The UK media institution that is Jon Snow recently visited a conference in Dublin hosted by the Institute of International and European Affairs at which he talks in detail about how journalism has changed since he originally started working in the industry,

Jon gives first hand examples of how the ‘right here, right now’ demands of 24 hour news reporting has forced the profession to embrace new technologies which helps media maintain the pace of demand required by modern audiences.

He also discussed the evolving opportunities of new media and the challenge of retaining and fusing traditional media channels with these innovations, drawing comparisons throughout between his working environment today and that of his early career with ITN in the 1970s.

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About Jon Snow:

Jon has been the face of Channel 4 News since 1989. He joined ITN in 1976 after working in local radio and became Washington correspondent in 1984. He has anchored Channel 4 News from many of the world’s troubled spots, including the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Russia, and reported events such as the release of Nelson Mandela, the fall of the Berlin Wall. He has interviewed international figures such as Margaret Thatcher, Slobodan Milosevic, Robert Zoellick, Tony Blair, Yasser Arafat, Ehud Barak, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Regan and George H.W. Bush.

His many awards include the Richard Dimbleby BAFTA award for Best Factual Contribution to Television (2005), Journalist of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards 2006 for his reports from New Orleans, Pakistan and Africa and the Home News award for ITN’s coverage of the Kegworth Air Crash (1989.)

To learn more about Snow’s views, you can read his Snow Blog at Channel4.com.

Thanks to Tom Murphy and Piaras Kelly for the original spot.