Date & Time: Wednesday October 22 2008
6.30pm for 7pm
Location: The Frontline Club | London | W2 1QJ
Organiser: The Orwell Prize - Media Standards Trust, Political Quarterly, the Orwell Trust
Contact name: Gavin Freeguard
Contact phone:020 7608 8105
Contact email:gavin.freeguard@mediastandardstrust.org
The Orwell Prize is delighted to announce that submissions for the Orwell Prize 2009 will open on 22nd October 2008. To mark the occasion, we will be holding a launch debate around the question, ‘Is journalism failing failing states?’
The panel will comprise of Lord (Paddy) Ashdown (former Lib Dem leader, diplomat); Peter Beaumont (Journalism Prize Winner 2007, The Observer); David Loyn (BBC Developing World Correspondent, shortlisted for the Book Prize 2006); and Michela Wrong (New Statesman, shortlisted for the Book Prize 2006). The debate will be chaired by Jean Seaton, Director of the Orwell Prize, who will also announce the judges for the coming Prize.
For more details - including how you can get involved in the debate online - follow the link above.
Keywords: orwell, ashdown, beaumont, loyn, wrong, prize, journalism