Parliament of Worlds Religion 2004 Barcelona

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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Symposia
The future of religion, the media and our communities
Douglas Todd. Douglas Todd is a member of the Board of Directors at the Center for Faith and Media. Todd is the religion and ethics writer for the Vancouver Sun
Keith Spicer. Keith Spicer is Director of the Institute for Media, Peace and Security, which is an intellectual tool aimed at educating people in the ways media interact with issues of war and peace. He was chairman of Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications regulatory body as well as editor-in-chief of The Ottawa Citizen,
In a world of mass communication, the interaction of religious communities and the media has dramatic implications for how we are understood in the world and how we understand ourselves. How can the issues that drive and motivate us as religious people have a higher profile?
How can we, as religious people, have a voice in how the media shapes our stories? What tools do I need to better interact with the media in a changing landscape? How can the media serve the need for interreligious understanding and the wider interreligious movement? This two day symposium will address each of these questions, bringing leaders from religious communities and the media around the world.
Concurrent Workshops: July 13, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Exiample Room, AC Barcelona The conflicting relations of journalists and religious communities. Are modern mass media, which tend towards the superficial and the spectacular, able to transmit the message and mystery of religious traditions? Can religions engage the media without becoming ostracized or socially irrelevant? What is the communications policy of the main religious communities in Spain? Jose Manuel Vidal (Orense, 1952) holds degrees in Theology and Sociology and o doctorate in Journalism. He has specialized in religious study for 20 years and has been religious correspondent of the newspaper El Mundo and director of Religiondigital.com (one of the internet's most visited sites)
Note: the Program organized by Dr. Jose Manuel Vidal (11:30 am to 1:00 pm, July 13th, will be conducted in Spanish, all other programs will take place in English)
July 12, 3:00 to 4:30 pm, 22@ Room, AC Barcelona Opening Address: The Effects of the Internet on Religion and Religious Community featuring Rev. Paul Raushenbush. Paul Raushenbush is the author of the regular column, "Ask Pastor Paul" on the award-winning website beliefnet.com He is currently Associate Dean of Religious Life at Princeton University and has written the book, "Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths." He has served churches in New York and Seattle and has been involved in ministry to street youth in Seattle and Sau Paulo, Brazil. He is an ordained American Baptist and one of the founders of the social gospel movement.
July 13, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Sants Room, AC Barcelona In the Eye of the Camera: Media Skills for Religious Leaders and Communicators. This session is a practical, hands-on workshop for religious leaders who work with the media. Topics covered will include understanding the "motives of the media, maximizing your media opportunities, preparing your messages, "turning the question," dealing with adversity, and more. Participants will prepare for, and rehearse, a live interview. Anuttama Dasa is the Director of Communications for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), he is based in Washington, D.C. and recently served as the Vice President of the Religion Communicators Council.
July 13, 9:30 to 11:00 am, 22@ Room, AC Barcelona Strange Bedfellows: Media and Religion Partnerships as Catalysts for Change. There is no denying it: the news media is the single largest disseminator of images of violence and conflict in the world. This panel brings together innovative examples of efforts that bridge the gap between training or knowledge about the world of faith and journalists. Specifically, this program will look at programs to train journalists in religion, government-funded partnerships with the media, and efforts to fund research in altruism, love, forgiveness or the science-religion connection as a way to yield media coverage and to focus in ways a more overt strategy might not. Debra L. Mason. Debra L. Mason, Executive Director, Religion Newswriters Foundation, is a former word-winning religion reporter and journalism college professor who, for the past seven years, has headed the Religion Newswriters Association
July 13, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Graciá Room, AC Barcelona The use of Media in Conflict. A workshop led by George Papagiannis of Internews. The organization fosters independent media in emerging democracies, produces innovative television and radio programming and Internet content, and uses the media to reduce conflict within and between countries. George Papagiannis is Director of Radio Training and Operations for Internews Mr. Papagiannis manages the International Journalism and Media Management training program for Internews at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He has conducted journalism seminars for Internews in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Indonesia
July 13, 3:00 to 4:30, 22@ Room. AC Barcelona
Annabel McGoldrick. Annabel McGoldrick, Peace Journalism Trainer, runs "Reporting the World," a journalism think-tank offering publications and seminars for United Kingdom-based journalists. Previously she was project coordinator for Conflict and Peace Forums
Keynote Address: Making News of Interfaith Relations featuring Gustav Niebuhr Over a 20-year career in journalism, most recently at the New York Times and, prior to that, at the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Atlanta Journal/ Constitution, Gustav Niebuhr has established a reputation as a leading writer about American religion,
Pamela Thompson, Pamela Thompson directs communications at The John Templeton Foundation, which was established in 1987 by renowned international investor, Sir John Templeton
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