Reporting the Future
23rd November 2011, 18:00 for 18:30 | Reed Smith, 33rd Floor Broadgate Tower,
20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2RS
We are pleased to be sponsoring this upcoming Media Society event, being hosted by Michael Skrein of Reed Smith LLP.
Media stories about the future are often sensationalist. Wild technology forecasts (‘Welcome to tomorrow's world... where robots have rights and the moon is just another holiday destination’ ) vie for attention with predictions of doom (‘Obesity is as serious a threat as climate change’). Potential catastrophes like the Millennium Bug and the SARs pandemic come and go in the headlines, leaving us none the wiser. So how can journalists and programme makers judge the flood of future visions and scenarios being put forward by technology companies, brands, special interest groups, think tanks and politicians? Is it unrealistic to expect informed, rational and dispassionate reporting about the future?
Chair: Melanie Howard, Chair, Future Foundation
Panellists will include:
Bryan Appleyard, Author and Journalist
Gill Brown, partner, Third City
Charles Leadbeater, Innovation Guru and Author
Catherine Mayer, London Bureau Chief, Time Magazine and Author
There will be an opportunity to network over drinks afterwards.
Booking Information
This event is free, but you must register. For more information and to book your place please contact Sam at sam_keegan@hotmail.com.