by Brian Melican



5.30pm on Tuesday 23 November in the Taylorian (Room 2)

Brian Melican (Merton 2003-07) has spent the last three years working in the German media, for several regional and national newspapers, setting himself up as a freelance journalist on the back of 'Lost in Deutschland', a blog he started that has spawned articles, a web video series and, most recently, a book of the same name (Pons, 2010).



Screening of sample episodes from the series will be followed by a talk and open discussion. The talk will look first at the 'Lost in Deutschland' project, and move out from there to reflect on general aspects of the German media industry today, giving a first-hand account of some of the country's most important - and most endangered - newsrooms. In particular, he will focus on the Medienkrise, the role of new media and the resistance to it, and the disturbing revelations of the Sarrazin controversy about journalism in Germany today.



All are welcome.