International Journalism Festival - #ijf26

PERUGIA, ITALY | 15-18 APRIL 2026

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Sala Oderisi, Hotel Brufani

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FESTIVAL VENUES

PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA

1- HOTEL BRUFANI piazza Italia

2- SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI piazza Italia

3- SALONE D'ONORE, PALAZZO DONINI piazza Italia

4- TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA via della Sapienza

5- TEATRO DEL PAVONE piazza della Repubblica

6- CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI via G. Mazzini via N. Danzetta

7- SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI corso Vannucci

8- SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI piazza IV Novembre

9- SALA DEL DOTTORATO Chiostro Cattedrale San Lorenzo piazza IV Novembre

10- AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO via San Francesco

WEDNESDAY APRIL 2026 15

WEDNESDAY 15

16:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in italiano

GOOGLE MAPS PER GIORNALISTI

Gabriele Cruciata trainer (Italy) Google News Initiative

17:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI

BEYOND "HUBS AND SPOKES": DECOLONISING JOURNALISM SUPPORT FOR THE WORLD'S MAJORITY

This event (17.00-18.30) is set up as a series of three talks. See the online programme for more detail.

Introduction by Preethi Nallu co-founder and executive director Report for the World

Dinesh Balliah director Wits Centre for Journalism

Rawan Damen director-general Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

Virginiah Gitome programs and operations leader

Mais Katt founder and editor-in-chief Women Who Won the War

Peter Matjasic network director Reference Circle

Ankur Paliwal founder queerbeat

Omar Rajaratnam co-founder Factum

Dhanya Rajendran editor-in-chief The News Minute

Jimeh Saleh director Amana Inclusive Technology Initiative

Adam Thomas founder Evenly Distributed

Vignesh Vellore co-founder and CEO The News Minute

SAFETY HUB

Safety Workshops

Safety Clinics

Spyware Device Scanning

Freelance Safety Meet-up

Try Out Safety Tools

Connect with Safety Experts

Discover Safety Resources

09:00 -18:00

Thurs 16, Fri 17 & Sat 18 April

FOR JOURNALISTS, EDITORS AND NEWS MANAGERS supported by

Centro Alessi Via Danzetta Entrance

State of Media Development 2026

Funding crisis, democratic backsliding and technological disruption – how is media development keeping up?

Join us for an aperitivo and a lively get-together as we reflect, exchange ideas, and celebrate the launch of the new State of Media Development Report.

SPEAKERS

Rawan Damen – Director General at Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) and Chair of GFMD

Martin Scott – Professor in Media & Development at the University of East Anglia

VENUE

HOTEL BRUFANI, SALA MAGGIORE

DATE TIME

APRIL 16, 2026

6:30 - 8:30 PM

THURSDAY APRIL 2026 16

THURSDAY 16

09:00 | CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI | in English

FESTIVAL SAFETY HUB

Open 09:00-18:00, the Safety Hub offers drop-in device scanning, meet-ups, one-to-one clinics, workshops. The Hub also serves as a meeting point and knowledge centre to connect with safety experts and organisations.

Alison Baskerville global editorial safety manager Reuters

Jeff Belzil security director International Women's Media Foundation

Yemile Bucay editorial safety lead for the Americas Reuters

Elisabet Cantenys executive director ACOS Alliance

Mike Christie editorial safety consultant

Harlo Holmes director digital security Freedom of the Press Foundation

Mykola Kostynyan co-founder RESIDENT.ngo

Finbarr O'Reilly photographer and author

Luisa Ortiz Perez executive director Vita-Activa.org

Alexander Papachristou Vance Center for International Justice

Lauren Walsh James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

Lucy Westcott chief emergencies officer CPJ

09:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

JOURNALIST SAFETY IN 2026: TIPS FOR GOOD EVERYDAY PRACTICE

Elisabet Cantenys executive director ACOS Alliance

Finbarr O’Reilly photographer and author

Lucy Westcott chief emergencies officer Committee to Protect Journalists

THURSDAY 16

09:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

CREATIVE RECONSTRUCTION: REIMAGINING LOCAL NEWS AND PUBLIC MEDIA

Kayce Ataiyero chief external affairs officer Joyce Foundation

Kristen Mack VP communications, fellows and partnerships

MacArthur Foundation

Richard Tofel media consultant

Rachel White CEO Associated Press Fund for Journalism

09:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST: THE JUDGES OF THE EUROPEAN PRESS PRIZE ON WHERE THE PROFESSION IS HEADED

Jennifer Athanasiou-Prins executive director European Press Prize

Clara Jimenez Cruz co-founder and CEO Maldita

Cristian Lupsa media consultant

Veronika Munk director of innovation and new markets Dennik N

Paul Radu co-founder OCCRP

09:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

HOW TO EDIT A LIQUID: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE AI AGE

Phoebe Connelly ex senior editor AI strategy & innovation

The Washington Post

Mukul Devichand editor AI initiatives The New York Times

Erja Ylajarvi editor-in-chief Helsingin Sanomat

Olle Zachrison head of news AI BBC News

09:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

BRIDGING THE IMPACT GAP:

HOW TO EXECUTE ON STRATEGIC SHIFTS

Felicitas Carrique executive director News Product Alliance (via video)

Michael Jarjour founder and CEO Trustfund

Lucy Kueng senior visiting research associate RISJ

Anita Zielina founder and CEO Better Leaders Lab

09:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

TRANSNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS: A MODEL EVOLVING - AND READY TO BE REINVENTED

Marie Doezema senior manager special projects Columbia Global Center Paris

Hoda Osman executive editor Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

Laurent Richard founder and executive director Forbidden Stories

Marina Walker Guevara executive editor Pulitzer Center

10:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

NEWS CREATORS: COMPETITORS, COLLABORATORS OR DISRUPTORS?

Nicolas Copano founder and director Turno

Emilio Domenech founder and editor WATIF

Salla-Rosa Grohn producer and writer Yle Kioski

Mitali Mukherjee director Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

10:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

STARTING UP A NEW MEDIA NOW: ABSOLUTE FOLLY OR ABSOLUTE NECESSITY?

Carole Cadwalladr co-founder The Nerve

Renee Kaplan head of partnerships France Substack

Turi Munthe media founder and investor

Jonathan Shainin co-founder Equator

10:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

UNCENSORABLE: THE FRONT LINES OF RESISTANCE JOURNALISM

Julia Angwin founder Proof News

Marisa Kabas founder The Handbasket

Tara Palmeri host The Tara Palmeri Show

Memo Torres director engagement L.A. Taco

10:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

HYPE LITERACY: REPORTING ON AI BEYOND THE BUZZ

Karen Allen researcher Centre for Information Integrity in Africa Stellenbosch University

Jascha Bareis co-founder Hype Studies

Christo Buschek investigative journalist DER SPIEGEL

Steffen Leidel senior consultant Africa Department DW Akademie

10:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

HOW TO SURVIVE PERUGIA (AND JOURNALISM IN GENERAL) AS AN INTROVERT

Steffi Dobmeier head of digital and editorial development STERN Ellen Heinrichs founder and CEO Bonn Institute

Shirish Kulkarni news innovation research fellow Media Cymru Adam Thomas founder Evenly Distributed

10:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

HUMAN-MADE, MISSION-DRIVEN: REINVENTING MEMBERSHIP MEDIA IN THE AGE OF AI-SLOP

Rozina Breen director of editorial Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Anette Dowideit editor-in-chief CORRECTIV

