Programme 2024

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Venue

thursday 18

09:20 - 09:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Safety fundamentals for journalists and editors

09:30 - 13:00
Hotel La Rosetta

Management and culture clinics for journalists and newsroom leaders

10:00 - 10:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Sigma Award winners: investigating stories hiding in plain sight

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Together: inclusive and intergenerational paths in the Umbria Region

10:00 - 10:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

The recovery of Ukraine is impossible without the recovery of the Ukrainian media

10:00 - 10:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Building the future of investigative reporting: what is the responsibility of news leaders?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Applying AI in small newsrooms: lessons from the AI in Journalism Challenge

10:00 - 10:50
Sala del Dottorato

Unlocking private capital to save independent journalism

11:00 - 11:50
Sala del Dottorato

Penetrating Belarus’ digital curtain: how Zerkalo.io and Nasha Niva leverage technology to bring news to hard-to-reach audiences

11:00 - 11:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Regulating AI in (and for) the news

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Supporting the next generation of African journalists

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Safety of Journalists Toolbox and Guidelines for monitoring online violence against female journalists

11:00 - 11:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Can risk assessments keep journalists safer?

11:00 - 11:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

The power of editorial cartoons

11:00 - 11:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

How to negotiate hacked and leaked data

12:00 - 12:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

The new voice of journalism: audio news in the age of AI

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Climate catalysts: a conversation with funders shaping journalism's impact on understanding the climate crisis

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Broadcast interview techniques

12:00 - 12:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Art and journalism: why fiction may be the missing component to telling the truth

12:00 - 12:25
Sala del Dottorato

Communication as culture: how journalists can use their story-telling skills to improve their organisations

12:00 - 12:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Beyond the Taliban’s media censorship: the story of Afghanistan’s Amu TV

12:00 - 12:25
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Floodlight: fiction in the public interest

12:35 - 13:00
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

SV-Docs: a fund dedicated to amplifying the impact of your story through documentary film-making

12:35 - 13:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Can book publishing save media in exile? Lessons from Meduza’s experience

12:35 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Empowering journalism through user-centric models: lessons from Daily Maverick and Zetland

14:00 - 14:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Revisioning the journalism industry through a ‘solutions’ lens: delivering and measuring social, editorial and business model impact

14:00 - 14:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Working scenarios for an AI-mediated information ecosystem

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

How journalists tell big stories with smartphones

14:00 - 14:50
Sala del Dottorato

Building local and national funds for journalism

14:00 - 14:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Conspiracy to commit journalism? The trial of Jimmy Lai and media freedom in Hong Kong

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Truth in the age of climate crisis: journalism's crucial role in exposing climate misinformation

14:00 - 14:25
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

The impact editor: what it is and why your newsroom needs one

14:00 - 18:30
Hotel La Rosetta

Safety clinics for journalists and editors

14:35 - 14:55
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

How does modern propaganda work? A warning from Hungary

15:00 - 15:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Covering China safely, ethically and fairly

15:00 - 15:50
Sala del Dottorato

A decade of The 51 Percent: covering conflict through a gender lens

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

New generation, new rules: how to manage a newsroom?

15:00 - 15:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Providing local news in major cities and noisy media environments: lessons from New York, Mexico City and Pamplona

15:00 - 15:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

WhatsApp and elections: an investigation in India

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Revolutionizing news in the digital age: transformative live journalism and sustainable revenue

15:00 - 15:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Fireside Chat with Shailesh Prakash, VP News for Google

15:30 - 15:55
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

AI, the right to read, and the open internet

16:00 - 16:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Protecting victims: lessons learned from reporting on human trafficking

16:00 - 16:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

AI and journalism: what does it take to get it right?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala del Dottorato

Defending the defenders: upholding justice in the face of lawfare

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

How to fund independent investigative journalism

16:00 - 16:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Palestinian journalism between occupation, daily violence and global censorship

16:00 - 16:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Eastern Europe: how to adapt editorial coverage with elections under threat?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Seven practical strategies to counter news avoidance

17:00 - 17:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Investigating migrant shipwrecks

17:00 - 17:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Here be neurons: how to tame neural networks in AI models

17:00 - 17:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Reader revenue beyond the English language

17:00 - 17:25
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Publisher audio apps in Europe and US: what next for audio news?

