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House of Commons: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
MEDIA ADVISORY NOTE
This information is for interested members of the media only. The general public is encouraged to view the session on parliamentlive.tv.
Media who wish to attend mus pre-register. Please see information below.
Evidence session: Fake news and misinformation
Thursday, 8th February 2018 at George Washington University, Washington DC
This oral evidence session is part of the Committee’s inquiry into Fake news and misinformation.
This is the first ever live broadcast, public hearing of a House of Commons select committee outside of the United Kingdom. It will be a formal proceeding of the UK Parliament. A transcript of the proceedings will be available later via the Official Report/Hansard.
As advertised previously, the Committee is to visit the US in February 2018. The Committee programme will include a number of private meetings with tech and media companies in New York before travelling to Washington DC and taking oral evidence in public session. The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management and School of Media and Public Affairs will host the public evidence session for the Committee.
All timings are local to Washington DC.
Witnesses (updated):
Panel 1: 09.00 - Google
- Richard Gingras, Vice President of News
- Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy, YouTube
Panel 2: 10.00 - Facebook
- Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management
- Simon Milner, Policy Director, UK, Middle East and Africa
Panel 3: 11.00 - Twitter
- Carlos Monje, Director, Public Policy and Philanthropy, U.S. and Canada
- Nick Pickles, Head of Public Policy and Philanthropy, UK
Lunch break at noon
Panel 4: 13.00
- David Carroll, Associate Professor of Media Design, The New School
- Amy Mitchell, Director of Journalism Research, Pew Research Center
- Frank Sesno, Director, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
- Claire Wardle, Research Fellow, Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Panel 5: 14.00
- David Chavern, President and CEO, News Media Alliance
- Tony Maddox, Executive VP and MD, CNN International
- Kinsey Wilson, Special Advisor to the President/CEO of the New York Times
- Major Garrett, Chief White House Correspondent, CBS News
A press conference will follow at 16.00.
Important: media pre-registration
Any media wishing to cover the public session must pre-register interest by emailing Lucy Dargahi: [email protected] with their details. There will a set number of places reserved for media allocated on a first come, first served basis.
The Chair and members of the Committee will be available for interview including broadcast clips, at the press conference on Thursday evening at 16.00.
It is possible to pre-register for individual sessions or the entire programme but you must indicate your preference to attend the press conference.
The session will be streamed live and made available to broadcasters. Arrangements will be confirmed in due course and distributed by media advisory note.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Committee membership: Damian Collins MP (Chair) (Conservative, Folkestone and Hythe), Julie Elliott MP (Labour, Sunderland Central; Paul Farrelly MP (Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme); Simon Hart MP (Conservative, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire); Julian Knight MP (Conservative, Solihull); Ian C. Lucas MP (Labour, Wrexham); Chris Matheson MP (Labour, City of Chester); Brendan O’Hara MP (Scottish National Party, Argyll and Bute); Rebecca Pow MP (Conservative, Taunton Deane); Jo Stevens MP (Labour, Cardiff Central); Giles Watling MP (Conservative, Clacton.)
Media enquiries: Estelle Currie: [email protected] or 02072198211 and Lucy Dargahi: [email protected] or 0207 921 293 656
Committee website: www.parliament.uk/cmscom
Committee Twitter: @CommonsCMS
Committee Information: [email protected] 020 7219 6188
Committee news and reports, Bills, Library research material and much more can be found at www.parliament.uk.
All proceedings can be viewed on-demand at www.parliamentlive.uk.
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