What is the present state of local and regional journalism in the wake of the Leveson inquiry, and what about its future? Also, what will be the effect of the new form of press regulation?
Those questions will be tackled at a one-day conference being staged at Chester university by the policy network of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) on 5 November.
Among the speakers at the keynote symposium: Chris Frost, professor of journalism at Liverpool John Moores university; Keith Perch, former editor of the Leicester Mercury, Derby Telegraph and South Wales Echo who is now on the board of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso); James Morrison, former national paper staffer who is now a journalism lecturer at Kingston university
The panel will be chaired by Alison Hastings, former editor of the Newcastle Chronicle and Press Complaints Commission member who is currently a BBC trustee.
A second session will focus on the changing nature of news with Society of Editors' director Bob Satchwell and De Montfort university journalism lecturer Tor Clark on the panel.
A third session will consider the possibilities for news provision in the future, with a panel including Michael Temple, professor of journalism and politics at Staffordshire university, and Lauren Pennycook of the Carnegie UK Trust.
Registration costs £20. Details and more info: Chester university
