Event: Wikileaks - Holding a Mirror to Journalism

Throughout 2010, the whistleblower website Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, were making headlines with the release of classified documents. Both the leaks and the controversy surrounding Assange have been covered extensively by the media.

For the BBC College of Journalism/Frontline Club's first On the Media discussion of the year, we are going to put the spotlight on the media and ask what the Wikileaks operation and the media coverage of it tells us about the press.

How have journalists responded to this new kid on the block?

The future will no doubt see the emergence of similar organisations, but what impact will this have on the culture of journalism? How will the media adapt, and how will this relationship develop?

Chair 

Richard Gizbert, presenter of the Listening Post on Al Jazeera English.

Panel 

David Aaronovitch, writer, broadcaster, commentator and regular columnist for the Times

Mark Stephens, media lawyer with Finers Stephens Innocent and Julian Assange's solicitor

Ian Katz, deputy editor of the Guardian

Gavin MacFayden, director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism

Tuesday 11 January 

7pm - 8.30pm 

The Frontline Club

Norfolk Place

London

The event is fully booked, but will be available to watch again on the BBC College of Journalism website.