The days spent in Thessaloniki as part of 6th Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy
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The project “Digital and Media Literacy for Youth Leaders” is an eight months project implemented by the Center for Social Innovations Blin 42-21 and Digital Communication Network Global that will provide youth with digital and media literacy skills. These skills will support them to analyze, evaluate and create effective messages on a wide variety of digital mediums. The project is financed by the Erasmus + small scale partnership program.
Thessaloniki, 8/3/2022
Ukrainian students will be hosted by the 6th Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy which is organized by the School of Journalism & Mass Communications of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Jean Monnet Chair on European Union Public Diplomacy. The academy will start on the 15th and will be completed on the 22nd of July 2022, while the opening will be on the 15th of July 2022, by the Rector of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Professor Nikolaos G. Papaioannou.
A workshop on reporting responsibly on diverse communities by Dr. Sally Ann Cruikchank, Assistant professor in the school of journalism and strategic media, Middle Tennessee State University.
Tena Perisin, Petra Kovacevic, Dejan Oblak, Stela Lechpammer (Department of Journalism and Media Production, University of Zagreb) talked about "The Reasons of News Avoidance and Perception of the media and journalism in Croatia: The National Survey".
Sherri Hope Culver, Associate Professor at Temple University talked about "Trends in media literacy".
Nadezda Azhgikhina, Journalist and Vice President of European Federation of Journalists talked about "New challenges to ethical journalism in Europe: Quality Journalism in Pandemic Time".
A workshop by Paul Lowe, Ziyah Gafic, Nicole Tung, ACACEMY VII
Mounir Ibrahim, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for Truepic, talked about Image provenance and its potential to counter image deception and disinformation online.
Theodora A. Maniou talked about "News values, sponsored editorial content and normative-ethical concerns: Towards an alternative journalistic practice"?
Andreas Panagopoulos, News Manager and News’ New Business Development Manager at Alter Ego Media Group talked about "The transformation of the News Manager in Project Manager in the Digital Era: The complexity and the skills".
Sherri Hope Culver, Associate Professor at Temple University talked about "Living in a surveillance country".
Betty Tsakarestou, Associate Professor and Head of Advertising and Public Relations Lab at Panteion University of Social and Political sciences and Leda Tsene, Researcher and teaching associate, Advertising and Public Relations Lab of Panteion University , talked about "The innovation leap of trust in entrepreneurial social journalism and solutions media brands. Media organizations next in reclaiming trust in co-creation with citizens, users, audiences, consumers, communities".
Dr. Andreas Veglis, Professor at School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki talked about "Data Journalism-Tools and Perspectives hands-on with Workbench data".