Equality, diversity and inclusion in journalism teaching

The Journalism department at Liverpool John Moores University is pleased to be hosting a free one-day conference on EDI in Journalism education on June 26th. This event will be an opportunity for journalism educators and industry representatives to share research and practical ideas around embedding EDI in teaching and learning, and to discuss how media companies and journalism trainers can better work together in this area.

Agenda

9.30 – Registration and coffee

10 – Welcome

10.30 – Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu, Associate Professor at the University of Derby: Workshop on actionable, practical steps lecturers can take when planning, delivering and assessment design to be inclusive and reflective of the students in the classroom

11.15 – Coffee

11.45 – Journalism Educators panel: Equipping our students; working towards embedding EDI in the journalism curriculum

12.30 – Lunch

1.15pm – Jody Doherty-Cove, Head of Editorial AI at Newsquest: Representation and bias in AI - just how intelligent is it?

2pm – Sports Journalism Educators panel: Levelling the playing field; seeking ways to make the sports journalism classroom truly inclusive

2.45pm – Coffee

3.15pm – Bridging the Gap: helping students from education to industry. Chaired by Jem Collins, founder of Journo Resources, this panel includes Sunita Bhatti, head of regions at Channel 4 news, Andy Thompson, Senior Editor at Sky Sports, final year LJMU students being mentored as part of a pilot scheme by the John Schofield Trust and Giulia Bould, a mentee and BBC Radio Merseyside sports reporter.

4pm – Breaking barriers: An interactive session led by Lee Hall, Head of School of Media and Communications at the University of Sunderland and chair of the NCTJ’s Social Mobility Taskforce

5pm – 7pm - Close and drinks reception at nearby Pen Factory for all delegates and contributors

Attendance at the day is free, funded by LJMU’s Teaching and Learning Academy. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

The deadline for booking tickets is midnight on Tuesday, June 18th. If you have any dietary requirements or other requests for the day, then please email Sophie McCooey, s.l.mccooey@ljmu.ac.uk.

The EDI conference is the day before the main Association of Journalism Educators UK conference, which will be hosted at LJMU on June 27-28th June. AJE members are encouraged to attend both events but the EDI event is open to non-members also.

Hotels for both conferences are available to book here: https://liverpoolcvbres.bzon.uk/event/aje-conference-and-edi-in-journalism-education-conference/