At the AGM constitutional amendments will be voted upon. If you have any suggested changes please submit them to steve@journosoc.com. In accordance with the DCU Journalism Society Constitution all amendments will be circulated 5 days before the AGM.

The committee positions will also be up for election. A full list of the positions and the DCU Journalism Society Constitution can be found at: http://www.journosoc.com/?page_id=12

if you have any questions in relation to the society positions please feel free to drop me an email.

This talk will take place in CG12 of the Henry Grattan Building at 6.30pm.

This is one of Mr. Waghorne’s last addresses in Ireland before he moves to London to take up a role in the Group’s UK headquarters.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to participate in what many eagerly anticipate to be a exciting and entertaining debate.

A wine reception will be held at the end of the debate.

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Mr. Little began is career in journalism working for The Sunday Business Post. He was then hired as a TV reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs in 1991. By 1995 he was RTÉ’s first Washington Correspondent.  He remained there until 2001, before returning to Dublin to become Foreign Affairs Correspondent. His Washington post was filled by Carole Coleman.  In 2001 he won TV Journalist of the Year in the ESB National Media Awards.

In 2002, he joined RTÉ’s flagship current affairs programme Prime Time, which he co-presented with Miriam O’Callaghan. In November 2009, he announced his desire to take a leave of absence from RTÉ for the period of a year. His reason was to pursue a project combining digital media and global journalism.

Mr. Little will give a speech on Journalism in the Digital Age.

The address and acceptance will take place in CG12 of the Henry Grattan Building, DCU at 6.30pm.

Colm O’Gorman, chief executive of Amnesty International Ireland will be chairing the discussion.

The Alan Johnston talk is presented by the DCU Journalism Society, DCU Model UN and DCU Amnesty International.

This event is sponsored by the DCU President’s Office and the DCU Educational Trust.

Venue: The Henry Grattan Building, 1st floor, Room C104, Dublin City University.

Media queries to Steve Conlon, Tel: 086 879 36 54.

This event is in association with DCU Amnesty International and DCU Model United Nations. Venue and time TBC.

Colm O Gorman, Executive Director for Amnesty International Ireland will chair the evenings discussion.

Alan’s story:

The kidnappers had forced me to lie face down on the floor. But after they left, and the small, bare room had fallen silent, I rolled over and pulled myself slowly into a sitting position.

My wrists were handcuffed behind my back, and a black hood had been pulled down over my head. And as I sat there – in danger, and afraid – I had a great sense of being at the very lowest point of my life.

It had begun out in the spring sunshine, on the streets of Gaza City.

A saloon car had suddenly surged past mine, and then pulled up, forcing me to stop.

A young man emerged from the passenger side and pointed a pistol at me.

I had reported many times on the kidnapping of foreigners in Gaza. Now, as I always feared it might, my turn had come.

The figure with the pistol and another gunman forced me into their car, and as we sped off I was made to lie on the back seat.

For Alan’s full story and audio click here.

For more information or for press queries please contact Steve Conlon at Steve [at] journosoc.com.

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