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Part of a series of free debates by the Society of Editors discussing the most pressing issues facing the media industry today.

When being ‘like Wales’ is used as a threat by the US President and Covid is seeing different approaches taken by Whitehall and the Welsh government to tackling the pandemic, it is only right that, as part of the Society’s debates in the nations and regions, we look at Wales’ position as separate to the UK.

Alongside its media contribution, we want to hear about whether it punches above or below its weight in many spheres such as sport, politics and creative thinking?

The ‘Size of Wales’ discussion will hear from leading figures including the Welsh Parliament's Media Committee chair Helen Mary Jones and Ashok Ahir, Deputy Director, Cabinet Office Communications and until recently the Director of Communications for the UK Government in Wales.

The session on Monday 16 November at 6pm is chaired by former WalesOnline editor Ceri Gould now Editorial Revenue Director of Reach plc and will also hear from award-winning Welsh journalist Carolyn Hitt and Paul Rowland, Audience and Content Director, Media Wales.

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This event is supported by Facebook Journalism Project and Camelot.

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Helen Mary Jones is the current chair of the Senedd’s Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee and Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Minister for Economy, Tackling Poverty, and Transport. Re-elected to the National Assembly in August 2018, she is the Assembly Member for Mid and West having previously served in the National Assembly between 1999 and 2011.

Ashok Ahir, meanwhile, is a former BBC programme-maker and editor and now works at a senior level in government communications. For more than a decade he was Executive Editor, Politics at BBC Cymru Wales and until recently he was Director of Communications for the UK Government in Wales and is currently working on major communications projects for the Cabinet Office.

Ceri Gould is the Editorial Revenue Director for Reach Plc. She started her career on her local paper, the Glamorgan Gazette, discovering no better training ground than reporting on the community you’re a part of. Her career took her to the Western Mail, Wales On Sunday culminating in editing WalesOnline before moving to London to become Editor-in-Chief of the South East and Cambridge region. Her present role draws on all her journalistics know-how and ability to think like a reader in order to navigate new, creative ways of funding journalism in these most taxing of times.

Carolyn Hitt began her career on The Western Mail – where she became Features Editor – before switching to broadcasting. In 2012 she co-founded the all-woman production company Parasol Media and continues to balance broadcasting with a freelance career.

Paul Rowland, meanwhile, is audience and content director for Media Wales, overseeing the company’s Welsh titles, including WalesOnline, the Western Mail, South Wales Echo and South Wales Evening Post, and is also responsible for a range of strategic projects across Reach’s UK-wide digital portfolio.

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