ADAMI launches a new Online Talk Format

ADAMI FOCUS Brings Together Outstanding Journalists and Public Figures to Discuss Diversity and Media

The ADAMI Media Prize for Cultural Diversity in Eastern Europe announces a new initiative – ADAMI FOCUS, an exclusive online talk with public figures on media challenges in the Eastern Partnership countries.

Covid-19 has reignited prejudices against ethnic minorities around the world. Assertions of blame for spreading the virus have only served to fuel tensions between groups. At the same time, racially motivated police violence has spurred protest in the US and globally. These events receive worldwide media coverage and raise the question for our six Eastern Partnership countries – how should professional media take on the task of covering cultural diversity and racism?

Katrin Eigendorf, ADAMI Advisory Board speaker and Special Correspondent for ZDF, has covered discrimination and racist violence issues for many years. This ZOOM talk with Giorgi Margvelashvili, former President of Georgia and former rector of the renowned Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), will offer an inside look into the challenges journalists are facing in today’s tense social climate.

Tuesday, 16 June 15.00 (Chisinau, Minsk, Kiev), 16.00 (Tbilisi, Yerevan, Baku)

To receive an invitation to this exclusive ZOOM talk, register using the following link: https://form.jotform.com/RegistrationADAMI/ADAMI-Focus

The deadline for registration is Tuesday, 16 June at 13.00 (CET).

Participants will have a chance to ask questions during the event, which will be held in English.

Giorgi Margvelashvili served as the fourth President of Georgia from 2013 to 2018; he also served twice as rector of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). Margvelashvili is an active commentator on Georgian and international politics and media. In 2015, he was the patron for the first ADAMI Media Prize Award Ceremony in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Katrin Eigendorf is Special Foreign Correspondent for German Public Broadcaster ZDF with a focus on Russia, the South Caucasus and the Middle East. She worked as a correspondent for ZDF in Moscow and has anchored ZDF's auslandsjournal extra.