Jillian Green editor-in-chief Daily Maverick

Katharina Hemmer managing director Republik

10:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

THE CENSOR’S PARADOX: ISRAELI CENSORSHIP, GAZA AND INFORMATION CONTROL IN THE AI AGE

Yuval Abraham investigative journalist +972 Magazine

Omer Benjakob investigative journalist Haaretz

Milan Czerny investigative reporter

Gur Megiddo lead investigative journalist TheMarker

11:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

BREAKING DOWN SILOS: WHAT REAL EDITORIAL-PRODUCT COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE

Thomas Aagaard culture and society editor Zetland

Mariah Craddick product monetization strategy lead The Atlantic Sebastian Winther head of product and growth Zetland

11:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

CUTTING THROUGH THE NOISE: USING INNOVATION TO FIGHT DISINFORMATION IN CONFLICTS

Ange Adihe Kasongo founder and executive director Balobaki Check

Ahmad Primo founder and executive director Verify Platform

Dmytro Raiskyi director strategic communications PR Army

Meera Selva CEO Internews Europe

11:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

GOOGLE NEWS INITIATIVE: PINPOINT FOR JOURNALISTS

Michal Orenburg senior user experience designer Google

Yuval Shukroon senior product manager Pinpoint Google

11:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

TESTING THE PLATFORMS: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND POLICY IMPACT

Clara Jimenez Cruz co-founder and CEO Maldita

Alexios Mantzarlis director Security Trust and Safety Initiative Cornell Tech

Tai Nalon co-founder and executive director Aos Fatos

Julie Posetti director Information Integrity Initiative

11:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUNDING CRISIS AND REBUILDING JOURNALISM

Joanna Krawczyk director CORRECTIV.Europe

Sue Valentine media consultant

Natalia Viana co-founder and executive director Agencia Publica

Sasa Vucinic co-founder and managing partner North Base Media

11:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

THE EPSTEIN FILES: WHERE DID THE MEDIA GET IT WRONG?

Monique El-Faizy journalist and author

Jess Michaels Epstein survivor/advocate and founder 3Joannes Inc

Lucia Osborne-Crowley journalist and author

Annette Young creator and host The 51 Percent France 24 Television

11:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

STORIES YOU CAN FEEL: LIVE JOURNALISM SPREADS AS A TOOL FOR ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST

Catarina Carvalho founder and editor Mensagem de Lisboa

Sanita Jemberga The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism

Jochen Markett co-director Headliner

Vera Peneda director programmes European Journalism Centre

Christoph Schwaiger freelance journalist

12:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT IS BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

Nicole Carroll executive director NEWSWELL

Amalie Nash VP journalism Knight Foundation

Liesbeth Nizet head of future audiences monetisation Mediahuis

12:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

THE REBOOTING: PERUGIA EDITION

Peter Erdelyi founding director Center for Sustainable Media

Brian Morrissey founder and host The Rebooting

12:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

THE NEW CENSORSHIP: NOW WHAT?

Ayala Panievsky presidential fellow Journalism Department

City St George's University of London

Alan Rusbridger co-presenter podcast Media Confidential

12:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

BLOWING THE WHISTLE

IN A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT

Andrés Olarte Peña whistleblower Michael Sontheimer member executive board Ellsberg Whistleblower Award

12:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

UNDERSTANDING US POWER, POLITICS AND PATRIARCHY IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EPSTEIN FILES

Eliza Anyangwe editor-in-chief Fuller

Amy Wallace journalist and author

14:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

HOW DOCUMENTARY FUNDERS THINK ABOUT IMPACT: AND WHAT JOURNALISM CAN LEARN FROM THEM

Raney Aronson-Rath editor-in-chief FRONTLINE PBS

Lauren Pabst senior program officer Journalism and Media

Program MacArthur Foundation

Nina Sachdev deputy director external affairs Media Impact Funders

Sandra Whipham executive director Doc Society

14:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

CAMPAIGN-LED APPROACH TO READER REVENUE GROWTH

Tomas Bella co-founder and chief digital officer Dennik N

Antti Pikkanen co-founder and CEO Uusi Juttu

Zakhar Protsiuk chief operating officer The Kyiv Independent

Liz Wynn chief supporter revenue officer The Guardian

14:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

WIKIPEDIA UNDER SIEGE: HOW TO FUTURE-PROOF THE INTERNET’S LAST BEST PLACE

Anusha Alikhan chief communications officer Wikimedia Foundation

Bobby Ghosh columnist and commentator

Raju Narisetti partner and global leader McKinsey Publishing & Marketing

14:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

CYBERSECURITY FOR JOURNALISTS: REAL-LIFE THREAT EXAMPLES AND WAYS TO KEEP SAFE

Chiara Castro news editor tech software TechRadar

Patricija Cerniauskaite research and communications lead Surfshark

Karolis Kaciulis leading systems engineer Surfshark

Charlie Osborne freelance tech and cybersecurity journalist

14:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

BARGAINING WITH BIG TECH: HOW TO BUILD A BETTER NEWS ECOSYSTEM IN THE AI ERA

Pablo Delgado chief technology and information officer PRISA Media

Ana Jakimovska head of AI strategy Mediahuis

Lucy Kueng senior visiting research associate RISJ

Caspar Llewellyn Smith chief AI officer Guardian News & Media

14:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

A 101 GUIDE TO DOING SERIOUS JOURNALISM THAT BRINGS A SMILE

Aled John group strategy director Financial Times

Dave Jorgenson co-founder Local News International

14:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

DEVELOPING AND EVOLVING REGIONAL HUBS AND NETWORKS

Liz Baker senior director public engagement Humanity United

Rawan Damen director-general Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

Emilia Diaz-Struck executive director Global Investigative Journalism Network

Kathy Im director journalism and media MacArthur Foundation

Troye Lund managing partner (editorial) IJ Hub

Maria Teresa Ronderos director Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism

15:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

THE BEST FREE OR CHEAP DIGITAL INVESTIGATIVE/OSINT TOOLS TO USE RIGHT NOW

Craig Silverman co-founder Indicator

15:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

UKRAINIAN JOURNALISM UNDER FIRE: MEDIA RESILIENCE IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF WAR

Mariya Frey member managing board Suspilne Ukraine

Yelyzaveta Kovtun CEO Frontliner

Ola Myrovych CEO Lviv Media Forum

Olha Syrotiuk programme coordinator European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

15:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

REDEFINING THE NEWSROOM

PROPOSITION IN AN AI ERA

VALUE

Nicole Carroll executive director NEWSWELL

Bill Emkow growth strategist Bridge Michigan

Abbey Gingras senior director consulting services News Revenue Hub

Jordan LaFlure executive editor The Onion

Mary Walter-Brown founder and CEO News Revenue Hub

15:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM

IN ISRAEL IN

TIMES OF WAR

Ghousoon Bisharat editor-in-chief +972 Magazine

Yonit Mozes Local Call

Noa Pinto audience engagement manager Local Call

Meron Rapoport co-founder A Land for All

Oren Ziv reporter and photographer +972 Magazine

15:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

WHAT FUTURE FOR JOURNALISM IN THE ERA OF AI?

