Children and the Media Seminar Schedule

Seminar on ‘Children and the Media’
Monday, 6 December 2010
Morgan Hotel, Fleet Street, Dublin 2

11am – 12.30pm                 Children and the Newspaper – Not Seen, Nor Heard, but Scared 
                                                               Speaker: Professor Magne Raundalen Centre for Crisis Psychology,
                                                                                   Bergen (Norway) (Advisor to Children’s Ombudsman in Norway)
                                                               Respondent: Ms Emily Logan, Ombudsman for Children

                                                               Chairman: Professor John Horgan, Press Ombudsman.

12.30 pm – 1.30 pm               Light Lunch (sandwiches/tea/coffee)

1.30 pm – 3 pm                   Children and the Media: Professional and Legal Issues
                                                                Speakers:
                                                                Ms Dearbhail MacDonald, Legal Affairs Editor, Irish Independent
                                                                Ms Maria Corbett, Policy Director, Children’s Rights Alliance
                                                                Ms Catherine Ghent, Kelleher O’Doherty, Solicitors

                                                                Chairman: Mr Brendan Keenan, Chairman, Code Committee, Press Council
                                                                                       of Ireland.

3 pm – 3.30 pm                   Tea/coffee

3.30 pm – 5 pm                   Children and the Media: Lessons for the Future
                                                                Speakers: 
                                                                Dr Paul Connors, National Director of Communications, HSE 
                                                                Mr Fergus Finlay, Chief Executive, Barnardos

                                                                Chairman: Mr Dáithí O’Ceallaigh, Chairman of the Press Council of Ireland.