What can the spread of QAnon from the US to Europe teach us about tackling disinformation and understanding countries’ vulnerabilities to viral conspiracy theories. Lighthouse Reports and Bellingcat...
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Many publications want to improve diversity and inclusion in their newsrooms – others, like The New Humanitarian’s, want to go even further to decolonize our journalism. For this discussion, we’...
In a complex media ecosystem, news organizations have a responsibility to not just tell the public what's going on -- but clear up what is true and what isn’t, to put the story in context and to exp...
The news industry continues to face tough challenges as the way people digest information changes, this discussion aims to identify these core digital challenges and ways to equip newsrooms with the l...
Should media organizations and journalists accept funding from Google and Meta?
Over the past few years, Google and Meta have given hundreds of millions of dollars to journalistic organisations, and have said they plan to give away hundreds of millions more. Some believe this kin...
Online abuse is a direct attack against press freedom, intended to intimidate journalists into self-censorship and silence. Reporters are increasingly subjected to online harassment and threats in ret...
The pandemic has accelerated the shift towards reader revenue models. Most of the news leaders recently surveyed by the Reuters Institute say that memberships and digital subscriptions will be their m...
As climate change becomes more pronounced and visible, its impacts are complicating the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. This includes mushrooming security risks as climate sho...
Healing the toxic cycle of news media and politics: constructive journalism approaches to political reporting
This panel will look at the impact of a journalistic focus on politics and politicians. We will discuss how an emphasis on aggressive pundits and sensational sound bites cripples political conversatio...
The structure of organized crime has improved significantly over the last few decades and journalists have only started to understand the reach of transnational criminals in the last five years. In th...