The Better Leadership Forum

Topics to be explored will include:

The role of the media in calling out good and bad leadership.
Leadership within media organisations themselves – can / do the media speak truth to power?
The role of the media in promoting positivity during difficult times.
Accountability, honesty, respect and integrity within the media.
The importance of press freedom and an independent and well-functioning media sector.
How the media influence public sentiment on leadership.

MC:

Professor Kevin Rafter, Head of the School of Communications at DCU. A former journalist, Professor Rafter is also currently Chair of the Arts Council and Chair of the Compliance Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Panellists:

Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman, author and former journalist and broadcaster.
Emma Dabiri, Author, broadcaster and social historian. Emma currently co-presents Britain’s Lost Masterpieces on BBC4 and Virtually Historyon YouTube Originals.
Ian Kehoe, Editor of The Currency, former Editor of the Sunday Business Post, Deputy Chair of the RTÉ Board.
Sinéad O’Carroll is the Editor of The Journal, where she has worked for the past decade. She is also a regular presenter and contributor on national television and radio current affairs and news programmes.
Rapporteur
- Professor Niamh Brennan, the Michael MacCormac Professor of Management at University College Dublin and Founder/Academic Director of the UCD Centre for Corporate Governance.