We are pleased to invite you to Geopolitics & journalism, the next panel discussion of our Geopolitics and … event series which looks at how geopolitics shapes the arts and humanities, and how they in turn shape geopolitics. This webinar will explore how journalists shape public understanding of geopolitical conflicts – and how geopolitics in turn shapes journalism. We will look at the challenges of reporting from conflict zones, the politics of information, and the role of media in framing global events, touching on issues such as access, bias, credibility, risk, and the responsibilities of the press in an increasingly polarised world. The panel will be chaired by Elvira Tamus (PhD Candidate at the Cambridge History Faculty and Research Assistant at the Centre for Geopolitics).
About the speakers:
Jeremy Adelman is the Director of the Global History Lab at the University of Cambridge and the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. The author and editor of a number of books about Latin America and world history, his most recent works include Narratives, Nations and Other World Products (2024), Inventing the Third World (2022), and the forthcoming Depending on Strangers: Arguments about Global Integration since Adam Smith to be published in 2025 with Princeton University Press.
Mary Hockaday is the Master of Trinity Hall, where she studied English as an undergraduate. Until 2022, she was Controller BBC World Service English. From 2009-2014, she was Head of the BBC Newsroom, overseeing the BBC’s core news services on radio, television and online for domestic and global audiences. Mary was Editor of BBC World Service News and Current Affairs from 2001 to 2006. WSNCA won a Special Sony Gold award in recognition of its 9/11 coverage. She serves on the board of the British Library and is the author of Kafka, Love and Courage, the Life of Milena Jesenska.
Roger Mosey is the Master of Selwyn College and a Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Previously, he spent most of his career at the BBC. His final role was as Editorial Director, and previous jobs included being Editor of Today on BBC Radio 4; Controller of BBC Radio 5 Live; Head of BBC Television News; Director of Sport and the BBC Director of London 2012.
Cover photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
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