One for the diary: The latest Journalism Leaders Forum from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston is on the theme ‘Local Turf Wars – Notes from the digital news frontline’
Panelists are:
- Neil Benson – editorial director of Trinity Mirror Regionals and “an architect of the company’s hyper-local news strategy”
- Jay Rosen – writer of the blog PressThink and part of NewAssignment.Net
- Emma Hemmingway – lectures in broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University. “In her latest book Into the Newsroom- exploring the digital production of regional television she writes about the BBC’s pilot project into local television news which was slated to be rolled out nationally from 2007”
- Andy Mitten – sports journalist and author
- Chair is Mike Ward – head of the Department of Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and author of Journalism Online
5.15pm for 6.00pm on Tuesday, 16 October 2007, in Greenbank Lecture Theatre, University of Central Lancashire, Preston Campus
Online Journalism Blog 
Hi Paul
If I may be so bold as to say in the afternoon there is to be three very open, free and easy discussions covering video, linking up with bloggers and what’s working, or not, in local online publishing under the banner of the Digital Editors’ Network, more here:
http://digitaleditorsnetwork.blogspot.com/2007/10/join-us-on-16th.html
All the best, Craig