17:00 - 18:00
Sala del Dottorato

How I broke the story: sharing gender reporting best practice

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

CIR Open-Source Film Awards ceremony

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

A lighthouse for journalism: the Publix building in Berlin

17:35 - 18:00
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Moral courage: an antidote to moral injury?

18:15 - 19:05
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The public health service: a common good to be protected

18:15 - 19:05
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Debunking Africa: new perspectives to understand the continent

19:15 - 20:05
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Women as foreign bodies in war

19:15 - 20:05
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Italian politics: towards the European elections

21:00 - 21:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The resistance of Afghan women

friday 19

06:00 - 07:30
Reception, Hotel Brufani

Sunrise film walk

09:30 - 18:00
#Spazio

Management and culture clinics for journalists and newsroom leaders

09:30 - 18:30
Hotel La Rosetta

Safety clinics for journalists and editors

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Global health to local health: from research to action from a One Health perspective

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Platforms and the press: what is a fair price for news?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Can journalism survive AI?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Sparking enthusiasm: igniting a passion for solutions journalism in your newsroom

10:00 - 10:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Not just a flak jacket: protecting journalists in the round

10:00 - 10:50
Sala del Dottorato

Independent Arab newsrooms: the frontlines of the war on Gaza

10:00 - 10:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Audio power: creating podcasts that retain your subscribers

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Fighting misinformation online

11:00 - 11:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

The promise and peril of public service news in a changing media landscape

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Leading a newsroom in the world of AI

11:00 - 11:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Preserving history: the story of the Russian independent media archive

11:00 - 11:50
Sala del Dottorato

Global perspectives, local narratives: how to break tech journalism out of the bubble

11:00 - 11:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Resilience in exile: journalists share tips around mental health and coping strategies for reporting from exile

11:00 - 11:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Geo-journalism: how to use open source materials for investigative reporting

12:00 - 12:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

A life for journalism and justice

12:00 - 12:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Pantropical investigations: collaborations on environmental crime and destruction

12:00 - 12:25
Sala del Dottorato

KPIs for investigative journalism: an absolute no-go?

12:00 - 12:25
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

AI in newsrooms: how to do it, how not to do it, and how to remember your audience's needs as you go along

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Unleashing the power of short-form video: a digital revolution at DW Asian languages services

12:00 - 13:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

What every journalist needs to know about the connection between gender and rising authoritarianism around the world

12:00 - 12:25
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Fergal Keane: the scars of war reporting

12:35 - 13:00
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Charting the course: insights from the 2024 Wayfinder Trends report 

12:35 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Saving local journalism?

12:35 - 13:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

What went wrong between Big Tech and the News? And did anything go right?

12:35 - 13:00
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Motaz Azaiza: Gaza through the local lens

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

European Press Prize in conversation: lightning talks and 2024 shortlist announcement

14:00 - 14:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Mis- and disinformation about health is killing us. What should journalists be doing about it?

14:00 - 14:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

How can we pursue the investigations of silenced journalists?

14:00 - 14:50
Sala del Dottorato

Decolonising media development: a new role for Global North media support?

14:00 - 14:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Developing your election content strategy on YouTube

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Unlocking growth: developing a unified mindset for editorial and business success

14:00 - 14:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Conversations with data: what is the state of data journalism?

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

SLAPPstick: how not to fall over from frivolous lawsuits 

15:00 - 15:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

The art of war reporting

15:00 - 15:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Balanced election coverage: focusing on the facts

15:00 - 15:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

AI showcase

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

When everything is urgent: supporting global journalists under pressure

15:00 - 15:50
Sala del Dottorato

The new nuclear landscape: reporting on nuclear weapons and security at the dawn of a new arms race

15:00 - 15:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Representation and proximity: changing the storytellers of record

15:00 - 15:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Why does your news organisation exist?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

How does implementing AI in your newsroom drive sustainability?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Managing boundaries to prevent burnout

16:00 - 16:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Preparing for exile: the playbook every journalist dreads but needs

16:00 - 16:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

How to prepare for the AI whistleblowers?

