The North Pole and South Pole, among the most remote areas of the planet, are threatened by climate change and the exploitation of natural resources. The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise recently led a ...
Events - in conversation
In conversation with Nathan Jurgenson. Moderated by Fabio Chiusi. The argument against "normalizing" political figures like Trump risks missing how normal politics-as-entertainment is and how normal...
Noura Ghazi Safadi in conversation with Francesca Caferri and Donatella Della Ratta. It was 15 March 2011 and thousands of people took to the streets of Damascus, shouting slogans similar to those th...
Can we create a fairer society by providing a guaranteed income for all citizens? What would this mean for our health, wealth and well-being? Basic income is rooted in the idea that all citizens have...
In March, Google launched the Google News Initiative (GNI), their effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age. The GNI signifies a major milestone in Google’s 15-year commitment to the news...
In conversation witb Joris Luyendijk. Moderated by Sameer Padania.
How can you have no ads, no branded content, no subscribers and still thrive?
Jay Rosen and Ernst-Jan Pfauth, CEO of The Correspondent, will talk about membership and the merits of having members instead of subscribers and advertisers. It not just improves your business, but al...
The story of the remarkable resurgence of right-wing extremism in the United States. Just as Donald Trump’s victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden nationa...
This talk by David Cohn will look at a class of millennial media companies and how they have changed the way the entire industry works. It will praise them to a certain extent. But this talk will also...
McMafia: from journalism to book to TV series. Global organised crime in a new light
In conversation with Misha Glenny, author of McMafia. Moderated by Mario Calabresi. In the book McMafia (2008) Misha Glenny, former correspondent of the BBC and The Guardian, wrote of the mafia as a ...