CMPI hosts International Summit on the Reconstruction of Journalism 2014

NEW YORK - April 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Erudite scholars and journalists from around the world will gather in New York on Friday May 2, 2014, to discuss the changing demands on and of journalism in the twenty-first century. Organized by the Center for Media & Peace Initiatives (CMPI) in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations and EnovativeTV, the international media summit will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

A statement by the President of CMPI, Dr. Uchenna Ekwo says the summit is being convened in response to the decline of standards in journalism practice around the world especially in the aftermath of massive hacking scandals at Rupert Murdoch’s News International in the UK and intense partisanship in media coverage in United States and other failures of the news media

Through discussion, debate, and case studies, participants drawn from different disciplines are expected to develop concrete strategies to restore the dignity of journalism not only in the United States but the entire world. With the theme - Future of Journalism: Managing Credibility and Identity Crises in the Fourth Estate, the summit will solicit ideas from prominent journalists and members of civil society, academia and students on how the media can meet current challenges.

Among the featured speakers at the summit include Zambia’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Joseph Katema, MP and Prof. Tapio Varis, the UNESCO Chair in Global E-Learning. Other speakers come from different universities and journalism institutions around the world.

The event is free for registered participants because it is being offered as a public service by CMPI. Reporters, editors, camera persons, anchors, scholars, academics, photographers, radio and television producers, newspaper columnists, bloggers, civil society activists, lawyers, students, and women are therefore invited to participate at the summit.

About CMPI

Center for Media and Peace Initiatives — CMPI is a 501 (c) (3) independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of conflict-resolving media practice around the world primarily through training of media professionals. We are fostering more critical journalism devoted to peace building and holding practitioners accountable for ethical journalism. We are building a media system that supports peace, dialogue, nonviolence, and democracy.

With a great reliance on its extensive international network, the center operates as a facilitator and partner in a wide variety of training projects, publishes and disseminates significant communication scholarship and advances the communication discipline through meaningful research, teaching and service. CMPI shares a commitment to make better sense of the role communication plays in global politics and the relationship between communication and conflict.

For more information please contact info@cmpimedia.org or call 917-803-5540

About EnovativeTV

EnovativeTV Inc. (ETV) is the leading distributor of live African television over Internet and 3G/4G connections in North America.  ETV carries international channels such as Euronews and France 24, regional stations such as Africa 24 and national networks such as Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) in the Ivory Coast.   An extensive video-on-demand library of 2,000+ movies, music videos and documentaries is also available, along with radio stations such as RFI.

ETV subscribers can view ETV programming on their televisions with the company’s customized Android receiver, Samsung SmartTV or Blu-Ray player, Roku as well as on Apple, Android and Windows mobile devices.

For more information contact press@enovativetv.com or call 646-569-5824