A lecture was given by Dr. Beate Josephi, рonorary Associate at the Department of Media and Communications at University of Sydney

At the lecture, she presented her new book on topical issues of journalism and presented recent results from the WJS research project. The "Worlds of Journalism" Study is an academically driven project that was founded to regularly assess the state of journalism throughout the world. The principal purpose of the research project is to help journalism researchers, policy makers and practitioners better understand the changes that are taking place in the professional orientations of journalists, the constraints under which they work, and the social functions of journalism in a changing world. After an informative lecture, Dr. Josephi answered all the questions of the students, among whom were teachers and students of the faculty.