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The festival portal for the purchase of bus transfer tickets from Rome Fiumicino airport to Perugia town centre (and back) is now online. This service is available for festival speakers (free, by using a coupon provided by the festival) and festival attendees (by payment). The festival provides this service in order to facilitate the trip from Rome Fiumicino airport to Perugia (and back). The full timetable of bus transfers is on the portal. We advise speakers and attendees to buy their tickets well before the start of the festival.
Protagonista podcast, with Pavla Holcová. Reporters who found themselves at the center of their own stories
U.S. journalists face war-zone conditions at home. Safety networks rise amid ICE enforcement and federal crackdowns
Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025. Dramatic decline expected to continue throughout 2026
Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2026. We are still at the early stages of another big shift in technology (Generative AI) which threatens to upend the news industry by offering more efficient ways of accessing and distilling information at scale. At the same time, creators and influencers (humans) are driving a shift towards personality-led news, at the expense of media institutions that can often feel less relevant, less interesting, and less authentic. By Nic Newman of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Publishers prepare to be “squeezed” by AI and creators in 2026. Newsrooms will prioritize on-the-ground reporting, YouTube, and something called “liquid content” this year, according to a global survey of news executives
What we learned from Reuters Institute’s 2026 trends report – three observations. An annual look at what’s top of mind for news leaders across the world (but especially in Europe)
To thrive in the age of AI, organizations must identify and develop leaders who can blend human strengths with digital fluency, according to McKinsey global managing partner Bob Sternfels, Børge Brende, and Daniel Pacthod in a new article.
Why India’s plan to make AI companies pay for training data should go global. A license fee for the use of copyrighted data can compensate creators and help AI companies avoid lengthy legal fights
Nothing is secure. The home of Hannah Natanson, a Washington Post reporter, was searched by the FBI. Her devices were seized. Runa Sandvik, whose life’s work is protecting journalists’ digital security, assesses the damage—and what news organizations need to know
The rise of the creator-journalist. A 2026 report from the frontiers of video journalism
Don’t forget who first stole CBS’s integrity. It’s hard to imagine CBS News’ reputation recovering, at least unless and until it changes hands again
2025 freelance year in review. 2025 was my first full year working freelance. It was… quite a ride. By Mattia Peretti
Newsrooms are taking comments seriously again. Three lessons from running comments at The Times of London
Photo credit: Pavla Holcová (on the right) at #ijf25 by Elena Vasquez