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<LI style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-TOP: 13pt; COLOR: rgb(50,49,48)"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px">On Today’s News Agenda</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px"> - where we will discuss media freedom, the pandemic’s impact, the climate crisis, and diversity. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; MARGIN: 0px"></SPAN>
<LI style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: rgb(50,49,48)"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px">Grow and Innovate</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px"> - self-help for news organizations in these challenging times.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; MARGIN: 0px"></SPAN>
<LI style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: rgb(50,49,48)"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px">Scholarly Insights</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px">- presentations on current research, COVID-fueled innovations, and more. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; MARGIN: 0px"></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 11pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: rgb(50,49,48)"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px">Investigative Journalism</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px"> - tracking organized crime, Chinese influence, and engaging the audience in long-term investigations. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; MARGIN: 0px"></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 11pt; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: rgb(50,49,48)"><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><B>Practical Workshops</B>- hands-on sessions with experienced trainers, limited capacity. </FONT></LI></UL>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 14px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI Web (East European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,system-ui,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-TOP: 13pt'><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: rgb(50,49,48); MARGIN: 0px">The full program has been published here:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; MARGIN: 0px"><A style="MARGIN: 0px" href="http://www.praguemediapoint.com/program-2020" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: rgb(17,85,204); MARGIN: 0px">www.praguemediapoint.com/program-2020</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: rgb(50,49,48); MARGIN: 0px"><FONT color=#000000 face="Segoe UI">Jeremy Druker<BR>Executive Director and Editor in Chief<BR>Transitions (TOL) | </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: rgb(17,85,204); BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><A href="https://tol.org/" target=_blank>https://tol.org</A></SPAN><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Segoe UI"> <B>PLEASE NOTE NEW URL!</B></FONT></FONT>
<DIV>Founder/CEO<BR>Press Start | <A href="http://www.pressstart.org/" target=_blank>www.pressstart.org</A><BR><A target=_blank>jeremy.druker@tol.org</A>, <A target=_blank>jeremy@pressstart.org</A><BR>Skype: jeremydruker<BR>Twitter: @JeremyDruker<BR>LinkedIn: <A href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeremy-druker/17/ab6/13" target=_blank>https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeremy-druker/17/ab6/13</A></DIV></DIV>
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