The annual conference of the Association for Journalism Education is set for 12-13 June at Liverpool John Moores university
The keynote speaker will be Stephen Shaw, the founder of Blippar, which calls itself "the image-recognition and augmented reality platform." He will talk about what dynamic content can do for the future of journalism.
Among the other speakers will be Ruth Stoker and Mercy Ette, of Huddersfield university, on blogging and Rex Li, of John Moores, on "the reporting of international news in a changing world."
The conference will conclude with a panel discussion on the controversial topic of internships and placements with Tim Dawson, the National Union of Journalists' vice president; John Cary, the National Council for the Training of Journalists' accreditation officer; Jon Godel, director of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council; and Nathan Pearce, a John Moores student.
Further details: email Chris Frost c.p.frost@ljmu.ac.uk