David Caswell founder StoryFlow

Natali Helberger professor law and digital technology University of Amsterdam

Giulia Lucchese legal adviser Freedom of Expression & CDMSI Division Council of Europe

Felix Simon research fellow AI and news Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

15:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

EUROPE IS TO BECOME THE WORLD’S LARGEST FUNDER OF PUBLIC-INTEREST JOURNALISM

Diego Agundez head of sector Multimedia and News Media

European Commission

Catarina Carvalho founder and editor Mensagem de Lisboa

Peter Erdelyi founding director Center for Sustainable Media

Laura Moore head of Research and Evaluation Department

DW Akademie

15:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

HOW A DESIRE TO TELL STORIES CAN LEAD TO BAD JOURNALISM

Emily Bell founding director Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Richard Gingras chair Village Media

Mathew Ingram freelance technology writer

Alan Rusbridger co-presenter podcast Media Confidential

15:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

MANAGING THE

OPEN SOCIAL WEB FOR MEDIA COMPANIES

Felix Hlatky executive director Mastodon

Paul Nemitz College of Europe

Bjorn Staschen founding director Save Social - Networks For Democracy

Rose Wang COO Bluesky

16:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

HOW CAN PHILANTHROPY HELP CREATE VIABLE PUBLIC-VALUE JOURNALISM?

Elio Donauer co-CEO Tsuri

Kathy Im director journalism and media MacArthur Foundation

Martin Kotynek founding director Media Forward Fund

Lucy Kueng senior visiting research associate RISJ

Silvia Rivera director local news MacArthur Foundation

16:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

DRAWN JOURNALISM: NEW STORYTELLING IN HIGH-TENSION AREAS

Feurat Alani journalist and writer

Olivier Kugler editorial illustrator and visual journalist

Carolin Ollivier head of news ARTE

16:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

UNSEEN BURDENS: THE INVISIBLE BACKPACK OF WOMEN

JOURNALISTS IN EXILE

Abigail Hernandez founder and director La Sala – mujeres en la redacción

Nadine Jurrat deputy head Asia and Europe Department DW Akademie

Hsu Mon Phyo co -founder and program director Delta News Agency

Irina Novik investigative journalist and author

16:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

INTRODUCTION TO SYNTH ID AND BACK STORY

Vincent Ryan ecosystem investments lead news partnerships Google

16:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

FROM NETWORKS TO NEWSROOMS: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT

ECOSYSTEMS FOR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC-INTEREST MEDIA

Cecilia Anesi co-founder IRPI

Peter Matjasic network director Reference Circle

Preethi Nallu co-founder and executive director Report for the World Ryan Powell head of innovation and media business International Press Institute

16:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNALISM: JUSTICE AFTER THE HEADLINES

Rawan Damen director-general Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

Janine di Giovanni executive director The Reckoning Project (via video)

Mais Katt founder and editor-in-chief Women Who Won the War

Hoda Osman executive editor Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

16:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

FACT-CHECKING: COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THE US-EUROPE DIGITAL COLD WAR

Ana Brakus executive director Faktograf

Angie Drobnic Holan director International Fact-Checking Network

Chris Morris CEO Full Fact

Courtney Radsch director Center for Journalism and Liberty

16:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND INTEGRITY: JOURNALISM IN REPRESSIVE REGIMES

Tom Grundy founder and editor-in-chief Hong Kong Free Press

Saad Mohseni chairman and CEO MOBY Group

Daniella Peled managing editor Institute for War and Peace

Reporting

Jemimah Steinfeld editor-in-chief Index on Censorship

17:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

HOW TO TURN JOURNALISTS INTO ROCK STARS: A LIVE MAGAZINE SHOWCASE

Doan Bui reporter Le Nouvel Obs

Phil Chetwynd global news director Agence France-Presse

Florence Martin-Kessler founder and CEO Live Magazine

Tomas van Houtryve artist and photographer

17:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

HOW TO WORK SAFELY WITH SENSITIVE SOURCES

Delphine Halgand-Mishra executive director The Signals Network

Harlo Holmes director digital security Freedom of the Press Foundation

17:00 | SALONE D'ONORE, PALAZZO DONINI | in Italiano

STEP: INVESTIMENTI EUROPEI PER LE IMPRESE

Andrea Floria Commissione Europea

Mariano Gattafoni CEO BTREE

Sabrina Paolini Regione Umbria

17:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

WELCOME TO THE AGE OF THE UPSIDE DOWN: HOW TO COVER THE U.S. AS AN AXIS POWER

Patricia Campos Mello editor-at-large Folha de Sao Paulo

Peter Geoghegan founder Democracy for Sale

Julie Posetti director Information Integrity Initiative

Maria Ressa co-founder and CEO Rappler

17:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

CREATORS AND THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM: INSIGHTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING FROM THE US AND SOUTH AFRICA

Justin Arenstein founder and chief strategist Code for Africa

Justin Bank co-founder The Independent Journalism Atlas

Amy Mitchell executive director Center for News, Technology & Innovation

Liz Kelly Nelson founder Project C

17:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

'A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE' AND THE PROBLEM WITH HOW WE SEE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Beatrice Fihn director Lex International Fund

Alex Wellerstein nuclear historian Stevens Institute of Technology

17:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY SHIELD: STRENGTHENING INFORMATION, DEFENDING DEMOCRACY

Silvia Boccardi multimedia journalist and reporter

Marie-Helene Boulanger head of citizenship unit European Commission

Matthew Caruana Galizia co-founder Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation

Pina Picierno vice president European Parliament

Federico Varese professor of sociology Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics Sciences Po

17:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

SYRIA’S NEW MEDIA LANDSCAPE: TAKING STOCK ONE YEAR ON

Hadi Al Khatib founder The Syrian Archive (via video)

Arwa Jabiri Damon founder and president International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance

Kholoud Helmi co-founder and board member Enab Baladi

Jenifer Vaughan spokesperson United Nations Special Envoy for Syria

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FRIDAY APRIL 2026 17

FRIDAY 17

06:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

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Rob Layton assistant professor mobile journalism Bond University

Aphrodite Salas associate professor Department of Journalism Concordia University

09:00 | CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI | in English

FESTIVAL SAFETY HUB

Open 09:00-18:00, the Safety Hub offers drop-in device scanning, meet-ups, one-to-one clinics, workshops. The Hub also serves as a meeting point and knowledge centre for those who wish to connect with safety experts and organisations. More details online.

09:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

BEYOND THE HYPE: COVERING AI ACROSS BEATS

Abeba Birhane founder and principal investigator AI Accountability Lab

Trinity College Dublin

Garance Burke global investigative reporter The Associated Press

Tatiana Dias fellow Tech Policy Press

Eric Sears director technology in the public interest MacArthur Foundation

FRIDAY 17

09:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

NATIONAL JOURNALISM FUNDS: THE NEW CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF JOURNALISM FUNDING?

Wahyu Dhyatmika Indonesian Cyber Media Association

Ed Kargbo National Fund for Public Interest Media Sierra Leone

Carolina Oms director sustainability Brazilian Journalism Fund

Sameer Padania director Macroscope Consultancy

09:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

SURVIVING THE STORY: HANDS-ON INFOSEC FOR JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT

Robert Flummerfelt specialist digital security

Manisha Ganguly visual forensics lead The Guardian

09:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

JOURNALISM FOR THE POOR: HOW TO TELL STORIES FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AND PRIVILEGE AND WHY IT MATTERS

Maritza Felix founder and director Conecta Arizona

Shirish Kulkarni news innovation research fellow Media Cymru

Mitali Mukherjee director Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Andreea Vilcu podcaster Prea Sarac

09:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD: INVESTIGATING THE BUSINESS OF WAR

Uri Blau director global investigative projects Shomrim

Milan Czerny investigative reporter

Timur Olevsky deputy editor The Insider

Vivian Schiller VP and executive director Aspen Digital

10:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

SUSTAINING

READER-FUNDED JOURNALISM IN A WORLD OF FEAR, INDIFFERENCE AND NEWS AVOIDANCE

Ivan Kolpakov co-founder and editor-in-chief Meduza

Galina Timchenko co-founder and CEO Meduza

10:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

HOW TO TURN INVESTIGATIVE ARTICLES INTO A BLOCKBUSTER DOCUMENTARY?