16:00 - 16:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

We built a civic army. Now what?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

How to effectively cover climate change and reach an avoidant audience

16:00 - 17:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Rural development: the RuralCiak Award

17:00 - 17:25
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Next Gen News: understanding the audiences of 2030

17:00 - 17:25
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Secret plan against Germany: how an undercover story led to protests of millions

17:00 - 17:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Sigma Award winners: deep data dives

17:00 - 18:30
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

For the record: archives, authoritarians and the media

17:00 - 17:25
Sala del Dottorato

Long-form journalism in wartime

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Investigative journalism with Pinpoint

17:00 - 17:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Disarming disinformation: how leading international editors are responding to information pollution in a pivotal year for democracy

17:35 - 18:00
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Speaking English is still a privilege in journalism, but social video is helping normalise other voices

17:35 - 18:00
Sala del Dottorato

Accountability in real time: how we built a war crimes investigations unit

17:35 - 18:00
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

The Recorder model: making investigations sexy and necessary

18:00 - 18:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

(Cyber) war and peace

18:00 - 18:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

From London to Naples: young gangs and music as a weapon

18:00 - 19:00
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

The European elections: what's at stake with your vote?

19:00 - 19:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Terrorist attacks in Italy: certainties, secrets and gaps

19:00 - 19:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

The use of AI in war, from Ukraine to Gaza

20:00 - 20:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Piero Angela: the wonder of everything

20:00 - 20:45
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The protection of sources and freedom of information at risk

21:00 - 21:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

A world on fire

saturday 20

06:00 - 07:30
Reception, Hotel Brufani

Sunrise film walk

09:30 - 13:00
Hotel La Rosetta

Safety clinics for journalists and editors

10:00 - 10:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Using AI to help detect bias and discrimination in English and Arabic text

10:00 - 10:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Reframing visual journalism in the age of synthetic media

10:00 - 10:50
Sala del Dottorato

How should Europe’s mainstream media cover far-right political parties?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The complexity of covering your own country at war 

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Africa: exploring new news (why news doesn’t have to be bad)

11:00 - 11:25
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Scripting for vertical video: how to send journalism viral on TikTok and Instagram Reels

11:00 - 11:50
Sala del Dottorato

Avoiding the news: why people avoid the news and what can be done about it

11:00 - 11:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

How to report on corporate net zero targets: telling greenwashing apart from real ambition

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Social media, AI, and elections: perspectives from the Global South on the “Year of Democracy”

11:00 - 11:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Sigma Award winners: pulling data together

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Their story or yours? How to practice less extractive journalism

11:00 - 11:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Covering Gaza, against all the odds

11:00 - 11:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Three years after the Pegasus Project, is regulation in sight or further away than ever?

12:00 - 12:25
Sala del Dottorato

Racism, discrimination, inequality: how and when science got it wrong

12:00 - 12:25
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Beyond short-form video: how to keep people watching?

12:00 - 12:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

The rise of AI: journalism after platforms

12:00 - 12:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Why a German media innovation hub does peace journalism in conflict zones

12:00 - 12:25
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

In conversation with journalism’s Nobel Laureate: Maria Ressa on democracy, disinformation and demagoguery

12:00 - 12:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Newsrooms putting journalists’ well-being first

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Transparency: does it actually work to combat mis and disinformation?

12:35 - 13:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Journalism and diversity at times of war: the case of Haaretz

12:35 - 13:00
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

The earth’s changing so why aren’t we?

12:35 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Pressing forward with local news

14:00 - 14:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Elections, elections, elections: how to cover the blockbuster 2024 polls safely

14:00 - 14:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Impact of leak prosecutions on the free press

14:00 - 14:50
Sala del Dottorato

War crimes investigations and accountability using open source techniques

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Building trust through content authenticity

14:00 - 14:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

The rise of news influencers: what journalists must learn

14:00 - 18:00
Hotel La Rosetta

Management and culture clinics for journalists and newsroom leaders

15:00 - 15:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

The AI elections

15:00 - 15:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Driving transformation, shattering barriers: women leaders steering change management

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Trained to death: what’s the alternative for enabling great news strategies?

15:00 - 15:50
Sala del Dottorato

The investigative agenda for climate change journalism: tracking the fossil fuel industry

15:00 - 15:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Gaza. We needed you: where were you?

