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SUMMARY:CGHR Practitioner Series presents: Reporting Human Rights Today - 
 Suyin Haynes\, Haley Joelle Ott\, Dr Maha Rafi Atal
DTSTART:20190501T160000Z
DTEND:20190501T173000Z
UID:TALK122356@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:cm2007@cam.ac.uk
DESCRIPTION:The journalism industry is undergoing intense change. Young jo
 urnalists today face job losses and budget cuts\, while navigating a world
  of new startups and funding sources. Social media is eroding the intermed
 iating role of the media as the fourth estate with the direct\, rapid prov
 ision of information. The rhetoric of “fake news” points to a wider tr
 end of declining trust in the media. And\, as traditional media organisati
 ons cut back on staff and resources\, especially internationally\, funding
  for journalism is coming from nonprofit foundations - on one side those d
 edicated to journalism and on the other policy organisations expanding int
 o journalism\, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. These
  journalism foundations are propping up the industry\, but they also have 
 their own agendas\, bottom lines and precarities. At the same time\, the e
 mployment offered by traditional news outlets is increasingly insecure or 
 poorly paid.\n\nBringing together young practitioners and academics\, this
  panel and discussion will unpack the landscape facing young persons embar
 king on a career in journalism today\, and the ways that some young journa
 lists are attempting to carve out a career reporting on international affa
 irs. How are young news reporters navigating a changing\, threatened and t
 umultuous field of journalism? What does it look like to be an internation
 al reporter today? What is the future role of the journalist in reporting 
 on international politics? \n\nPanel discussion followed by a drinks recep
 tion. All welcome.\n\n*Panellists:*\n\n*Suyin Haynes* is a Senior Reporter
  covering gender\, culture and marginalized communities for TIME magazine 
 from the publication’s London bureau. Prior to this\, she was based in T
 IME’s Hong Kong bureau for two years as an Associate Editor\, responsibl
 e for TIME’s social media and audience engagement endeavors. From Asia\,
  she also reported on social movements\, women’s rights and culture\, co
 vering everything from machismo populism in the Philippines\, to the #MeTo
 o movement in China and South Korea\, to the popularity of the film and no
 vel franchise 'Crazy Rich Asians.’ She graduated in International Relati
 ons and History from the London School of Economics and Political Science 
 in 2016. \n\n*Haley Joelle Ott* is the digital reporter/producer for CBS N
 ews in London. She has worked for outlets including VICE News on HBO\, Al 
 Jazeera English\, and Monocle\, and has reported and produced across Europ
 e\, Africa\, Latin America\, and the Middle East. She has received grants 
 from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the International Women
 ’s Media Foundation.\n\n*Dr Maha Rafi Atal* is a Postdoctoral Research F
 ellow at the Copenhagen Business School where she researches the political
  economy of corporate power\, including corporate influence in the media a
 nd the implications for investigative journalism. Other research interests
  include the politics of “corporate social responsibility” as a govern
 ance regime in the Global South\, and the accountability of corporations u
 nder international law. In addition to her academic research\, she is an a
 ward-winning business and economics journalist\, with work published in Fo
 rbes\, Fortune\, BusinessWeek\, The Guardian and The New Statesman\, among
  others. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge Review of Inte
 rnational Affairs\, and the co-founder and Executive Director of Public Bu
 siness\, a non-profit supporting reporting\, research and discussion about
  the wider impact of business actions.\n\n\n\n*About the CGHR Practitioner
  Series:*\nFor those hoping to pursue a career in the ‘Third Sector’\,
  especially amidst a broad range of organisations and agencies whose manda
 tes can be loosely collected under the umbrella headings of ‘Human Right
 s and Social Justice’\, ‘Conflict and Security’ or ‘Development an
 d Humanitarian Aid\,’ the terrain can be difficult to navigate. A sound 
 academic training\, the kind provided by Cambridge University\, is importa
 nt but certainly not enough to prepare students for the transition into wo
 rking in this sector. Through a mixture of substantive discussion\, person
 al reflection and practical advice\, the CGHR Practitioner Series brings t
 ogether high‐level experts working in these fields and creates a forum i
 n which students and researchers can listen and ask questions about what t
 his work actually involves\, seek out reflections from experience on the d
 ilemmas and challenges faced\, and probe the skill set and experience need
 ed to forge a career in these fields.
LOCATION: Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Road\
 , Cambridge\, CB3 9DT
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