Kamilla Marton investigative journalist Direkt36 Andras Petho co-founder and executive director Direkt36

10:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

GAZA: SILENCED IN THE NAME OF IMPARTIALITY

Nada Abdelsamad media consultant

Ghousoon Bisharat editor-in-chief +972 Magazine

Farah Maraqa PhD candidate University of Exeter

Diana Moukalled co-founder and managing editor Daraj Media

10:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

UP AND COMING: NEXT GENERATION NEWS PRODUCT BUILDERS

Delfina Arambillet head of AI and sustainability initiatives

Sustainable Business Studio Globant

Sydney Lewis associate product manager The Minnesota Star Tribune

Teresa Mondria Terol product engineer AI initiatives The New York Times

Aldana Vales coordinator AI Journalism Labs Craig Newmark

Graduate School of Journalism CUNY

10:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

AI-ASSISTED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: THE CHILLING ESCALATION OF ONLINE ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE

Kalliopi Mingeirou chief Ending Violence Against Women Section UN-Women

Julie Posetti director Information Integrity Initiative

Maria Ressa co-founder and CEO Rappler

Kaylee Williams senior researcher Information Integrity Initiative

10:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

WHAT ROLE DOES LONGFORM JOURNALISM PLAY

IN AN ONLINE

WORLD?

Jessica Bateman freelance feature writer

Will Coldwell freelance writer

Cordelia Jenkins editor FT Weekend Magazine

Line Vaaben existential editor Politiken

10:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

IF AI IS THE NEW INTERN, WHAT’S THE NEW ON-RAMP INTO JOURNALISM?

Jeremy Caplan director teaching & learning Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY

Astrid Maier deputy editor-in-chief dpa Djordje Padejski associate director JSK Journalism Fellowships Stanford University

Nikita Roy host podcast Newsroom Robots

10:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

SO YOU WANT TO REPORT ON THE TECH INDUSTRY BUT AREN’T A TECH REPORTER?

Peter Geoghegan founder Democracy for Sale

Daniel Howden founder and managing director Lighthouse Reports

Natalia Viana co-founder and executive director Agencia Publica

Amy Westervelt founder Critical Frequency

11:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

GOOGLE NEWS INITIATIVE: AI TOOLS FOR JOURNALISTS

Mia Sahl trainer (Nordics) Google News Initiative

11:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

HOW TO SAVE PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM

Branko Brkic founder Project Kontinuum

Liz Corbin director of news European Broadcasting Union

Liz Gibbons controller global journalism BBC World Service

Jane Martinson journalist and author

Alan Rusbridger co-presenter podcast Media Confidential

11:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

SHARED SERVICES AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: WHAT PUBLISHERS, PARTNERS

AND FUNDERS NEED TO KNOW

Kim Bode head of growth initiatives Newspack

Jim Brady principal Spirited Media Consulting

Martin Kotynek founding director Media Forward Fund

Sharon Moshavi president International Center for Journalists

Vera Peneda director programmes and impact European Journalism Centre

11:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

WHAT JOURNALISTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Robert Elder president and CEO Outrider Foundation

Beatrice Fihn director Lex International Fund

Matt Korda associate director Nuclear Information Project Federation of American Scientists

11:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMOUR FOR DEMOCRACY: GOOD HUMOUR VS BAD HUMOUR

Alberto Godioli director Forum for Humor and the Law

Tjeerd Royaards editor-in-chief Cartoon Movement

11:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

FROM STORY TO SPINE: HOW JOURNALISTS TURN REPORTING INTO BOOKS

Dawn Davis senior VP and publisher 37 Ink

Lynda Hammes co-founder Tertulia

Mitra Kalita co-founder URL Media

Raju Narisetti partner and global leader McKinsey Publishing & Marketing

Madhulika Sikka VP and executive editor Crown Publishing Group

Jane O'Donoghue

Zsuzsanna Lippai

11:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

TRY, FAIL, KILL AND LEARN: PRODUCT POST-MORTEMS AND THE ART OF THE MEANINGFUL MISTAKE

Olivier Baumann CTO and deputy director Republik Magazine

Mariah Craddick product monetization strategy lead The Atlantic

Michael Jarjour founder and CEO Trustfund

Jane O'Donoghue senior product manager Rest of World

12:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE | in English and Italian

STORIES ON UMBRIA

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARD

Winners: Annette Rubesamen, Mattia Ferraresi, Lucia Gramazio, Emilia Mastroianni, Luca Marroni, Stephen Brewer, Caterina Aurora Malanetto Special Mentions: Caterina Congia, Roberto Biselli, Roberto Casolari

presented by Bruno Gambacorta jury president

12:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

BOTH SIDES NOW: WHAT I LEARNED FUNDING IN AUTHORITARIAN HUNGARY AND HOW IT CHANGED HOW I RUN A U.S. NEWSROOM

Zsuzsanna Lippai CEO The Fuller Project

Omer Benjakob

12:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

THE FAKE HUMAN INDUSTRY: INSIDE DISINFORMATION-AS-A-SERVICE

Omer Benjakob investigative journalist Haaretz

12:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

WHAT’S POPULAR? THE TRENDS SHAPING GLOBAL MEDIA CONSUMPTION

Katerina Eva Matsa director news and information research

Pew Research Center

Mitali Mukherjee director Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

12:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

EXPOSING THE BROLIGARCHY WITH CAROLE CADWALLADR

Carole Cadwalladr co-founder The Nerve

Nienke Venema managing director Democracy and Media Foundation

14:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

THE POWER OF A COHORT: WHY AI ADOPTION WORKS BETTER TOGETHER

Emily Brown journalism director Microsoft

Heba Kandil head of media initiatives Thomson Reuters Foundation

Tristan Loper head of national programs The Lenfest Institute

Aldana Vales coordinator AI Journalism Labs Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY

14:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS AS A TOOL TO GAG THE PRESS: EURASIA IN FOCUS

Baris Altintas co-founder Media and Law Studies Association

Alsu Kurmasheva Tatar-Bashkir service RFE/RL

Gulnoza Said program coordinator Europe and Central Asia Committee to Protect Journalists

Rinat Tuhvatshin co-founder Kloop

14:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

RADICAL COLLABORATION IN A TIME OF EXISTENTIAL TRANSFORMATION

Jennifer Brandel co-founder and CEO Hearken

Maggie Farley VP strategic initiatives International Center for Journalists

Sharon Moshavi president International Center for Journalists Francisca Skoknic deputy director CLIP

14:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

UNDER PRESSURE: BUILDING JOURNALISM FUNDS FOR A HOSTILE WORLD

Dale Anglin director Press Forward

Nishant Lalwani CEO International Fund for Public Interest Media

Sameer Padania director Macroscope Consultancy

Sasa Vucinic co-founder and managing partner North Base Media

14:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

WITNESS

TO WAR: HOW JOURNALISTS CAN SAFEGUARD DIGITAL EVIDENCE FOR JUSTICE

Rebecca Bakos Blumenthal starvation and humanitarian crisis lead Global Rights Compliance

Frederik Obermaier co-founder paper trail media

Basile Simon director special projects Starling Lab for Data

Integrity Stanford University

Emily Tripp executive director Airwars

14:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

WHEN SOURCES ARE THE STORY: JOURNALISM’S NEW RESPONSIBILITY IN THE AGE OF AI

Julia Angwin founder Proof News

Attaullah Baig whistleblower

Jennifer Gibson co-founder and director Psst

Mark MacGann whistleblower

15:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

HOW PUBLISHERS ARE RESPONDING TO THE ‘CREATOR WAVE’?

Pierre Caulliez founder Yoof

Bijan Hosseini senior producer CNN International Productions

Nic Newman senior research fellow Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Liesbeth Nizet head of future audiences monetisation

Mediahuis

Lais Martins 15:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

WHAT STORIES LIE BEHIND DATA CENTRES?

Julia Faustina Abad specialist Digital Rights Program

Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection

Lais Martins investigative reporter The Intercept Brasil

Max Schulze co-founder Leitmotiv

Lou Welgryn secretary general Data for Good

15:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

THE POWER OF EDITORIAL CARTOONS

Emanuele Del Rosso head of European Cartoon Award

Tjeerd Royaards editor-in-chief Cartoon Movement

15:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

AN AUTOPSY FOR AI: LESSONS FOR JOURNALISM FROM THE PLATFORM ERA

Madhav Chinnappa media consultant

Colin Crowell global managing director The Blue Owl Group

Courtney Radsch director Center for Journalism and Liberty

Nick Wrenn media consultant

15:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

TURNING IDEAS INTO REAL PROGRESS: PRACTICAL WAYS TO GET SH* DONE

Kim Bode head of growth initiatives Newspack

Sanne Breimer founder Inclusive Journalism

Amruta Byatnal independent journalist

Michael Jarjour founder and CEO Trustfund

Mayuri Mei Lin program director Southeast Asia Media

Development Investment Fund

15:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

LAWFARE LIGHT: THE BUREAUCRATIC SILENCING OF JOURNALISTS

Caoilfhionn Gallagher human rights lawyer

Karen Kaiser senior VP and general counsel The Associated Press

Maria Ressa co-founder and CEO Rappler

15:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

“QUIET,

PIGGY”: MISOGYNISTIC ATTACKS AS A TOOL TO SILENCE WOMEN JOURNALISTS AND HOW WE FIGHT BACK

Soraya Chemaly author and activist

Juliana Dal Piva reporter Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism

Kathy Im director journalism and media MacArthur Foundation

Elisa Lees Munoz executive director International Women’s Media Foundation

Karyn Maughan legal journalist News24

15:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

STEERING NEWSROOMS THROUGH ROCKY WATERS AS A NEW LEADER

Jillian Green editor-in-chief Daily Maverick

Zsuzsanna Lippai CEO The Fuller Project

Miranda Patrucic editor-in-chief OCCRP

Franz Wild CEO and editor-in-chief The Bureau o Investigative Journalism

16:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

MONEY STOPPED, WORK DIDN’T: HOW THREE MEDIA FROM EASTERN EUROPE TURNED PRESSURE INTO POWER

Valentina Caledji-Poghirc manager Laf.md

Gaygysyz Geldiyev managing partner Jnomics Media

Mariam Nikuradze co-founder and director OC Media

Rosana Tuzhanska co-founder and CEO Varosh

16:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

JOURNALISTS IN GAZA

Thibaut Bruttin director general Reporters Without Borders

Phil Chetwynd global news director Agence France-Presse

Helene Lam Trong journalist and documentary director

Adel Zaanoun head of Gaza bureau Agence France-Presse

16:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

AI WEAPONS ARE HERE: A PRIMER

Anna Hehir head of military AI governance Future of Life Institute

Richard Lennane policy advisor International Committee of the Red Cross

Elke Schwarz professor political theory Queen Mary University of London

16:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

THE INTEGRITY PLAYBOOK IN THE AGE OF DOUBT: LESSONS FROM FACT-CHECKING ORGANIZATIONS UNDER PRESSURE

Angie Drobnic Holan director International Fact-Checking Network

Clara Jimenez Cruz co-founder and CEO Maldita

Franco Piccato executive director Chequeado

Laura Zommer co-founder and CEO Factchequeado

16:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

A MANIFESTO FOR THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

Joshi Herrmann founder and editor Mill Media

Lea Korsgaard co-founder and editor-in-chief Zetland

16:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

OPEN DATA: THE CHALLENGES OF A CRITICAL TOOL

Rob Lang newsroom AI editor Reuters

Rony Shalit chief compliance and ethics officer Bright Data

16:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

ADAPTING UNDER PRESSURE: HOW WHISTLEBLOWING PLATFORMS RESPOND TO EVOLVING THREATS AND REGULATIONS

Delphine Halgand-Mishra executive director The Signals Network

Jennifer Helsby chief technology officer Freedom of the Press Foundation

Harlo Holmes director digital security Freedom of the Press Foundation

Kevin O'Gorman staff engineer Freedom of the Press Foundation

Giovanni Pellerano project lead GlobaLeaks

16:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

PODCASTING FOR JOURNALISTS: FROM SMARTPHONE TO STUDIO

Caroline Graham associate professor journalism Bond University

16:00 | CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI | in English

PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY 101: A WORKSHOP FOR JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS

Luisa Ortiz Perez executive director Vita-Activa.org

Gavin Rees senior advisor Global Center for Journalism and Trauma

Lauren Walsh director safety initiatives James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

17:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

CAN OPEN PROTOCOLS GIVE JOURNALISM A FIGHTING CHANCE IN THE AGE OF AI AGENTS?

Florent Daudens co-founder Mizal AI

Lucky Gunasekara co-founder and CEO Miso.ai

17:00 | SALONE D'ONORE, PALAZZO DONINI | in Italiano

RURALCIAK EDIZIONE IV. IL CONCORSO

CHE PREMIA LE PRODUZIONI VIDEO DELLO

SVILUPPO RURALE DELLE REGIONI E PROVINCE AUTONOME ITALIANE

Saluti istituzionali: Simona Meloni, Adriano Bei, Graziano

Antonielli Relatori: Paolo Ammassari, Paola Lionetti, Michela Angeletti, Sonia Broccatelli, Francesco Bolo Rossini

Moderano: Matteo Tagliapietra, Giovanna Mottola

17:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

UNCOVERING BIG TECH’S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

Carole Cadwalladr co-founder The Nerve

Margarida Silva senior tech researcher SOMO

Natalia Viana co-founder and executive director Agencia Publica

Bram Vranken researcher and campaigner Corporate Europe Observatory

17:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

INVENTING THE FUTURE: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD

Marcus Brauchli managing partner North Base Media

Richard Gingras chair Village Media

Indira Lakshmanan co-host Here & Now NPR

17:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: WHAT COMES AFTER VERTICAL VIDEO?