15:00 - 15:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Freelance journalism in the age of AI

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Cross-border journalism in practice: creating connections in the audience and in the newsroom 

15:00 - 15:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Fact-checking: dead or alive?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Young women’s magazines: a radical transformation

16:00 - 16:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Taken hostage: how journalists should respond to the threat of unlawful detention

16:00 - 16:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Investigating crime and corruption in the Middle East and North Africa

16:00 - 16:50
Sala del Dottorato

Digital resilience for journalists in a year of elections

16:00 - 16:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Is truth the first casualty of war? How we stand for journalistic freedoms in Ukraine

16:00 - 16:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Generative AI in the news: one year on

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Engaging Gen Z audiences and reaching scale on YouTube

17:00 - 17:25
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Overruled! The fight against climate deception and obstruction, from investigative journalism to the courtroom

17:00 - 17:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Crossroads of journalism in exile

17:00 - 18:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Psychological safety 101: a workshop for journalists and editors

17:00 - 17:50
Sala del Dottorato

The wild state of digital news

17:00 - 17:25
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

How to spot AI disinformation?

17:00 - 17:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

How India's independent media are collaborating to cover the parliamentary elections…and beyond

17:00 - 17:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

From From Ukraine to Gaza. Reporting on war: words, photos

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Real men: the system that ''kills'' women

17:35 - 18:00
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Deepfakes and deceptive AI: how's election year 2024 really going?

18:00 - 18:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Putin's eternal return to the Kremlin: what is Russia turning into?

18:00 - 18:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Social media and conflict reporting: challenges and opportunities

18:15 - 19:05
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The Middle East: war fronts

19:00 - 19:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Scientific research: a gender problem here too

19:15 - 20:05
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Beyond the veil: civil society participants in the women-led movement in Iran

19:30 - 20:20
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Sex, mafia and power: Roberto Saviano in conversation with Barbara Serra

21:00 - 21:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

In the black hole of the media

22:00 - 22:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Paolo Celata interviews Diego Bianchi

wednesday 17

thursday 18

09:20 - 09:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Safety fundamentals for journalists and editors

09:30 - 13:00
Hotel La Rosetta

Management and culture clinics for journalists and newsroom leaders

10:00 - 10:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Sigma Award winners: investigating stories hiding in plain sight

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Together: inclusive and intergenerational paths in the Umbria Region

10:00 - 10:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

The recovery of Ukraine is impossible without the recovery of the Ukrainian media

10:00 - 10:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Building the future of investigative reporting: what is the responsibility of news leaders?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Applying AI in small newsrooms: lessons from the AI in Journalism Challenge

10:00 - 10:50
Sala del Dottorato

Unlocking private capital to save independent journalism

11:00 - 11:50
Sala del Dottorato

Penetrating Belarus’ digital curtain: how Zerkalo.io and Nasha Niva leverage technology to bring news to hard-to-reach audiences

11:00 - 11:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Regulating AI in (and for) the news

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Supporting the next generation of African journalists

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Safety of Journalists Toolbox and Guidelines for monitoring online violence against female journalists

11:00 - 11:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Can risk assessments keep journalists safer?

11:00 - 11:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

The power of editorial cartoons

11:00 - 11:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

How to negotiate hacked and leaked data

12:00 - 12:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

The new voice of journalism: audio news in the age of AI

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Climate catalysts: a conversation with funders shaping journalism's impact on understanding the climate crisis

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Broadcast interview techniques

12:00 - 12:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Art and journalism: why fiction may be the missing component to telling the truth

12:00 - 12:25
Sala del Dottorato

Communication as culture: how journalists can use their story-telling skills to improve their organisations

12:00 - 12:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Beyond the Taliban’s media censorship: the story of Afghanistan’s Amu TV

12:00 - 12:25
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Floodlight: fiction in the public interest

12:35 - 13:00
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

SV-Docs: a fund dedicated to amplifying the impact of your story through documentary film-making

12:35 - 13:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Can book publishing save media in exile? Lessons from Meduza’s experience

12:35 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Empowering journalism through user-centric models: lessons from Daily Maverick and Zetland

14:00 - 14:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Revisioning the journalism industry through a ‘solutions’ lens: delivering and measuring social, editorial and business model impact

14:00 - 14:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Working scenarios for an AI-mediated information ecosystem

