New and creative forms of journalism for hybrid democracy

Journalism is vital to democracy, yet within hybrid democracies traditional journalistic methods might not be sufficient. Hossein Derakhshan claims that we should move towards post-news journalism, employing narrative formats to engage people. This session explores what journalists can learn from creatives. Derakhshan will set the stage with a talk about post-news journalism, after which he will join the other three panelists in a discussion with the audience. A session with:

• Hossein Derakhshan – Iranian-Canadian writer and researcher, and a pioneer of blogging, podcasts and tech journalism in Iran.
• Noortje van Eekelen – founder of ACED, an interdisciplinary platform for design, art and journalism.
• Jake Blok – founder of Digital Rights House Amsterdam
• Marloes Geboers – researcher and lecturer Strong Stories at AUAS