Dave Jorgenson co-founder Local News International

Tara Palmeri host The Tara Palmeri Show

Sophia Smith Galer journalist and content creator

Francesco Zaffarano head of product Chora & Will Media

17:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

DISTRIBUTION INNOVATIONS IN DOCUMENTARY FILM

Sahar Driver co-founder and co-executive director Color Congress

Erika Howard director impact strategy and external relations

FRONTLINE PBS

Yongjin Kim co-founder Newstapa

Lauren Pabst senior program officer Journalism and Media

Program MacArthur Foundation

17:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

JOURNALISTS AS COMMUNITY STEWARDS: PRACTICES FOR TRUST, PARTICIPATION AND SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT

Venessa Paech co-founder and director Australian Community Managers

17:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

FREEDOM UNDER SIEGE: THE NEW FRONTLINES IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON THE PRESS

Kai Falkenberg general counsel The Guardian US

Jodie Ginsberg CEO Committee to Protect Journalists

Maria Ressa co-founder and CEO Rappler

Jane Spencer deputy editor and SVP strategy The Guardian US

REED BRODY PHILIPPE SANDS

18:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

IMPUNITY, INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND THE JOURNALIST’S

DILEMMA

Reed Brody human rights lawyer and author

Philippe Sands professor public understanding of law University College London

MARIO CALABRESI

FRANCESCA MANNOCCHI

18:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in italiano

IL POTERE

DELLE STORIE

Mario Calabresi CEO e editor-in-chief Chora Media

Francesca Mannocchi giornalista e scrittrice

SATURDAY APRIL 2026 18

SATURDAY 18

06:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

Reservation necessary

SUNRISE SMARTPHONE VIDEOGRAPHY WALK

Rob Layton assistant professor mobile journalism Bond University

Aphrodite Salas associate professor Department of Journalism Concordia University

08:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in Italiano

OSSIGENO, LA RASSEGNA DELLE NOTIZIE COSTRUTTIVE DI CHORA

Silvia Boccardi giornalista multimediale e reporter

Francesco Zaffarano head of product Chora & Will Media

09:00 | CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI | in English

FESTIVAL SAFETY HUB

Open 09:00-18:00, the Safety Hub offers drop-in device scanning, meet-ups, one-to-one clinics, workshops. The Hub also serves as a meeting point and knowledge centre for those who wish to connect with safety experts and organisations. More details online.

Alison Baskerville global editorial safety manager Reuters

Jeff Belzil security director International Women's Media Foundation

Yemile Bucay editorial safety lead for the Americas Reuters

Elisabet Cantenys executive director ACOS Alliance

Mike Christie editorial safety consultant

Harlo Holmes director digital security Freedom of the Press Foundation

Mykola Kostynyan co-founder RESIDENT.ngo

Finbarr O'Reilly photographer and author

Luisa Ortiz Perez executive director Vita-Activa.org

Alexander Papachristou Vance Center for International Justice

Lauren Walsh James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

Lucy Westcott chief emergencies officer CPJ

SATURDAY 18

09:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

JOURNALISTS AS FOUNDERS: BUILDING INDEPENDENT MEDIA UNDER POLITICAL AND PLATFORM PRESSURE

Roman Anin co-founder and editor-in-chief iStories

Jennifer Brandel co-founder and CEO Hearken

Maritza Felix founder and director Conecta Arizona

Djordje Padejski associate director JSK Journalism

Fellowships Stanford University

Sergio Spagnuolo founder and executive director Nucleo Jornalismo

09:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

INVESTIGATING A SEALED-OFF WAR ZONE

Laila Al-Arian executive producer Fault Lines Al Jazeera English

Kavitha Chekuru documentary filmmaker

Ashraf Mashharawi journalist and filmmaker

Emily Tripp executive director Airwars

09:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

STEAL THIS: AI PROJECTS NEWSROOMS

ACTUALLY SHIPPED AND HOW THEY GOT IT OVER THE LINE

Emily Brown journalism director Microsoft

Kati Erwert senior VP product, marketing and public service

The Seattle Times

Kevin Hoffman AI engineer The Philadelphia Inquirer

Tristan Loper head of national programs The Lenfest Institute

09:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

HAVE WE REACHED PEAK VERIFICATION?

Kolina Koltai senior researcher Bellingcat

George Sargent global visual verification and newsgathering editor Reuters

Benjamin Strick director of investigations Centre for Information Resilience

Joanna Webster global editor agency news strategy Reuters

09:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO| in English

JUSTIFIABLE TRUST: HOW TO ENSURE JOURNALISTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE RIGHT INFORMATION WHEN CHOOSING SECURITYFOCUSED APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS?

Kevin O'Gorman staff engineer SecureDrop team Freedom of the Press Foundation

Giovanni Pellerano project lead GlobaLeaks

10:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

WHEN AI BECOMES THE PRODUCT

Charlie Beckett director Polis London School of Economics

Sannuta Raghu head of AI lab for news and journalism Scroll

Sophia Smith Galer journalist and content creator

Sebastian Winther head of product and growth Zetland

10:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in English

JUSTICE AT LAST? COVERING SYRIAN JUSTICE PLAYING OUT ON MULTIPLE STAGES

Bushra Alzoubi independent Syrian journalist

Thierry Cruvellier editor-in-chief Justice Info

Hannah El-Hitami freelance journalist

Habib Nassar lawyer and human rights activist

10:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

HOW NONPROFIT JOURNALISM CAN THRIVE, EVEN NOW

Monika Bauerlein CEO Center for Investigative Reporting

Katrice Hardy CEO The Marshall Project

Ayanna Johnson Watkins co-executive director MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Emily Ramshaw president and CEO The 19th

Robin Sparkman president and co-CEO ProPublica

10:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

THE FUTURE OF GENDER-JUST JOURNALISM: FROM COVERAGE TO CULTURE

Eliza Anyangwe editor-in-chief Fuller

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah co-founder Institute of Journalism and Social Change

Francesca Donner founder and editor-in-chief The Persistent Mona Eltahawy founder and editor-in-chief FEMINIST GIANT

Afua Hirsch journalist and author

10:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

RIGHT TO PROTEST: INVESTIGATING VIOLATIONS USING SOCIAL MEDIA

Barbara Marcolini visual investigator Evidence Lab Amnesty International

Milena Marin head of Evidence Lab Amnesty International

10:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA PLAYBOOK FOR INDIA

Sruthi Gottipati founder Spot On

Anant Nath editor The Caravan

Abhinandan Sekhri co-founder and CEO Newslaundry

Vignesh Vellore co-founder and CEO The News Minute

10:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

FROM NEWSROOM TO SCREEN: TURNING

JOURNALISM INTO DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Yaara Bou Melhem director and producer Illuminate Films

Karl Malakunas Agence France-Presse

Lindsay Poulton head of documentaries The Guardian

Sandra Whipham executive director Doc Society

10:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

REPORTING ON RUSSIA’S

AUTHORITARIAN NARRATIVES

Olga Rudenko editor-in-chief The Kyiv Independent

Oleksiy Sorokin senior editor The Kyiv Independent

Yaroslav Trofimov chief foreign affairs correspondent The Wall Street Journal

11:30 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

BEARING WITNESS IN CONFLICT ZONES (GAZA, YEMEN, SUDAN)

Wael Al-Dahdouh bureau chief Gaza Al Jazeera

Mustafa Nasr chairman Studies and Economic Media Center

Raghdan Orsud co-founder BeamReports

Sara Qudah MENA regional director Committee to Protect Journalists

11:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

FROM LEAKS TO LEVELS: USING GAMES TO TURN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INTO MASS-AUDIENCE

HITS

Natxo Armenter Usarraga founder and CEO Good Game Generation

Lot Carlier executive director V-Ventures

Jeff Lowenstein founder and executive director Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism

