The debate "The Role and Mission of Public Mass Media" will be organized on Sunday, May 3, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, by Romanian Television in partnership with Radio Romania and the National Press Agency AGERPRES.
"The event brings to the forefront current topics of major interest to society, in a media context in continuous transformation, and aims to provide an open framework for dialogue and exchange of ideas between important actors in the field. The discussions will address the role and mission of public press institutions, the topic of the TV tax, as well as the impact of the Media Freedom Act (EMFA) on the media landscape in Romania," inform the organizers on the TVR website.
The first panel - "Does public media still matter?" - has as speakers Ioana Avădani, president of the Board of Directors of the Center for Independent Journalism, Ovidiu Nahoi, editor-in-chief of RFI, Ovidiu Vanghele, journalist of the Center for Media Investigations, and Mircea Toma, member of the National Council of Romania, the discussion being moderated by TVR journalist Mihai Rădulescu.
The second panel - "TV Tax: for or against?" - will have as guests Adrian Ursu, Antena 3 journalist, Adriana Săftoiu, CEO of TVR, Robert Cristian Schwartz, CEO of SRR, and Emilian Isăilă, Senior Editor of SpotMedia, moderated by Emilian Blînda - editor-in-chief of Radio România Actualitati.
The third panel - "Media Freedom Act - provisions, impact, solutions for public media in Romania" - will feature Dan Constantin, UZPR president, Orsolya-Eva Borsos, CNA member, Cristina Guseth, Freedom House Romania director, and Răzvan Martin, ActiveWatch program coordinator, with Claudia Victoria Nicolae, Director General of the National Press Agency AGERPRES, as moderator.
Through this debate, Romanian Television, Radio Romania and AGERPRES aim to contribute to strengthening the role of public media and to a better understanding of the current challenges in the field.
The debate will be broadcast live, online, on the tvrplus.ro portal and on TVR's official YouTube channel.
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