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

How journalists tell big stories with smartphones

14:00 - 14:50
Sala del Dottorato

Building local and national funds for journalism

14:00 - 14:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Conspiracy to commit journalism? The trial of Jimmy Lai and media freedom in Hong Kong

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Truth in the age of climate crisis: journalism's crucial role in exposing climate misinformation

14:00 - 14:25
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

The impact editor: what it is and why your newsroom needs one

14:00 - 18:30
Hotel La Rosetta

Safety clinics for journalists and editors

14:35 - 14:55
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

How does modern propaganda work? A warning from Hungary

15:00 - 15:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Covering China safely, ethically and fairly

15:00 - 15:50
Sala del Dottorato

A decade of The 51 Percent: covering conflict through a gender lens

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

New generation, new rules: how to manage a newsroom?

15:00 - 15:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Providing local news in major cities and noisy media environments: lessons from New York, Mexico City and Pamplona

15:00 - 15:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

WhatsApp and elections: an investigation in India

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Revolutionizing news in the digital age: transformative live journalism and sustainable revenue

15:00 - 15:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Fireside Chat with Shailesh Prakash, VP News for Google

15:30 - 15:55
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

AI, the right to read, and the open internet

16:00 - 16:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Protecting victims: lessons learned from reporting on human trafficking

16:00 - 16:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

AI and journalism: what does it take to get it right?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala del Dottorato

Defending the defenders: upholding justice in the face of lawfare

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

How to fund independent investigative journalism

16:00 - 16:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Palestinian journalism between occupation, daily violence and global censorship

16:00 - 16:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Eastern Europe: how to adapt editorial coverage with elections under threat?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Seven practical strategies to counter news avoidance

17:00 - 17:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Investigating migrant shipwrecks

17:00 - 17:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Here be neurons: how to tame neural networks in AI models

17:00 - 17:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Reader revenue beyond the English language

17:00 - 17:25
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Publisher audio apps in Europe and US: what next for audio news?

17:00 - 18:00
Sala del Dottorato

How I broke the story: sharing gender reporting best practice

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

CIR Open-Source Film Awards ceremony

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

A lighthouse for journalism: the Publix building in Berlin

17:35 - 18:00
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Moral courage: an antidote to moral injury?

18:15 - 19:05
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The public health service: a common good to be protected

18:15 - 19:05
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Debunking Africa: new perspectives to understand the continent

19:15 - 20:05
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Women as foreign bodies in war

19:15 - 20:05
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Italian politics: towards the European elections

21:00 - 21:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The resistance of Afghan women

friday 19

06:00 - 07:30
Reception, Hotel Brufani

Sunrise film walk

09:30 - 18:00
#Spazio

Management and culture clinics for journalists and newsroom leaders

09:30 - 18:30
Hotel La Rosetta

Safety clinics for journalists and editors

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Global health to local health: from research to action from a One Health perspective

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Platforms and the press: what is a fair price for news?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Can journalism survive AI?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Sparking enthusiasm: igniting a passion for solutions journalism in your newsroom

10:00 - 10:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Not just a flak jacket: protecting journalists in the round

10:00 - 10:50
Sala del Dottorato

Independent Arab newsrooms: the frontlines of the war on Gaza

10:00 - 10:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Audio power: creating podcasts that retain your subscribers

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Fighting misinformation online

11:00 - 11:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

The promise and peril of public service news in a changing media landscape

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Leading a newsroom in the world of AI

11:00 - 11:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Preserving history: the story of the Russian independent media archive

11:00 - 11:50
Sala del Dottorato

Global perspectives, local narratives: how to break tech journalism out of the bubble

11:00 - 11:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Resilience in exile: journalists share tips around mental health and coping strategies for reporting from exile

11:00 - 11:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Geo-journalism: how to use open source materials for investigative reporting

12:00 - 12:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

A life for journalism and justice

12:00 - 12:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Pantropical investigations: collaborations on environmental crime and destruction

12:00 - 12:25
Sala del Dottorato

KPIs for investigative journalism: an absolute no-go?

12:00 - 12:25
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

AI in newsrooms: how to do it, how not to do it, and how to remember your audience's needs as you go along

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Unleashing the power of short-form video: a digital revolution at DW Asian languages services

12:00 - 13:00
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Stories on Umbria International Journalism Award

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

What every journalist needs to know about the connection between gender and rising authoritarianism around the world

12:00 - 12:25
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Fergal Keane: the scars of war reporting

12:35 - 13:00
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Charting the course: insights from the 2024 Wayfinder Trends report 

12:35 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Saving local journalism?

