GLOBAL WEBINAR
REBOOT SERIES Part 3: Journalism in the Time of Crisis: The Impact of the Lens
Hosted jointly by the 100WF London Committees
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How do journalists tell the story of a continuing crisis and how do readers consume it?
Whether the subject is COVID-19 and its effects on the broad economy and specific sectors, or a global or regional catastrophe, reporters and photographers have a clear role. They are tasked to sketch the scene, illuminate policy angles and build a personal connection between the reader and the situation.
Gain insights into the reporting process as Suzanne Plunkett, photojournalist, shares her experiences photographing in times of a crisis. Hear how Plunkett draws on her journalistic methods to capture the reader’s attention, and truth, in a disaster, in a conversation with Beth Gardiner, environmental journalist.
While the news focus may currently be on the pandemic, Plunkett will share her experiences on how she has used the medium of photography to impactfully relay the story of the economic, political, societal and personal cost of any crisis.
Consider how you, as reader, may best discern fact from fiction and keep a balanced flow of sources, in the era of fake news, disinformation and individually algo-curated social media feeds.
Bring your questions for the Q&A or you can submit your questions in advance to
the
Impact Committee
by Tuesday, 19 May, 2020.
This is the third session in the REBOOT SERIES; you need not have attended the previous sessions to participate in this one.
REBOOT SERIES
This session is the third of a four-part Reboot Series the London Committees of 100 Women in Finance have created to help global members appreciate the opportunities present within the global health crisis and in the period of recovery. The Reboot Series covers topics ranging from rising to the challenges of skiing across Antarctica to the re-engineering of food distribution in London, as described in
The Felix Project case study
.
100WF members are reminded that food support is a critical social need even in areas of great wealth, and the pandemic has only worsened inequities. Throughout the Reboot Series, 100WF members can learn more about this critical issue and how they can make a difference, including as volunteers and as board members, to non-profit organizations working toward sustainable solutions.
100WF’s London Committees invite all 100WF members to join these events. This event has been led by the 100WF London Impact Committee and the 100WF European FundWomen Conference Committee.
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10:00 AM N. America West Coast
1:00 PM N. America East Coast
6:00 PM London
7:00 PM Paris
9:00 PM UAE
The program will begin promptly at 6:00 PM London time. Latecomers may not be able to enter.
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PARTICIPANTS
Suzanne Plunkett
Photojournalist
Beth Gardiner
Moderator
Author
Amanda David
The Felix Project
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CASE STUDY
The Felix Project
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CASE STUDY: The Felix Project
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The Felix Project was set up in 2016 by Justin Byam Shaw and has rapidly become the largest food redistribution charity in London. We are entrepreneurial and ambitious; our simple solution of countering food poverty by addressing food waste resonates with donors, partners, suppliers and volunteers. We rescue food that cannot be sold and would otherwise go to waste. This is in-date, safe and nutritious, and includes a high proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as baked goods, salads, meat and fish.
Our model is fundamentally different to that of the traditional food bank. We collect or receive deliveries from supermarkets, wholesalers, farms, restaurants and delicatessens. We check, sort and deliver this food to frontline charities, primary schools and holiday programmes in London, who feed London’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable adults and children.
The coronavirus has unleashed a health and economic crisis without precedent. Charities and schools are closing making it hard for those most vulnerable in London to eat. As a food redistribution charity, The Felix Project is providing an emergency response to bring food to those who need it most including daily requests from newly-formed community groups all over London. Many are determined to get food to NHS teams and other adults and children in need.
As part of our emergency response plan, we are continuing to provide our absolutely vital service to organisations that are still open during this crisis. Over 325 of our schools, food banks, social kitchens and other community organisations serving the most vulnerable are currently still open. Many are experiencing an even greater demand for food.
Before this crisis, we were delivering 10 tonnes of food a day to schools and charities. We hit a major milestone last week when we redistributed over 42 tonnes of food which is the equivalent of over 100,000 meals in one day.
We have also joined forces with other food redistribution charities as part of a newly-formed
London Food Alliance
, working with each Borough to open up new hubs for the next few months so that local communities can access large volumes of regular food supplies from us.
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Suzanne Plunkett
Photojournalist
Suzanne Plunkett is an award-winning American photojournalist who has worked as a staff photographer for the Associated Press in New York where she covered the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 and then and the chief photographer for the AP in Jakarta where she covered the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Based in London since 2006, she has worked as a senior staff photographer for Bloomberg News in London and a staff photographer for Reuters. Currently, she shoots for The New York Times, the RHS, Chatham House and leads the London chapter of Women Photograph which works to elevate the voices of women + non-binary visual storytellers.
Beth Gardiner
Author
Beth Gardiner is an American journalist based in London. Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Time, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Yale Environment 360. These days, she focuses mainly on stories about environment, health and sustainability, but she’s written about everything from politics, education and feminism to food and the arts. Beth spent 10 years as a reporter for the Associated Press, based first in New York and then in London. Her AP assignments included traveling to Aceh, Indonesia, days after the tsunami there to cover its aftermath, flying on Tony Blair’s plane to write about prime ministerial trips to China, India and Washington, and reporting from the Middle East during a flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beth has discussed her work on NPR's All Things Considered, WNYC's Brian Lehrer show, and the BBC's World at One, as well as on MSNBC, CBC in Canada, Sky News, ITN, LBC radio, and Al Jazeera English. She was a speaker at TEDx London at the Royal Festival Hall. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Society of Environmental Journalists both awarded grants to support Beth’s work on Choked, which is her first book.
Amanda David
Volunteer, The Felix Project
Amanda has been a volunteer with the Felix Project since early 2018. In addition to regular volunteering, she is also a member of the Volunteers Advisory Group, who provide a direct feedback link between the volunteers and trustees of the charity. Professionally, Amanda is a Digital Strategy Consultant, working predominantly within the retail sector.
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