Conference “When the Past Drives the News, and Why We Should Care”

The Conference "When the Past Drives the News, and Why We Should Care", featuring Barbie Zelizer, Director of the Center for Media at Risk at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, as keynote speaker, takes place on February 1 at 6:30 p.m.

The lecturer, who is also the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, is known for her work in the fields of journalism, crises, culture, memory and images. Author of numerous books and articles, Barbie Zelizer is the co-editor of the academic journal Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism and a former President of the International Journalism Association.

The Journalism Manifesto is the title of her most recent book.

Organised by the Rectory of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, the session will take place in the Sala de Exposições at the University's headquarters in Lisbon.

The registration period has already closed.