The 2024 festival panel and article outlining seven ways to combat news avoidance struck a chord with industry practitioners. In this follow-up, we propose to showcase approaches that are demonstrably...

Foreign agent laws and their increasing application to media organisations and journalists have been spreading like wildfire. This panel will explore the insidious expansion of these laws and their ch...

Compelling and thought-provoking discussion with leading experts as they navigate the challenges of reporting on gender-related crimes. From the horrors of wartime sexual violence to the ongoing battl...

Synthetic media, AI and deepfakes continue to advance in their realism, ease of creation and accessibility. While AI was not the pivotal factor in global elections in 2024, significant audio, image an...

Note: These are private one-on-one consultations and not a public event. You must sign up online in advance for an individual session. Are you a senior leader trying to implement large organisational...

Traditional journalism is at a crossroads, facing unprecedented challenges amid a systemic crisis in the news industry and growing demands for high-quality, verified information. In this context, coll...

A free, independent, and uncensored press is vital to a democratic society, yet journalism is under assault globally, including in western countries. It is becoming significantly more dangerous, and h...

In the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, more than 2.5 million people work in the mining industry, making slabs, bricks, tiles, cobbles, and paving stones. Thousands of them are children. The st...

Over 18 months after the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 and following the massacre in Gaza, Israeli society perseveres at its wilful ignorance. With the death toll in the pummelled Strip at a frighte...

There has been a heated debate over the last two years about the opportunities and risks of generative AI. This discussion will seek to identify the key trends, positive and negative. It will explore ...