TrustMedia hosts global security seminar for journalists
Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:19 GMT
A woman asks a question during the Q+A of a seminar – Reporting on International Security and Terrorism – at the Thomson Reuters building in London, June 8 2011. REUTERS/Claudine Boeglin
LONDON (TrustMedia) – From nuclear threats and the security implications of climate change to cyberwarfare and the future of al-Qaeda after Osama Bin Laden’s death, security issues dominated a seminar for journalists hosted by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Stanley Foundation and Gerda Henkel Stiftung.
Reporting on International Security and Terrorism, a three-day event in London, brought together reporters from 13 countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Uganda and the United States. Participants rubbed shoulders with leading security experts and major players in counter-terrorism, nuclear disarmament, genocide prevention and non-violent protest.
The seminar wrapped up with a lively “Newsmaker” discussion titled “Facebook and People Power – The View from Tahrir Square”.
Speakers at the Newsmaker included Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing managing who emerged as one of the heroes of the Egyptian revolution; Sally Moore, a British-Egyptian psychiatrist who helped organise the protest movement; and Srdja Popovic, a Serbian non-violent activist who helped topple Slobodan Milosevic.
See our live blog of the seminar for detailed coverage or watch video interviews with many of the speakers:
Stanley Foundation sums up security seminar success
Keith Porter, director of policy and outreach at the Stanley Foundation
Bin Laden’s death could decentralise al Qaeda – jihad expert
Anna Murison, head of global Jihad Forecasting, Exclusive Analysis
After bin Laden, what is the future for al Qaeda?
Guido Steinberg of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Alumni video - What were your motivations to become a journalist?
Alumni journalists from around the world speak of their motivations
Alumni video- What are the main obstacles you face in your profession?
Alumni journalists speak of censorship and sexism in the media
Alumni video - What is the news event you recall and why?
Alumni journalists recall the Mumbai attacks, the revolution in Egypt and more
"Arab awakening" represents climate-change threat multiplier - climate expert
Jeffrey Mazo, editor of "Survival," environmental security research fellow
Could cyberterrorism become a reality?
Tony Dyhouse, expert at ICT Knowledge Transfer Network
How can journalists help prevent genocide?
Jennifer Welsh, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict co-director
How does climate change fuel conflict?
International Alert’s Dan Smith talks about climate change and conflict
Pakistan's former intelligence chief reflects on Bin Laden's death
General Ehsan ul-Haq, former director-general of Interservices Intelligence
Egyptian activist describes life in "Republic of Tahrir Square"
Psychiatrist Sally Moore, who was closely involved in the protest movement
"Countdown to Zero" producers hope to ignite anti-nuclear sentiment
Matt Brown, executive producer of the film "Countdown to Zero"
Media needs to wake up to today’s nuclear threats, says ‘Global Zero’ activist
"Countdown to Zero" producer hopes for elimination of nuclear weapons
A conversation with Muslim Brotherhood cleric Kamel Helbawy
Cleric Kamel Helbawy talks about online radicalisation
Al Qaeda method "finished" - guerrilla-turned-peacemaker Abdullah Anas
Abdullah Anas, an influential voice among north African Islamists
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