Constructive journalism will also be discussed at FIGiLo, the Festival of Local Journalistic Information in Gallipoli from Jan. 23-26, 2019
2018 could not have ended in a better way, with an invitation to Gallipoli from the staff of Caroli Hotels, sponsor and organizer of the third edition of FIGiLo, the Festival of Local Journalistic Information.
The event, to be held in January, will last four days, one more than the previous edition, thanks to an even richer program of guests and topics that will range from local journalism to fake news, from professional ethics to citizen journalism and the role of social media, alternating between talks by journalists, editors, academics and other figures related to the world of communication to take stock of different topics, including, of course, that of constructive journalism.
Indeed, in an industry undergoing a major crisis, such as publishing, constructive journalism opens up new possible scenarios in the increasingly complex and criticized journalism profession.
Never before has there been such a need for more and more trained and refined journalists, interlocutors, and intermediaries in the midst of a revolution that has been going on for decades and still has not settled down. A revolution that fights and adapts every day with the redundant force of the web and social networks.
Among the topics scheduled at the Local Journalism Festival are two appointments related to constructive journalism in which Silvio Malvolti and Assunta Corbo, co-founders of the Italian Association of Constructive Journalism (find out more).
The first meeting will consist of a course for high school students and is scheduled for the morning of Jan. 24 (10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.). The second meeting is scheduled for Jan. 25 (9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.) with an introductory course valid for training credits from the Order of Journalists. Participants will find out what constructive journalism is, why it comes into being, what techniques it uses, what are the consequences of skewed information with respect to the reader's interest, and how constructive journalism solves this problem. You will also see some concrete examples. You can download the course syllabus here.
Is news just a product made to be sold?
Over time, journalism has turned the news into a mere product to sell (and attract ratings) to the point that it has lost its original function, which is to provide useful elements for understanding reality.
Constructive journalism has already become a mega-trend in northern European countries and has already been widely adopted in Denmark (by state broadcaster DR), the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway (by state TV NRK), the United Kingdom(BBC and The Guardian), and overseas in the United States (by the New York Times and with the birth of the Solutions Journalism Network).
The most significant initiatives that have promoted and popularized this new form of journalism have garnered sponsorship from giants such as Facebook and Google, and from the United Nations, as well as multimillion-dollar funding for training in journalism that is more reader-friendly and solution-oriented, rather than limited to problems alone.
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This and other issues will be addressed by Festival of Local Journalism (here the program of the event), a time of meeting and discussion where the future generation of journalists, namely students from some high schools, will also be present. The 2019 FIGiLo Awards will also be presented during the event.
The event will be held at the Bellavista Club of Caroli Hotels under the patronage of theOrder of Journalists of Apulia, the Province of Lecce and the Municipality of Gallipoli.
The course is free of charge! Reserve your place now by entering your details below:
