As the world faces increasingly complex humanitarian crises, both mainstream and humanitarian journalism play a critical role in shaping public understanding and response. Yet the ethical challenges t...
Jane Ferguson
Jane Ferguson is an award-winning journalist, author, founder and CEO of media platform Noosphere, and an adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Princeton University. Noosphere is first direct-to-consumer monetization platform built by journalists, for journalists, disintermediating the news business. Previously a war reporter and foreign correspondent, she spent over 15 years living and working in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, most recently for PBS NewsHour and The New Yorker. Her work has focused primarily on US foreign policy and defense, conflict, diplomacy, and human rights. With an emphasis on in-depth, magazine length broadcasting, Jane's reporting has been recognized with awards including the George Polk Award, an Emmy, a Peabody, Overseas Press Club of America Peter Jennings Award and two Alfred I. DuPont Columbia Silver Batons. Her award-winning memoir, No Ordinary Assignment, was published in 2023 by HarperCollins and quickly became a national best seller.
While the crisis in the business of journalism only deepens, there is a growing opportunity to embrace a new path. And it's an exciting, innovative and lucrative one. Consumers are abandoning traditio...
