Saturday 12 April

09.00 - Hotel Brufani, Piazza Italia 12, Perugia
Before using an adjective, ask for permission
with Laura Laurenzi and Aurelio Magistà

Considerations on journalistic writing, from the printed page to Internet

10.00 - Teatro Pavone, corso Vannucci 19, Perugia
Interview
Carl Bernstein interviewed by Antonio Di Bella

Carl Bernstein, whose work with Bob Woodward at The Washington Post on the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon in 1974, interviewed by Antonio Di Bella, director of RAI 3 News and former RAI New York correspondent.

11.30 - Teatro Pavone, corso Vannucci 19, Perugia
New ways forward for young journalists
with Teresa Bo, Bernardo Iovene, Paolo Mancini, Rod McKenzie and Alexander Stille

University, graduate journalism school, first job at a minor or regional newspaper, then on to the majors and/or nationals, then professional stardom, then retirement. Or so it used to be.

11.30 - Hotel Brufani, Piazza Italia 12, Perugia
Race for the White House 2008
with Mario Calabresi, Evan Cornog, Paolo Mastrolilli and Maurizio Molinari

Who will be the next US President? And does it matter?

14.30 - Teatro Pavone, corso Vannucci 19, Perugia
Citizen journalism – we are the media
with Mario Adinolfi, Luca Conti, Luca De Biase, Jan Schaffer and Ethan Zuckerman

The internet has radically changed the relationship between journalists, their sources and their readers/viewers. The once clear distinction between producers and consumers of news has become blurred.

15.00 - Hotel Brufani, Piazza Italia 12, Perugia
The state of health of health journalism
with Amelia Beltramini, Manuela Perrone, Roberto Satolli, Michael Specter and Thomas Stuttaford

Health matters to us all. Does the media give sufficient attention to this subject? Do newspaper health pages risk oversimplifying complex issues? Is medical-scientific information best left to the specialised press?

16.00 - Teatro Pavone, corso Vannucci 19, Perugia
Energy, geopolitics and the media
with Fulvio Conti, Edward McBride, Carmen Monforte, Massimo Nicolazzi and Sergey Startsev

Once upon a time, national security was considered in terms of relative ICBM throw-weights or the number of armoured divisions to hand. Has a new geopolitical dynamic emerged, with access to energy resources becoming the key feature?

17.00 - Hotel Brufani, Piazza Italia 12, Perugia
Open session - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, USA
with Evan Cornog

The open session will give students and any interested others the opportunity to get to know the school first hand - its admission procedures, its courses and what it offers in terms of career prospects post graduation.

18.00 - Teatro Pavone, corso Vannucci 19, Perugia
Investigative journalism – the (uncomfortable) search for the (uncomfortable) truth
with Peter Eisner, Duilio Giammaria, Peter Gomez, Dennis Redmont and Knut Royce

What sets investigative journalists apart? Courage, tenacity, time and money, contacts, luck? And can investigative journalism really make a difference? The panel will take as its starting point the book The Italian Letter: how the Bush administration used a fake letter to build the case for war in Iraq (2007) by Peter Eisner and Knut Royce which (...)

19.30 - Teatro Pavone, corso Vannucci 19, Perugia
Book presentation
with Stefano Corradino, Robert Fisk and Rula Jebreal

Divieto di Soggiorno. L’Italia vista con gli occhi dei suoi immigrati (2007) on the complex, contentious and highly topical subject of immigration.

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