[ENG] KPF EWC Journalism Forum ‘ Viral News: Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic’

● Title : KPF-EWC Journalism Forum ‘ Viral News: Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic’
● Date : April 9(Thu) 2020, 09:30 ~ 12:00 (Korea)
April 8(Wed) 14:30 ~ 17:00 (Hawaii)
April 8(Wed)20:30 ~ 23:00 (Washington D.C)
● Organized by : Korea Press Foundation, USA East West Center
● Theme : News Coverage of COVID-19 and Impact of Disinformation
● Program :
▷ Presentation 1 : News Coverage of COVID-19 and Infodemics / Jung, Jun Hee (Professor, Hangyang Univ.)
▷ Presentation 2 : How People Use News Media/SNS to Perceive Corona Outbreak / Lee, So Eun (Senior Researcher, Korea Press Foundation)
▷ Presentation 3 : “A Nearly Perfect Weapon”: How COVID-19 and the Public Health Response Are Hurting Publishers and Journalists / Joshua Benton (Director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard Univ.)
▷ Presentation 4: News Literacy: Giving Facts a Fighting Chance / Alan Miller (Founder and CEO, The News Literacy Project)
▷ Panel Discussion : Vanessa Hua (Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle) / Amy Brittain (Reporter, The Washington Post) / Koo, Jeong Eun (Senior Writer, The Kyunghyang Shinmun) / Kim, Beechyra (Reporter, Korean Broadcasting System) / Park, Yu Mi (Reporter, JTBC)
▷ Floor Discussion including Questions taken Online