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21 · 03 · 2019

Responsibility of Media: Adam Holm & Elke Schmitter talk in St. Petersburg. April 7 LIVE STREAMING

Responsibility of Media: Adam Holm & Elke Schmitter talk in St. Petersburg

 

Watch then live streaming April 7 at 6 PM (7 PM Russian time) on DCI Russia’s facebook.

“Fake News are not the biggest enemy of journalism. Journalists are.” (Adam Holm).

“The situation with the media is better than ever. That is one side. We should discuss the other side.” (Elke Schmitter)

During “German Week 2019“ in St. Petersburg, the responsibility of media is the theme of a debate between Elke Schmitter (Germany), Adam Holm (Denmark). The debate will be moderated by Günther Hasenkamp, ​​director of the Goethe Institute in St. Petersburg

 

How can journalism remain truthful? What is the role of editorial media in the era of social media? These are some of the questions for the German author and Der Spiegel journalist Elke Schmitter and the Danish journalist, tv and radio host Adam Holm.

 

Elke Schmitter – author of “Mrs. Sartoris” and other novels, essays and poetry. One of her latest publications is ”Was tun – Demokratie versteht sich nicht von selbst” (English title: “Democracy on the Line – What do we do?”).

 

Adam Holm – Danish journalist, TV and radio host, and a writer. He wrote his dissertation (PhD) on the topic of right-wing radicalism. Presently his book about Syrian President Bashar Assad is being prepared for publication.

 


 

 

Event:

Sunday, 7 April 2019, 19:00 – 21:00

Organisers: Goethe Institute  and Danish Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg

Venue: Cafe D in the library of the Goethe-Institut, 58 Moika Embankment, metro station Nevsky Prospect, Sennaya Square, Admiralteyskaya.

Event language: English with simultaneous translation into Russian. 18+

Admission is free, registration

 

 


Header images: Elke Schmitter portrætfoto © Svea Pietschmann / Adam Holm pressefoto © Arte Booking