1st Journalism and Communication Conference

Location: Concordia Convention Center. San Lorenzo Oeste 101 (former North Station)
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2016
Attendance: free and open to the public. Certificates will be awarded at the end.
Organized by: Secretariat of Communication and Cultural Development of the Municipality of Concordia.

Directed at journalists and media workers, journalism, communication and related degree students, heads of press, communication and dissemination areas of government entities and public institutions, and the general public linked to or interested in the topics to be addressed.

Within the framework of the activities for Journalist's Day (celebrated on June 7) and the activities organized by the Bicentennial Commission of the Declaration of Independence, the Municipal Secretariat of Communication and Cultural Development proposes a space for the exchange of experiences, debate, and training that allows for the approach of journalism in general and institutional communication in particular. For these first sessions, we propose an approach to the changes that new technologies have brought to journalistic and communicational work and the impact of social networks on communication, on the one hand, and an approach to the work of institutional communication itself, its implications, the particularities and differences from traditional journalism, and in particular the communication experiences from public institutions of two specific cases: the Deliberative Council and the UTN Concordia.

Program

9:30 AM Accreditation
10:00 AM Opening. Welcome remarks.
10:15 AM Lecture: "Journalism and new technologies. The experience of Periodismo.com" by Lic. Diego Rottman
10:45 AM Presentation of the e-learning platform Periodismo.net
11:00 AM break
11:15 AM Panel "Institutional Communication. Communicating from public institutions. The experiences of the Deliberative Council and the UTN". Speakers: Lic. Yanina Urquiza, Tec. Fabricio Bonato
11:45 AM Closing of the panel, joint presentation.
12:00 PM Closing of the sessions. Awarding of certificates

The lectures by Rottman, Urquiza, and Bonato include a question-and-answer session for attendees.

Speakers

Diego Rottman. Journalist, Bachelor of Social Communication from UBA. Director since 1997 of Periodismo.com, a reference site specialized in journalism, which offers resources and materials for those working in communication areas. He directed the magazine 13/20, the "Game Over" supplement of the newspaper El Expreso, and the children's newspaper "Noticias Frescas" of the magazine AZ-10. Collaborator for the MSN Argentina portal, the English magazine Colors, and the newspapers Clarín, La Razón, and magazines Hum®, Noticias, El Amante, among others. Author with Jorge Bernárdez of two books on history, journalism, and media: “Ni yanquis ni marxistas, humoristas” (Editorial de Belgrano) and “La Rebeldía Pop” (Planeta). In 1997, they published the first Argentine novel on the Internet, “Vida de Averchenko”.

Yanina Urquiza. Bachelor of Social Communication (National University of Rosario). Former member of the Press Directorate team of the Municipality of Concordia (2010 - 2015). Former head of press and event organization for the Mixed Management Entity of the Costanera.
Current Director of the Coordination of Press, Communication and Protocol of the Honorable Deliberative Council of Concordia. Member of the staff of "En Agenda", a culture and entertainment portal of Concordia.

Fabricio Bonato. Higher Technician in Social Communication (Instituto de Profesorado Concordia). University Technician in Social Communication (Universidad Blas Pascal). Professor at IPC and UTN. Head of the Communication and Social Responsibility Area of the Concordia Regional Faculty of the National Technological University UTN. Head of the Institutional Communication Area of the Club Salto Grande.