Newsworks hosted its first-ever ‘Festival of News’ event at the British Library on Thursday 9 June.
10am: Welcome, Jo Allan, CEO, Newsworks
Introduction from compere, Cathy Newman, broadcaster and journalist
Without fear. Without favour.
Moderator: Cathy Newman
Panellists: Alison Phillips (Mirror), Victoria Newton (The Sun), Charlotte Ross (Evening Standard)
Why journalism matters (to advertisers)
Moderator: Niki West
Panellists: Ryan Uhl (Mail Metro Media), Deborah Rosenegk (Evening Standard), Clare Chapman (Carat) and Amy Caven (Boots)
Coffee break
All Together: collaboration throughout Covid
Steve Barclay (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Downing Street Chief of Staff and Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire) in conversation with Gideon Spanier (Campaign) and Jo Allan (Newsworks)
Campaigning for good, campaigning for change
Moderator: Sonoo Singh (Creative Salon)
Panellists: Sam Greenhill (Daily Mail), Chris Riches (Express), Amelia Gentleman (The Guardian) and David Cohen (The Independent and Evening Standard)
The future of news
Moderator: Cathy Newman
Panellists: Emma Loffhagen (Evening Standard), Tom Richell (The Independent), Ben Curtis (The Telegraph), Aletha Adu (Mirror), Julia Atherley (The Sun) and John Abiona (Daily Mail)
Lunch
Putin the boot in
Moderator: Julia Hartley-Brewer (TalkRadio)
Panellists: Andrew Pierce (Daily Mail) and Kevin Maguire (Mirror)
Hard news is good news
Moderator: Denise Turner
Panellists: Michelle Sarpong (the7stars), Richard Warren (Lloyds Banking Group), Karen Eccles (Telegraph Media Group) and Claire Blunt (The Guardian)
Sport: the power to change the world
Moderator: Sonya Thomas (ex-international England rugby player turned journalist)
Panellists: Darren Lewis (Mirror), Henry Winter (The Times) and Anna Kessel MBE (The Telegraph)
Wrap up, Cathy Newman, broadcaster and journalist
Thank you & goodbye, Jo Allan, CEO, Newsworks
4pm: Drinks
Aletha Adu
political correspondent
Daily Mirror
Alison Phillips
editor
Daily Mirror
Amelia Gentleman
reporter
The Guardian
Amy Caven
senior media manager
Boots
Andrew Pierce
columnist and consultant editor
Daily Mail
Anna Kessel MBE
women’s sports editor
The Telegraph
Ben Curtis
head of editorial performance
The Telegraph
Cathy Newman
broadcaster and journalist
Charlotte Ross
acting editor
Evening Standard
Chris Riches
North West England correspondent
Daily Express
Clare Chapman
CEO
Carat UK
Claire Blunt
chief advertising officer
The Guardian
Darren Lewis
assistant editor
Daily Mirror
David Cohen
campaigns and investigations editor
The Independent and Evening Standard
Deborah Rosenegk
CCO
Evening Standard
Denise Turner
director of research and insight
Newsworks
Emma Loffhagen
comment and feature writer
Evening Standard
Gideon Spanier
editor-in-chief
Campaign
Henry Winter
chief football writer
The Times
Jo Allan
chief executive
Newsworks
John Abiona
trainee reporter
Daily Mail
Julia Atherley
news reporter
The Sun
Julia Hartley-Brewer
broadcaster and journalist
Karen Eccles
managing director of digital & innovation
Telegraph Media Group
Michelle Sarpong
trading director
the7stars
Kevin Maguire
associate editor (politics)
Daily Mirror
Niki West
director of agency and client services
Newsworks
Richard Warren
director of marketing communications
Lloyds Banking Group
Ryan Uhl
chief brand strategy officer
Mail Metro Media
Sam Greenhill
chief reporter
Daily Mail
Steve Barclay
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Downing Street Chief of Staff and Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire
Downing Street
Sonoo Singh
co-founder
Creative Salon
Sonya Thomas
freelance journalist
Tom Richell
head of multimedia
The Independent
Victoria Newton
editor in chief
The Sun
Videos
Cycle through event and session highlights from our YouTube playlist.
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