJC), as he explains how the EJC is transforming its support for newsrooms and journalists across Europe with a new strategic framework centered on sustainability.
What? Panel discussion and e-course launch + cocktails and snacks
When? Thursday 23rd January at 13-15 and 15-16 cocktails and snacks
Where? Tiedekulma Stage (Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki) & online stream
Registration link: Registration has ended.
Program
Panel discussion, panelists:
- Johanna Suhonen, Vice President, Content Business, Alma Media
- Hanna Johde, Communications & Employee experience, Sanoma Media
- Rami Ratvio, PhD, University Lecturer at the Centre for University Teaching and Learning and in Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki
- Susanna Lehvävirta, Director at Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Launch and presentation of the Sustainable Journalism e-course
- Lars Tallert, Founder of the Sustainable Journalism Partnership
Presentation of the European Journalism Centre’s new sustainability framework
- Lars Boering, Director of the European Journalism Centre
After the launch at 15:00-16:00, cocktails and coffee are served with some snacks. This is a great opportunity to share thoughts on the panel discussion and create foundations for collaborations between journalists and researchers.
The event will be in English, and it is organized by Sustainable Journalism Partnership, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science and Media Industry Research Foundation of Finland.