Is Balance Out of Date? A Survival Guide for Journalism

Date, Time & Location Wed 24 May 2017, 6.30-7.30pm, Council Room, Firth Court, Western Bank S10 2TN
Details William Horsley, International Director for the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield, provokes the question: Is balance out of date? The open Internet age spells information overload and the demise of old media. The tenets of journalism - balance and objectivity - risk being swept away too. Will new ways be found to hold power to account? Or are we heading back towards information fortresses? A Festival of Debate event, hosted by not-for-profit social enterprise Opus Independents (which also publishes the Alt-Sheff "Localcheck" column in "Now Then" magazine). Free to attend, but please register using the link below so they can get an idea of numbers. Eventbrite booking