February 2016 was the hottest month on record. Two months earlier world leaders gathered in Paris to hammer out a climate deal just as extreme weather events were causing drought in Southern Africa....
Events - panel discussions
Platformed publishing? The evolving relationship between search engines, social media, and news media
Search engines, social media sites, and messaging apps accounts for a larger and larger share of online news use, presenting news organizations with new opportunities and challenges. The last year h...
From WikiLeaks to Snowden: protecting high-value sources in the age of mass surveillance
Ten years ago, when WikiLeaks was created by Julian Assange, very few people could imagine the revolution unleashed by the publication of documents never seen before, like the Afghan War Logs, or th...
Newsrooms adapting to the digital era suddenly have a sometimes overwhelming array of new production processes and options. But they have new helpers too: tech startups focused on helping them disco...
Unfortunately, the need for crisis reporting abounds. However, for a variety of reasons, many journalists can be no more than spectators, with little opportunity to develop substantial insights into...
Concepts around economics and business are more complex than ever. At the same time clearly communicating what is happening in the global economies and in business is also more important than ever a...
We journalists aren't typically natural collaborators. We're competitive and autonomy is critical to our work. Yet, in an era of disrupted business models, scarce resources and new digital possibili...
Reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict is possibly one of the more demanding of journalistic assignments. The elements which come into play are multifarious: cultural, political, linguistic, eco...
This session will try to answer the following questions: - What are the main definitions of “terror attack” in the international media? - How can media organisations get ready to react to terr...
Journalism and Silicon Valley: the changing relationship between the news industry and social platforms. There is no more intriguing or important commercial relationship in journalism today than th...