[Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: WSIS TalkX 4 - The role of information, journalism and media in countering COVID-19

[Joly MacFie]

A transcript of this session is now available *pdf
<https://isoc.live/wsis/2020.04.21_WSIS_TalkX_4_-_The_role_of_information%2C_journalism_and_media_in_countering_COVID-19.pdf>
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<https://isoc.live/wsis/2020.04.21_WSIS_TalkX_4_-_The_role_of_information%2C_journalism_and_media_in_countering_COVID-19.doc>*

See pp 15-16 of the transcript for a bunch of resources mentioned during
the call,

The RSF World Press Freedom Index launch webinar later in the day *didn't
go all that well*
<https://rsf.org/en/news/why-rsfindex-virtual-conference-was-not-broadcast>.

Note that the UN's *World Press Freedom Day*
<https://www.un.org/en/observances/press-freedom-day> is coming up on May 3

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:07 AM Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> 8am EDT, WSIS are into Microsoft Teams because the AI captions have a
> built-in translate option. However those captions are one line and
> fleeting. By contrast, AI captions on the ISOC livestream will be regular 3
> line style, but English only.
>
> ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday 20 April 2020, at 12:00 UTC, the World
> Summit on the Information Society Forum 2020 (WSIS+15) presents 'The role
> of information, journalism and media in countering COVID-19'. This panel is
> the fourth in the ongoing virtual interactive TalkX ser"
>
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> [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx4>On *Tuesday
> 21 April 2020*, at *12:00 UTC*, the *World Summit on the Information
> Society Forum 2020 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/>* (WSIS+15)
> presents '*The role of information, journalism and media in countering
> COVID-19*'. This panel is the fourth in the ongoing virtual interactive *TalkX
> series <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX>*,
>
> Speakers: *Giacomo Mazzone* — Head of Institutional Relations, European
> Broadcasting Union (EBU); *Rachel Pollack* — WSIS Action Line Focal Point
> C9: Media, UNESCO; *Christophe Deloire* — Secretary General, Reporters
> Without Borders (RSF); *Mira Milosevic* — Executive Director, Global
> Forum for Media Development (GFMD).
>
> Participation is via *Microsoft Teams
> <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX>*, with closed
> AI captions available.
>
> *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx4
> <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/talkx4> (open AI captions)*
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> *PARTICIPATE: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX
> <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2020/Home/WSISTalkX>*
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> *TWITTER: #WSIS <https://bit.ly/2XIzSz3>*
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