Paul Radu co-founder OCCRP

11:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

HOW FUNDERS ARE APPROACHING SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Kayce Ataiyero chief external affairs officer Joyce Foundation

Jodie Ginsberg CEO Committee to Protect Journalists

Marcia Parker VP philanthropic partnerships The New York Times

Jon Williams executive director Rory Peck Trust

11:30 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in English

AUTHORITARIAN CONVERGENCE: HOW RUSSIA, IRAN AND CHINA RESHAPE INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS

Thibaut Bruttin director general Reporters Without Borders

Marketa Hulpachova co-director Tehran Bureau

Alesya Marokhovskaya editor-in-chief IStories

Filip Noubel editor-at-large Global Voices

Vivian Wu founder Dasheng Media

11:30 | CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI | in English

HOW TO CROSS BORDERS SAFELY: WORKSHOP FOR JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS

Alison Baskerville global editorial safety manager Reuters

Harlo Holmes director digital security Freedom of the Press Foundation

Alexander Papachristou Vance Center for International Justice

11:30 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English Reservation necessary

UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACHES FOR NEWSROOMS AND MEDIA SUPPORT

ORGANISATIONS TO JOIN FORCES IN CHALLENGING TIMES

Rozina Breen director of editorial Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Florence Wild chief development officer CORRECTIV

11:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

WHEN CHATBOTS DELIVER THE NEWS

Ginny Badanes general manager Tech For Society Microsoft

Katy Knight president and executive director Siegel Family Endowment

Caspar Llewellyn Smith chief AI officer Guardian News & Media

Vivian Schiller VP and executive director Aspen Digital

11:30 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

COVERING A HEATING WORLD WITH FEWER RESOURCES: PITCH CLINIC AND PRACTICAL TIPS

Milou Dirkx network and media programmes team lead Clean Energy Wire

Alan Evans deputy environment editor The Guardian

Santiago Saez director of training Covering Climate Now Brett Simpson freelance climate and human rights journalist

12:00 | GIUDITTA BROZZETTI MUSEUM | in English

Reservation necessary

SMARTPHONE VERTICAL VIDEO WORKSHOP

Rob Layton assistant professor mobile journalism Bond University

Aphrodite Salas associate professor Department of Journalism Concordia University

12:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

OSINT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING

Manisha Ganguly visual forensics lead The Guardian

Alexa Koenig co-founder and director Human Rights Center UC Berkeley

12:30 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

AFTER THE READER: WHAT COMES NEXT FOR NEWS IN AN AI-FIRST WORLD?

David Caswell founder StoryFlow

Florent Daudens co-founder Mizal AI

Shuwei Fang fellow Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Lucky Gunasekara co-founder and CEO Miso.ai

12:30 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

BUILDING YOUR OWN BRAND: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Sophia Smith Galer journalist and content creator

Antonio Zappulla CEO Thomson Reuters Foundation

14:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

FREEDOM’S LIFELINE OR LAWLESS FRONTIER? UNDERSTANDING TELEGRAM’S ROLE IN GLOBAL MEDIA

Roman Anin co-founder and editor-in-chief iStories

Rashid Gabdulhakov Centre for Media and Journalism Studies University of Groningen (via video)

Maral Jekta managing director JX Fund

Alex Vorobev project lead The Fix Research and Advisory

14:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

JOURNALISM IN THE POLARISED WORLD: REACHING AUDIENCES BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Natalia Antelava co-founder and editor-in-chief Coda Story

Patricia Campos Mello editor-at-large Folha de Sao Paulo

Nataliya Gumenyuk founder and CEO Public Interest Journalism Lab

Angelina Kariakina co-founder Public Interest Journalism Lab

14:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

PERFORMATIVE JOURNALISM TO SAVE THE CRAFT

Cristian Alarcon founder and director Revista Anfibia

14:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

POISONED CHALICE OR STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY? NAVIGATING AI FOR INDEPENDENT NEWSROOMS

Will Church director media freedom programmes Thomson Reuters Foundation

Irene Jay Liu director AI, emerging tech & regulation IFPIM

Paul McNally founding director Develop AI

Sannuta Raghu head of AI lab for news and journalism Scroll

14:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in italiano

FRONTE EUROPEO: DA TIRANA A KYIV, IL NUOVO IMPULSO ALL'INTEGRAZIONE EU

Andrea Braschayko giornalista freelance

Francesco Brusa Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa

Luisa Chiodi direttore Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa

14:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in italiano

LA NUOVA GUERRA FREDDA IN AFRICA

Antonella Sinopoli fondatrice AfroWomenPoetry

14:40 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in italiano

RACCONTARE E CONTRASTARE LA CRISI CLIMATICA IN ITALIA: DATI, TERRITORI E RESPONSABILITÀ

Emanuele Bompan direttore Materia Rinnovabile

Sara Segantin giornalista, scrittrice e ambasciatrice per il

Patto Climatico Europeo

Elisabetta Tola Radio3 Scienza

14:45 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in italiano

SIRIA, UN ANNO DOPO LA CADUTA DEL REGIME

Asmae Dachan giornalista e fotografa

Enrico De Angelis ricercatore e co-fondatore UntoldStories

15:00 | CENTRO SERVIZI G. ALESSI | in English

STAYING SAFE WHILE REPORTING CIVIL UNREST: WORKSHOP FOR JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS

Yemile Bucay editorial safety lead for the Americas Reuters

Mike Christie editorial safety consultant

15:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

LIFE AFTER VIRALITY AND ELITE

INTERVENTIONS: DO WE STILL NEED SMALL NEWS PUBLISHERS?

Anup Kaphle media executive

Julie Posetti director Information Integrity Initiative

Aman Sethi editor-in-chief openDemocracy

Natalia Viana co-founder and executive director Agencia Publica

15:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

HOW TO TEST, EVALUATE AND ROLL OUT AI TOOLS IN NEWSROOMS: LESSONS FROM REUTERS

Rob Lang newsroom AI editor Reuters

15:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

HOW MOLDOVA WON: A CASE STUDY ON DEFEATING RUSSIA’S DISINFORMATION WAR

Valeriu Pasa founder and chairman WatchDog.md

Daniella Peled managing editor Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Peter Pomerantsev Johns Hopkins University (via video)

Lilia Zaharia Cravcenco executive director Transparency International–Moldova

15:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

WRITING WRONGS: LESSONS FROM CO-AUTHORING VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE'S MEMOIR

Amy Wallace journalist and author

15:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

HOLDING THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE: THE ROLE OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM DURING WAR

Yuval Abraham investigative journalist +972 Magazine

Omer Benjakob investigative journalist Haaretz

Francesca Caferri foreign affairs editor Il Venerdì di Repubblica

Harry Davies investigations correspondent The Guardian

15:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

EXPANDING PUBLIC INTEREST JOURNALISM THROUGH CITIZEN-POWERED INVESTIGATIONS

Caitlin Gilbert data reporter The Washington Post (via video)

