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Australian Press Council to celebrate 40th anniversary with conference

The Australian Press Council will mark its 40th anniversary with a conference held in Sydney in May next year.

The announcement:

To help celebrate the Australian Press Council’s 40th Anniversary and its proud history of promoting press freedom and high standards of media practice, the Council is hosting a major international conference in Sydney in 2016.

Key themes of the conference will include:

  • influences of technological, social and commercial change on journalism;
  • the need for reform of secrecy, censorship and defamation laws and the dangers of over-regulation by governments;
  • the role of independent press councils in enhancing press freedom by setting high standards and maintaining public confidence.

Already, a number of leading journalists and media industry figures from Australia and overseas have agreed to take part as speakers or panellists. Click here for more information and to read about speakers. Act quickly to take advantage of an Early Bird rate until 1 February 2016. Click here to book tickets.
The Council is also seeking conference sponsorship from a range of corporate and institutional partners, especially to enable participation of international guests.
Read an article in The Newspaper Works newsletter about plans for the conference.
For more details, contact Michael Rose, the Press Council’s Director of Research and Communications on 02 9261 1930 or by email at michael.rose@presscouncil.org.au

Source: APC media release

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