For the third consecutive time, the European Press Prize is announcing its shortlist as an official part of the International Journalism Festival. Our Executive Director Jennifer Athanasiou-Prins and ...
Cristian Lupsa
Cristian Lupșa is a storyteller, editor, and founder based in Bucharest, Romania. He is currently the chair of the European Press Prize Preparatory Committee. For 13 years he ran DoR, a digital and print magazine that was an important landmark for Romanian independent journalism until it closed in late 2022. His more than two-decades long career has taken him from Romania to the U.S., and back. He co-founded DoR in 2009, and, in 2011, began hosting The Power of Storytelling, an international storytelling conference in Bucharest. In 2020, DoR won the European Press Prize Innovation award, the culmination of a series of experiments it was known for: from launching new products, business models, and formats, to bringing journalism on stage, to creating community. Cristian is a 2014 Nieman Fellow. These days he writes his newsletter Draft Four, coaches young journalists, consults local and regional newsrooms, and still believes well-crafted true stories can connect people, heal wounds, inspire, lead, and create change.
Events IJF 2025
Battling disinformation in the shadow of hybrid warfare: lessons from Romania and Moldova
Romania and Moldova are on the frontlines of hybrid warfare, where disinformation has become a powerful weapon aimed at destabilizing democracies. During recent presidential elections, both countries ...
Recorder is the hottest Romanian media right now, and arguably an inspiration for all small to mid-size newsrooms in Central and Eastern Europe or even beyond. What the session participants will touc...
European Press Prize in conversation: lightning talks and 2024 shortlist announcement
The European Press Prize, the awards for excellence in European journalism, brings to the IJF its Lightning Talks. Three inspirational sessions by renowned European Press Prize laureates will bring yo...
Journalists from Eastern Europe are all too familiar with trying to navigate political leaders and their cronies have fostered a culture of propaganda and falsehood in a bid to silence independent med...
Shortly after Donald Trump took office in January 2017, the term “fake news” went viral as a way to discredit and vilify media. According to a recent piece by the New York Times he tweeted the phr...
Across Europe, huge audience sit – often in national theaters – and experience journalism: reported stories augmented with audio, video and live music and put together in a new genre you could cal...
The session will explore different ways in which press freedom is threatened and how that translates into innovative media projects in the CEE region. We are going to talk about the polarization and i...
Against a backdrop of staff burnouts, poor working-life balance, lack of professional development and, generally, a lot of frustration, it is urgent to rethink how newsroom culture impacts journalists...
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