Hear BBC World’s Zeinab Badawi speak in Malta

On Monday, 28 April, 2014, Leading Talks, in collaboration with the Tumas Fenech Foundation for Education in Journalism, will host the BBC presenter of World New Today, Zeinab Badawi on the subject: How the Media covers the world’s biggest issues: from wars and revolutions to globalisation and financial crisis.

This is the fifth event organised by Leading Talks, an initiative led by Josephine Vassallo Parnis, which hosts established foreign speakers to Malta to share their knowledge, insight and vision on key issues of topical interest.

“This is an event that should attract the interest not only of the media but also of industry leaders who have a keen interest in international issues and follow Ms Badawi’s debates,” Vassallo Parnis said.

Zeinab Badawi is the presenter of World News Today, one of BBC World News’ flagship news and analysis programmes, a Hardtalk producer and an award-winning journalist.

She has interviewed some of the world’s leading politicians, thinkers and cultural figures. Her programmes feature an emphasis on analysis and debate, bringing context and understanding to the most complex events.

Previously a presenter of BBC World News’s The World, Badawi has worked in UK broadcasting for two decades. She has worked on a range of programmes, reporting from Europe, Asia and Africa, where she covered the famine in the mid-1980s. After reporting and presenting programmes on UK politics from the BBC’s Westminster studios, Badawi joined BBC World News, where she has become a regular face, presenting debates on major issues as well as being a presenter of  Hardtalk, interviewing such personalities as the Dalai Lama, the President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

Badawi will share her knowledge on how the media covers the world’s biggest issues. She has great authority in front of the camera, enabling her to draw on her dedication and understanding of international affairs to explain the issues behind the headlines.

President Emeritus Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, chairman of the Tumas Fenech Foundation for Education in Journalism (FTFEĠ), will open the event.

The event will be moderated by Michael Frendo, former foreign minister and former Speaker of Malta’s House of Representatives.

Those interested in attending are encouraged to register their interest on [email protected] The event on 28 April starts at 10.30 a.m. and is being held in the Portomaso Suite of Hilton Malta. Registration opens at 10 a.m.

Zeinab Badawi’s talk is brought to you thanks to the support of the Tumas Fenech Foundation for Education in Journalism, Standard Publications, the Strickland Foundation, the Central Bank of Malta, Agenda Bookshop, MSV Life, MiddleSea, the British Council, Valletta Fund Management, Air Malta, Malta International Airport, the Malta Tourism Authority, the Malta Institute of Accountants, Hilton Malta, Palumbo Malta Super Yachts and Impressions.