The first set of speakers for next month’s Society of Editors conference have been announced today.
Daily Mirror Editor Alison Phillips; former BBC Editorial Director Kamal Ahmed, who did his early training at the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton; Guardian journalist Joseph Harker and Warren Nettleford, co-founder of the RTS award-winning youth platform Need to Know are the first names to be announced for next month’s high-profile media conference.
Considered a major highlight of the industry calendar, the in-person conference will take place on Wednesday 11 May 2022 at Mary Ward House in London.
Phillips, Editor of The Mirror since 2018, will lead a discussion on diversity and inclusion at the conference and whether initiatives to improve representation have worked and what’s next. The panel will also hear from Joseph Harker, Senior Editor, Diversity & Development at Guardian News & Media.
Kamal Ahmed, former Editorial Director of the BBC and Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of The News Movement will lead a panel of industry figures including Warren Nettleford to discuss how to engage young people and new audiences in news on social platforms. Nettleford is the co-founder of social-first news network Need to Know which first launched on Snapchat before it won the digital award at the RTS Television Journalism Awards. The network is being supported by the Google News Initiative to fund its second series on YouTube.
Special hotel rate for SoE conference
Ahead of the Society’s annual conference next month, we have negotiated a special rate for delegates at the nearby Hilton London Euston. This special room rate will be available until 10th of April. The conference will take place at Mary Ward House on 11 May 2022. To book your stay at the Hilton, simply click on the link here and complete your reservation at the special group rate. Details of other nearby hotels can be found here.
Behind the Headlines podcast: Listen to the BBC’s Clive Myrie discuss Ukraine and managing mental health
The BBC’s Clive Myrie has discussed reporting from Ukraine, taking on Mastermind as well as why no story is worth dying for as part of the latest Behind the Headlines podcast.
Launched earlier this year, the podcast talks to journalists across the news industry who share their experiences, the challenges they have faced and how they have managed their mental health. The podcast is hosted by journalists Hannah Storm and John Crowley. The first episode heard from Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent at the BBC and Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 about reporting from conflict zones. To listen to the podcasts visit here.
Top picture: Kamal Ahmed, formerly of the Lennox Herald.