12:35 - 13:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

What went wrong between Big Tech and the News? And did anything go right?

12:35 - 13:00
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Motaz Azaiza: Gaza through the local lens

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

European Press Prize in conversation: lightning talks and 2024 shortlist announcement

14:00 - 14:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Mis- and disinformation about health is killing us. What should journalists be doing about it?

14:00 - 14:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

How can we pursue the investigations of silenced journalists?

14:00 - 14:50
Sala del Dottorato

Decolonising media development: a new role for Global North media support?

14:00 - 14:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Developing your election content strategy on YouTube

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Unlocking growth: developing a unified mindset for editorial and business success

14:00 - 14:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Conversations with data: what is the state of data journalism?

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

SLAPPstick: how not to fall over from frivolous lawsuits 

15:00 - 15:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

The art of war reporting

15:00 - 15:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Balanced election coverage: focusing on the facts

15:00 - 15:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

AI showcase

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

When everything is urgent: supporting global journalists under pressure

15:00 - 15:50
Sala del Dottorato

The new nuclear landscape: reporting on nuclear weapons and security at the dawn of a new arms race

15:00 - 15:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Representation and proximity: changing the storytellers of record

15:00 - 15:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Why does your news organisation exist?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

How does implementing AI in your newsroom drive sustainability?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Managing boundaries to prevent burnout

16:00 - 16:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Preparing for exile: the playbook every journalist dreads but needs

16:00 - 16:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

How to prepare for the AI whistleblowers?

16:00 - 16:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

We built a civic army. Now what?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

How to effectively cover climate change and reach an avoidant audience

16:00 - 17:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Rural development: the RuralCiak Award

17:00 - 17:25
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Next Gen News: understanding the audiences of 2030

17:00 - 17:25
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Secret plan against Germany: how an undercover story led to protests of millions

17:00 - 17:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Sigma Award winners: deep data dives

17:00 - 18:30
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

For the record: archives, authoritarians and the media

17:00 - 17:25
Sala del Dottorato

Long-form journalism in wartime

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Investigative journalism with Pinpoint

17:00 - 17:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Disarming disinformation: how leading international editors are responding to information pollution in a pivotal year for democracy

17:35 - 18:00
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Speaking English is still a privilege in journalism, but social video is helping normalise other voices

17:35 - 18:00
Sala del Dottorato

Accountability in real time: how we built a war crimes investigations unit

17:35 - 18:00
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

The Recorder model: making investigations sexy and necessary

18:00 - 18:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

(Cyber) war and peace

18:00 - 18:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

From London to Naples: young gangs and music as a weapon

18:00 - 19:00
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

The European elections: what's at stake with your vote?

19:00 - 19:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Terrorist attacks in Italy: certainties, secrets and gaps

19:00 - 19:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

The use of AI in war, from Ukraine to Gaza

20:00 - 20:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Piero Angela: the wonder of everything

20:00 - 20:45
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The protection of sources and freedom of information at risk

21:00 - 21:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

A world on fire

saturday 20

06:00 - 07:30
Reception, Hotel Brufani

Sunrise film walk

09:30 - 13:00
Hotel La Rosetta

Safety clinics for journalists and editors

10:00 - 10:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Using AI to help detect bias and discrimination in English and Arabic text

10:00 - 10:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Reframing visual journalism in the age of synthetic media

10:00 - 10:50
Sala del Dottorato

How should Europe’s mainstream media cover far-right political parties?

10:00 - 10:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The complexity of covering your own country at war 

10:00 - 10:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Africa: exploring new news (why news doesn’t have to be bad)

11:00 - 11:25
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Scripting for vertical video: how to send journalism viral on TikTok and Instagram Reels

11:00 - 11:50
Sala del Dottorato

Avoiding the news: why people avoid the news and what can be done about it

11:00 - 11:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

How to report on corporate net zero targets: telling greenwashing apart from real ambition

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Social media, AI, and elections: perspectives from the Global South on the “Year of Democracy”

11:00 - 11:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Sigma Award winners: pulling data together

11:00 - 11:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Their story or yours? How to practice less extractive journalism

11:00 - 11:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Covering Gaza, against all the odds

11:00 - 11:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Three years after the Pegasus Project, is regulation in sight or further away than ever?

