Launch event for Media Literacy Week November 2, 2009

[Cathy Wing]

Media Awareness Network, Canadian Teachers’ Federation and Historica-Dominion Institute’s Encounters with Canada will launch Media Literacy Week on November 2, with a panel discussion in Ottawa about the impact of digital media on journalism and news gathering. There will be a live Webcast of the event from Ustream on www.medialiteracyweek.ca.

News Gathering in the Digital Age will include panellists Andrew Cohen, award-winning journalist, best-selling author and President of the Historica-Dominion Institute; Scott Rubin, head of policy communications at YouTube; Roger Dubois, video-journalist for CBC.ca; Althia Raj, National Bureau reporter for Sun Media; and moderator Daniel Bouchard, news anchor for Radio-Canada and communications professor at University of Ottawa.

Panelists will discuss the changing face of news in the 21st century: from citizen journalism to the impact of Web 2.0 tools such as YouTube, Twitter and blogs. Students from across the country who are participating in the Encounters with Canada youth forum will participate in the discussion.

[Raman Job]

Cathy, you folks and CTF have done a great job of bringing visibility to Media Literacy Week. I think this event will definitely propel it forward even more. Love the panel and the fact that you'll have 120 high school journalism students at the news conference. I'll definitely be tuned in on November 2nd.