Today, more than ever, access to reliable and trustworthy information is critical in order to make informed choices. But in a congested media environment, audiences can’t always recognise or access reliable and trustworthy information. Taking place in the newly refurbished Cinema 2 in the Irish Film Institute on November 1st, this year’s annual MLI conference explores how MLI members can facilitate a better understanding of the media landscape that underpins the production of reliable and trustworthy information and services.
In addition to the usual opportunities to network and share experiences and information about your media literacy experience, this conference will also provide members with an update on progress to date as well as offering members a chance to hear from excellent speakers and develop their own social media campaigning skills.
This conference also offers members a say on MLI business such as the election of three new members of the Steering Group and a chance to hear first about how ‘Be Media Smart 2” is shaping up.
All members should have received an invitation and are requested to confirm their attendance via the Eventbrite link contained in the invitation. If you did not receive an invitation please email medialiteracy@bai.ie.
This year, there is also the opportunity to participate in a free mini ‘Masterclass’ where Craig Dwyer from Forachange.org and Ronan Costello from Twitter will be working together to help MLI members make the best use of social media for campaigning. To register for this session please email medialiteracy@bai.ie.
| Time | Segment Header | Description |
| 9:00 | Registration from 9am | |
| 9:30 | Mini Masterclass: | Using social media for campaigning (optional extra for MLI members) delivered by Ronan Costello, Twitter and Craig Dwyer, Forachange.org |
| 10.30 | Coffee and tea | |
| 11:00 | Conference opening | |
| 11:05 | MLI Review | by BAI MLI Chair B’O’Neill |
| 11:20 | Keynote and Q&A | Dr. Aralynn McMane – Journalist, professor of journalism and consultant, Aralynn Abare McMane specializes in encouraging news media to better engage with young audiences. She has helped create educator-news media partnerships for the benefit of children and teenagers in more than 40 countries. She is a co-creator and director of The Global Youth & News Media Prize. |
| 11:50 | Panel Discussion on Media Literacy, Information and Journalism | Chaired by Brian O’Neill, MLI Chair. Panellists include: Damian Loscher, Managing Director, IPSOS Ireland representing the research sector. Aine Kerr – COO and co-founder of Kinzen; Aine Kerr – COO and co-founder of Kinzen; Jon Williams, Director News and Current Affairs, RTE Deirdre Veldon, Deputy Editor and Board member of The Irish Times Brendan Fernando Kelly Palenque, Editor, DCU student magazine |
| 12:40 | MLI Business | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 | MLI member panel presentations and Q&A | Chaired by Martina Chapman – Council of Europe Expert Group member and author of Council of Europe study on media literacy and quality journalism. Panellists include: Irena Cvetkovic, Athlone Community Radio representing the community media sector Teresa Hanratty: Learning Waves Transition Year Programme Ronan Costello: Teaching and Learning with Twitter Erin Barrett: Webwise participant activities Ricardo Castellini da Silva: TY workshops |
| 14:30 | Research update | Trust in news, truth decay |
| 14:50 | Be Media Smart 2 | |
| 15:00 | Coffee | Coffee available while members discuss campaign commitments |
| 15:30 | Member contributions | 2-minute summaries of media literacy activity |
| 15:45 | Conference close |