Universidade Católica organizes Conference “When the Past Drives the News, and Why We Should Care” with Barbie Zelizer

The Universidade Católica Portuguesa is organising the Conference "When the Past Drives the News, and Why We Should Care" with Barbie Zelizer, Director of the Center for Media at Risk at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, on 1 February, at its headquarters in Lisbon.

Known for her work in the field of journalism, crises, culture, memory and images, Barbie Zelizer is the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication. The guest speaker for this session is also co-editor of the academic journal Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism and former President of the International Journalism Association.

The conference will take place in the Sala de Exposições, at the University's headquarters in Lisbon.

The registration period has already closed.