The Leadership Foundaiton is pleased to launch a new initiative - Diversity in the Media! 

The media is the main source of information within all societies, the arena where we learn, confirm our beliefs and stereotypes and gain new information. There is a need for a the development of operational strategies, with concrete goals and action plans to ensure diversity is enhanced in the media. Strategies based on goals with a quantitative (representation) and qualitative (portrayal) perspective.

We welcome you to start a dialogue with us, on Diversity in the Media - March 31st from 12-16 in Oslo, Norway!

See below for programand registration information

Date: March 31st
Time: 11:30 - 16:00
Place: Storgata 25, The Norwegian Center against Racism (Antirasistisk Senter)
Registration by March 27th: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  
 Admission is FREE!!  

Part 1 – THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT
12:15 – 12:40 - Presentation of the study & initiatives from Media 4 diversity (Milica Pesic, Media Diversity Institute, London).
12:40 - 13:10 - Media, Intercultural dialogue and Antidiscrimination ; perspectives from the Council of Europe campaign. (Reynald Blion, Media and Diversity Manager, Council of Europe).
Facilitator: Karyn Bennett Lund (NRK – The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation).
Part 2 - BACKGROUND
13:30 – 14:00 - The power of the Media in shaping our identity and mindset (Thomas Hylland Eriksen, CULCOM,Oslo)
14:00- 14:30 - CSR in the Media? (T.B.D)
Facilitator: Kari Helene Partapuoli (Director of The Norwegian Center against Racism)
Part 3 – THE SCANDINAVIAN CONTEXT
15:00 – 15:30 – Normalized or marginalized? Minority experience in the media, (Elisabeth Eide, CULCOM, Oslo)
15:30 – 16:00 – The Swedish experience- Quick response media monitoring (Arash Mokhtari, Quick Response, Sweden)
Facilitator: Iffit Qureshi (Freelance journalist)

Part 4 – SUMMARY
Next steps.... (Lisa Cooper, The Leadership Foundation) 

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