12:00 - 12:25
Sala del Dottorato

Racism, discrimination, inequality: how and when science got it wrong

12:00 - 12:25
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Beyond short-form video: how to keep people watching?

12:00 - 12:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

The rise of AI: journalism after platforms

12:00 - 12:25
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Why a German media innovation hub does peace journalism in conflict zones

12:00 - 12:25
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

In conversation with journalism’s Nobel Laureate: Maria Ressa on democracy, disinformation and demagoguery

12:00 - 12:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Newsrooms putting journalists’ well-being first

12:00 - 12:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Transparency: does it actually work to combat mis and disinformation?

12:35 - 13:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Journalism and diversity at times of war: the case of Haaretz

12:35 - 13:00
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

The earth’s changing so why aren’t we?

12:35 - 13:00
Sala del Dottorato

Pressing forward with local news

14:00 - 14:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Elections, elections, elections: how to cover the blockbuster 2024 polls safely

14:00 - 14:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Impact of leak prosecutions on the free press

14:00 - 14:50
Sala del Dottorato

War crimes investigations and accountability using open source techniques

14:00 - 14:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Building trust through content authenticity

14:00 - 14:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

The rise of news influencers: what journalists must learn

14:00 - 18:00
Hotel La Rosetta

Management and culture clinics for journalists and newsroom leaders

15:00 - 15:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

The AI elections

15:00 - 15:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Driving transformation, shattering barriers: women leaders steering change management

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Trained to death: what’s the alternative for enabling great news strategies?

15:00 - 15:50
Sala del Dottorato

The investigative agenda for climate change journalism: tracking the fossil fuel industry

15:00 - 15:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Gaza. We needed you: where were you?

15:00 - 15:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Freelance journalism in the age of AI

15:00 - 15:50
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Cross-border journalism in practice: creating connections in the audience and in the newsroom 

15:00 - 15:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Fact-checking: dead or alive?

16:00 - 16:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Young women’s magazines: a radical transformation

16:00 - 16:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Taken hostage: how journalists should respond to the threat of unlawful detention

16:00 - 16:50
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Investigating crime and corruption in the Middle East and North Africa

16:00 - 16:50
Sala del Dottorato

Digital resilience for journalists in a year of elections

16:00 - 16:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

Is truth the first casualty of war? How we stand for journalistic freedoms in Ukraine

16:00 - 16:50
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Generative AI in the news: one year on

16:00 - 16:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Engaging Gen Z audiences and reaching scale on YouTube

17:00 - 17:25
Sala Priori, Hotel Brufani

Overruled! The fight against climate deception and obstruction, from investigative journalism to the courtroom

17:00 - 17:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Crossroads of journalism in exile

17:00 - 18:30
Centro Servizi G. Alessi

Psychological safety 101: a workshop for journalists and editors

17:00 - 17:50
Sala del Dottorato

The wild state of digital news

17:00 - 17:25
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

How to spot AI disinformation?

17:00 - 17:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

How India's independent media are collaborating to cover the parliamentary elections…and beyond

17:00 - 17:50
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

From From Ukraine to Gaza. Reporting on war: words, photos

17:00 - 17:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Real men: the system that ''kills'' women

17:35 - 18:00
Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Graziani

Deepfakes and deceptive AI: how's election year 2024 really going?

18:00 - 18:50
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Putin's eternal return to the Kremlin: what is Russia turning into?

18:00 - 18:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Social media and conflict reporting: challenges and opportunities

18:15 - 19:05
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori

The Middle East: war fronts

19:00 - 19:50
Sala della Vaccara, Palazzo dei Priori

Scientific research: a gender problem here too

19:15 - 20:05
Sala Raffaello, Hotel Brufani

Beyond the veil: civil society participants in the women-led movement in Iran

19:30 - 20:20
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Sex, mafia and power: Roberto Saviano in conversation with Barbara Serra

21:00 - 21:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

In the black hole of the media

22:00 - 22:50
Auditorium San Francesco al Prato

Paolo Celata interviews Diego Bianchi

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