Is it a disaster if the cameras are not there?
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Organised by ShelterBox
Join us for a panel debate, chaired by Clive Jones, Chair of the Disasters Emergency Committee (and ITV News) with: Mike Thomson, foreign affairs correspondent for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme; Sarah Whitehead of Sky News; DFID’s Dylan Winder; and Ross Preston, head of operations for international disaster relief charity, ShelterBox.
Inspired by ShelterBox, a growing emergency shelter provider in international disaster relief, we are offering a debate on how the media covers disasters, how journalists are selected, briefed and operate once in the field, and the value of their coverage.
The panel is chaired by Clive Jones CBE, the chair of the Disasters Emergency Committee. He is a former chairman of GMTV and ITV News, and an honorary visiting professor at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture Studies at the University of Wales.
The panel:
Sarah Whitehead, international affairs editor, Sky News.
Dylan Winder, head of humanitarian response, Department For International Development (DFID).
Ross Preston MBE, head of operations, ShelterBox International.
Mike Thomson, foreign affairs correspondent for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
