25 years with Breaking News

25 years ago CNN launched the term Breaking News for det first time. Today the term is used by everyone both the written and the electronical press. What is the term’s history and its function seen in the larger picture? Has this form of news coverage had any ethical consequences, and how does the electronical press use the term stategically. Conference at CBS brings this into debate.

The panel consists of Kim Nørgaard, Senior International Editor at CNN, Henrik Keith Hansen, News Director at TV-avisen, Anker Brink Lund, Professor of Media Management (CBS) and Associated Professor Lili Chouliaraki (CBS).

Fruitful cooperation between CBS and CNN

“The first conference CBS and CNN arranged together was on the American election. A subject that was of topical interest, important and international and therefore affected many people. Now it is with pleasure that we continue our cooperation and focus on the term Breaking News, which we can all relate to. Not least from CNN’s reports from all over the world e.g. Iraq and the Tsunami disaster. We are glad to take part in this important discussion and are pleased with our fruitful cooperation with CNN”, says press coordinator Birgitte Oppermann.

Breaking News marked a turning point in global television

"It has been 25 years since Ted Turner first launched CNN and 24 hour news. That marked a turning point in global television, and we have since watched many historic moments around the world unfold live on our television screens thanks to the concept of 24 hour news," says Kim Norgaard, Senior International Editor for CNN in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

"I am very much looking forward to working with CBS this week to discuss the impact created by CNN and to hear more from the students about their views on international news and the way breaking news is handled."

Everyone is welcome.

Time: 13 May 2005 14:00-16:00

Place: Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg

Lokale: PricewaterhouseCoopers Lecture Hall, S. 16