Transparency is an oft-cited solution to the trust crisis, but what does that mean in practice? Must journalists document all aspects of their work - or does that risk creating journalism products tha...
Shazna Nessa
Shazna Nessa has worked in the evolving intersection of technology, design and journalism in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. As a masthead editor at The Wall Street Journal she is the global head of visuals, responsible for unique digital experiences and the visual journalism that is created daily by journalists with specialized skills in areas such as data visualization, photography, cartography, 3D, design and illustration, across multiple platforms.
Prior roles include positions at The Knight Foundation, The Associated Press, and Condé Nast. She recently stepped down as the Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors for the Online News Association, and was a Board Advisor for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, as well as the Journalism and Design program at the New School.
Shazna was born and raised in London’s East End and holds a bachelor’s degree from the Sorbonne, Paris. She was a 2008 Sulzberger fellow at Columbia University and a 2014 John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University.
Events IJF 2023
It’s inspiring to see new CEOs with diverse faces and backgrounds taking the top role at media organizations. What are the responsibilities today as our world and industry faces the headwinds of 202...
Many newsrooms now have a digital, forensic or visual analysis team harnessing the power of data and technology to design investigations on diverse themes with original and innovative focuses. This pa...
Evan Gershkovich, 31 years old, is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covers Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union. In March 2023, he was arrested in Russia while on a reporting t...
The COVID-19 crisis has prompted radical and accelerated thinking about the purpose of work. It also forces us to ask what good newsroom leadership looks like beyond managing hybrid meetings. Because ...
Journalism is crumbling, mainly because people around the world seem reluctant to pay for facts, while they are spending ever more for emotions: from Spotify to Netflix. For journalism, this is the be...
Rethinking leadership and developing new leaders in media orgs to manage transformation
Why we need to rethink leadership and develop new leaders in media organizations to successfully manage transformation. How do the culture of leadership and change management have to evolve in media ...
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