Media Meetings, which have been held for 4 years by Başkent University Faculty of Communication, opened this semester with an interview titled “Transformation of Journalism”.

The interview was held on the 22nd of October 2018 at Prof. Dr. Abdullah Demirtaş Conference Hall, with Journalist and also a faculty member of the Faculty of Communication Prof. Dr. L. Doğan Tılıç with Hürriyet Newspaper Writer and Ombudsman Faruk Bildirici. The conversation titled "The Transformation of Journalism" also took part under the moderation of the Dean of the Faculty of Communication of Başkent University Prof. Dr. Özcan Yağcı, while Başkent University vice Rector Prof. Dr. Nermin Özgülbaş participated. In the event, in which the students showed great interest, the guests talked about the point of journalism from past to present and the reasons for this. Prof. Dr. Doğan Tılıç shared his knowledge about the ethics and theoretical transformation of journalism; Faruk Bildirici, on the other hand, embodied the transformation of journalism by presenting examples from his industry experience. Journalist Faruk Bildirici also revealed the political and social transformation that Turkey has undergone, while listing his views on professional ethics, what journalism is and what it is not, how it should be done and should not be done. Faruk Bildirici states, “Right now, no matter how great news you make on digital, it has a lifetime of 1 minute. After 1 minute, it gets all over the websites your source shown in between, they get the news as theirs. After 10 minutes, it becomes incomprehensible even whose the news is. So no matter how good your reporting is, people don't just have to look at your site. People are looking everywhere.” He also touched upon the effects of digital and social media on journalism. Media Meetings interview titled “The Transformation of Journalism” ended with the presentation of plaques to the guests.