The Royal Television Society Yorkshire Centre in association with the Radio Academy Yorkshire Branch are supporting Leeds Trinity University's annual Journalism Week by holding a joint event- The Way Forward - to look at how new technology is impacting on the job of the broadcaster whether it’s covering live breaking news events such as the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, or covering the political agenda – including the forthcoming General Election.

The main speaker will be BBC journalist Nick Garnett who has been in search of the tools with which to be a mobile journalist since he sweated and lugged round a reel to reel tape recorder which weighed the same as a new born baby.  After a large number of false dawns, the Apple iPhone was released and for the past four years he's stretched its capabilities to the limit. Now he broadcasts live radio and TV on it, shoots video, records audio, mixes multitrack audio and video packages and files them to BBC 5live from Berlin to Blackpool, Jordan to Jarrow. He recently reported on the Paris shootings where he broadcast 53 live reports in 60 hours. 

Leading the session will be a Q&A with Helen Thomas, Head of BBC Yorkshire, who will be talking about the BBC's report The Future of News which was published this month by the BBC's Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding. Helen was one of four executives to work on producing the report.

The session will start on Monday March 2nd at 6.30 pm but there will be (free) drinks and nibbles from 6 pm. The event is in the Mary Hallaway Lecture Theatre at Leeds Trinity University, and parking on the campus is free. 

Speakers

The main speaker will be BBC journalist Nick Garnett who has been in search of the tools with which to be a mobile journalist since he sweated and lugged round a reel to reel tape recorder which weighed the same as a new born baby.  After a large number of false dawns, the Apple iPhone was released and for the past four years he's stretched its capabilities to the limit. Now he broadcasts live radio and TV on it, shoots video, records audio, mixes multitrack audio and video packages and files them to BBC 5live from Berlin to Blackpool, Jordan to Jarrow. He recently reported on the Paris shootings where he broadcast 53 live reports in 60 hours. 

Booking Instructions

No booking necessary.

Venue Instructions

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