Paul Myles director On Our Radar

Paul Radu co-founder OCCRP

Neus Vidal executive director Seek Initiative

15:30 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in italiano

DONNE AFGHANE: VIOLATE DA BAMBINE, NEGATE DA ADULTE

Laura Cappon giornalista, tv reporter RAI

Silvia Redigolo Fondazione Pangea Ets

15:45 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in italiano

GIORNALISTI SOTTO ATTACCO: MINACCE, QUERELE TEMERARIE, SILENZI

Raffaele Angius IrpiMedia

Amalia De Simone videoreporter d’inchiesta Rai 3

Giorgio Mottola Report RAI 3

16:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

NETANYAHU’S DOMESTIC WAR ON THE ISRAELI MEDIA

Noa Landau deputy editor-in-chief Haaretz

16:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

ART AND JOURNALISM

Calle Fuhr performer and theatre director

Vanessa Rousselot founder and co-director Diario Vivo

David Schraven publisher CORRECTIV

16:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in italiano

IRAN: LA RIVOLUZIONE, LA GUERRA, LA RESISTENZA

Luciana Borsatti giornalista e autrice

Parisa Nazari Donna, Vita, Libertà

Paola Rivetti professoressa associata, DCU

16:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

MISTAKES, SETBACKS AND UNFULFILLED EXPECTATIONS: AN HONEST F*CK-UP SESSION

Charlie Beckett director Polis London School of Economics

Steffi Dobmeier head of digital and editorial development STERN

Katrice Hardy CEO The Marshall Project

Lea Korsgaard co-founder and editor-in-chief Zetland

16:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in English

JOURNALISM AND THE LAW: STANDING TOGETHER AGAINST RISING INTIMIDATION

Caoilfhionn Gallagher human rights lawyer

Charlie Holt European lead Global Climate Legal Defense

David McCraw senior VP and deputy general counsel The New York Times

Nevsin Mengu journalist and author

Rebecca Vincent director insights and innovation Thomson Reuters Foundation

16:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

REWRITING HER STORY: HOW NEWS COVERAGE CAN FIGHT NOT FUEL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Francesca Donner founder and editor-in-chief The Persistent

Angelina Kariakina co-founder Public Interest Journalism Lab

Luba Kassova co-founder AKAS

Tracy McVeigh editor philanthropic projects The Guardian

16:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

WHEN SEEING IS NO LONGER BELIEVING: PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES IN A WORLD OF SYNTHETIC MEDIA

Sam Gregory executive director WITNESS

Tai Nalon co-founder and executive director Aos Fatos

Felix Simon research fellow AI and news Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

17:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in English

REPORTING DURING GENDER APARTHEID IN AFGHANISTAN

Alex Crawford special correspondent Sky News

Amie Ferris-Rotman global news editor New Lines Magazine

Zahra Joya founder and editor-in-chief Rukhshana Media

Meera Selva CEO Internews Europe

17:00 | SALA DELLE COLONNE, PALAZZO GRAZIANI | in English

JOURNALISM FUNDING'S NEW REALISM: WHAT IS GONE AND WHAT IS NOT YET NEXT

Lars Boering director European Journalism Centre

Mira Milosevic executive director Global Forum for Media Development

Sharon Moshavi president International Center for Journalists

Paul Radu co-founder OCCRP

17:00 | SALA DEL DOTTORATO | in English

EXPLAIN YOUR JOURNALISM: THIS IS HOW WE USED AI TO BUILD TRUST

Martin Schori director AI and innovation Aftonbladet

Agnes Stenbom founder and head of IN/LAB

17:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in English

TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION: HOW AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES REACH ACROSS BORDERS TO KILL DISSENT

Scilla Alecci investigative reporter ICIJ

Roman Anin co-founder and editor-in-chief iStories

Reed Brody human rights lawyer and author

Greg Miller chief correspondent international investigations

The Washington Post (via video)

Gerard Ryle executive director ICIJ

17:00 | TEATRO DEL PAVONE | in English

SILENT CENSORSHIP: TRAUMA, BURNOUT AND PRESS FREEDOM

Alessandra Galloni editor-in-chief Reuters

Jodie Ginsberg CEO Committee to Protect Journalists

Fergal Keane journalist and author

Bruce Shapiro executive director Global Center for Journalism and Trauma

17:00 | SALONE D'ONORE, PALAZZO DONINI | in italiano

CAPITALE UMANO AI TEMPI DELL’IA:

LA SFIDA DELLA POLITICA DI COESIONE E L’APPROCCIO DELLA REGIONE UMBRIA

Domenico Agnello fondatore e CEO P4B.ai

Giuseppe Iacono coordinatore programma Repubblica

Digitale presso Dipartimento per la Trasformazione Digitale

Giovanni Lo Leggio creatore e consulente di intelligenza artificiale

Cecilia Moretti vice direttrice generale Gepafin Umbria

Martino Tosti fondatore e direttore Radio Glox

17:00 | SALA BRUGNOLI, PALAZZO CESARONI | in italiano

IA: ETICA, NORME, POTERE

Fabio Chiusi giornalista e scrittore

Bruno Saetta avvocato

17:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in italiano

VIAGGIO NELLA RESISTENZA UCRAINA

Karolina Chernoivan fixer, paramedica e fotografa

Arianna Ciccone cofondatrice IJF e Valigia Blu

Nello Scavo Avvenire

Marta Serafini Corriere della Sera

17:00 | TEATRO DELLA SAPIENZA | in italiano

DI CHI SONO I NOSTRI GIORNI? LA DISOBBEDIENZA PER LA LIBERTÀ DEI CORPI

Pasquale Filastò direttore d'orchesta

Stefano Massoli produttore video ed esponente Associazione

Luca Coscioni

Vittorio Parpaglioni Barbieri autore e sceneggiatore

Valentina Petrini giornalista e scrittrice

18:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in italiano

GUERRA IBRIDA E PROPAGANDA: RUSSIA, USA, EUROPA

Marco Arvati giornalista

Tonia Mastrobuoni corrispondente La Repubblica

Giovanni Savino Università Federico II Napoli

18:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in italiano

LA FELICITÀ COME BENE COLLETTIVO E IL RUOLO DELL’INFORMAZIONE

Giulia Blasi scrittrice e formatrice

Karma_B drag queen, attivist* LGBTQIA+

Pasquale Quaranta diversity editor Gruppo Gedi

18:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in italiano

DIEGO BIANCHI

PROPAGANDA LIVE

19:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in italiano

TRAME DI GUERRA

Nello Scavo Avvenire

Lorenzo Tondo corrispondente The Guardian

FRANCESCA CAFERRI

RUWAIDA KAMAL AMER

19:00 | SALA RAFFAELLO, HOTEL BRUFANI | in italiano

GAZA: RACCONTARE L'IMPOSSIBILE

Francesca Caferri La Repubblica

Ruwaida Kamal Amer giornalista

ROSARIO AITALA

NELLO SCAVO

19:30 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in italiano IL FRONTE DELLA GIUSTIZIA. DIALOGO SULLA CORTE PENALE INTERNAZIONALE

Rosario Aitala vicepresidente della Corte Penale Internazionale

Nello Scavo Avvenire

21:00 | AUDITORIUM SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | in italiano

ROBERTO

SAVIANO GOMORRA, 20 ANNI DOPO

21:00 | SALA DEI NOTARI, PALAZZO DEI PRIORI | in italiano

ANNI '70 - TERRORE E DIRITTI

Mario Calabresi CEO e editor-in-chief Chora Media

Sara Poma responsabile contenuti Chora Media

Benedetta Tobagi giornalista e scrittrice