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Main Hall

The main hall will host most of the programme with several discussion panels, keynotes, and case studies taking place there.

TAKING PLACE IN THIS ROOM:

FULL AGENDA
OTHER
60 min
10:00 - 11:00
26 Sep.
Media Village Speed Meet
OTHER
30 min
10:00 - 10:30
26 Sep.
Opening remarks
Anna-Kynthia Bousdoukou
iMEdD Managing Director, SNF Dialogues Executive Director, Journalist
Stratis Trilikis
iMEdD Co-founder & Programs Director, Journalist
PANEL
90 min
10:30 - 12:00
26 Sep.
Defending Press Freedom: The case of Europe
Elena Rodina
Coordinator of Media Freedom Rapid Response, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom
Scott Griffen
Interim Executive Director, International Press Institute (IPI)
Julie Majerczak
RSF Representative to the EU
Beata Balogova
Editor-in-chief, Daily SME
Ariane Lavrilleux
Investigative Journalist, Disclose
Szabolcs Panyi
Investigative journalist
Thanasis Koukakis
Financial Editor
PANEL
60 min
15:30 - 16:30
26 Sep.
AI and investigative journalism: Opportunities and challenges
KEYNOTE
10 min
16:30 - 16:40
26 Sep.
Crisis Reporting Resource (CRR) in brief (working title)
Katerina Voutsina
Project Manager iMEdD ideas zone, Journalist
Kostas Koukoumakas
Journalist
PANEL
50 min
16:40 - 17:30
26 Sep.
Covering Gaza
Manisha Ganguly
Visual Forensics Lead & Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian
Hanin Majadli
Journalist, Editor, Haaretz
Ron Haviv
Director, Co-Founder, VII Foundation
OTHER
60 min
18:30 - 19:30
26 Sep.
IJ4EU Impact Award Ceremony
PANEL
60 min
11:00 - 12:00
27 Sep.
How to build communities around your investigations
Jonatan Rodríguez
Outreach Program Manager, Pulitzer Center
Nicole Lewis
Engagement Editor, The Marshall Project
Max Siegelbaum
Special Projects Editor, Co-Founder, Documented
Terry Parris Jr.
Editor, Public Square
Moderator
Lam Thuy Vo
Associate Professor, The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
PANEL
60 min
12:00 - 13:00
27 Sep.
Adoption of generative AI tools to improve the quality of news reporting
Vivian Schiller
Vice President, Executive Director, Aspen Digital
PANEL
60 min
13:00 - 14:00
27 Sep.
Bringing investigative journalism into food lifestyle media
Tessa Pang
Impact Producer, Lighthouse Reports
Silvia Lazzaris
Reporter, Author
Miriam Wells
Impact Editor, Deputy Development Director, The Examination
Moderator
Thin Lei Win
Lead Reporter, Food Systems Newsroom
CASE STUDY
15 min
15:30 - 15:45
27 Sep.
What's behind the killing of Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon?
Karla Mendes
Investigative Reporter, Mongabay; Fellow, Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network; Vice-President and DEI Chair, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
PANEL
60 min
15:45 - 16:45
27 Sep.
Climate journalism: Bridging the gap between science and the audience
Vera Penêda
Director of Programmes and Impact, European Journalism Centre
PANEL
45 min
16:45 - 17:30
27 Sep.
Toward genuine North-South collaborations
Daniel Howden
Founder, Director, Lighthouse Reports
Natalia Viana
Co-founder, Executive Director, Agência Pública
Moderator
Nicholas Dawes
Executive Director, THE CITY
KEYNOTE
30 min
18:00 - 18:30
27 Sep.
Creative formats to disseminate investigative journalism
Jose Miguel Calatayud
Freelance journalist, Writer
PANEL
60 min
18:30 - 19:30
27 Sep.
"It's Not Me, It’s the News": Addressing news avoidance
Samuel Joiner
Visual Stories, Investigations Editor
Katerina Matsa
Director of News and Information Research, Pew Research Center
PANEL
60 min
11:00 - 12:00
28 Sep.
Lessons from the students: How Columbia’s young reporters covered the pro-Palestine campus protests
PANEL
60 min
12:00 - 13:00
28 Sep.
Surviving the “Attention Economy”: Alternative media models and sustainable innovation
Styli Charalambous
Founding CEO, Publisher, The Daily Maverick
Juan Carlos Van Meek
Director of Digital Innovation and Programming, Al-Jazeera Media Network
Moderator
Panagiotis Menegos
Content & Production Manager iMEdD Podcasts, Journalist
PANEL
60 min
13:00 - 14:00
28 Sep.
Community-led design: Τhe future of journalism
Shirish Kulkarni
News Innovation Research Fellow, Media Cymru
Amira Hayat
Journalism Student
Suzanne Clarke
Senior R&D Researcher, BBC
CASE STUDY
30 min
15:30 - 16:00
28 Sep.
How we are using TikTok (and Shorts and Reels) to counter misinformation
Enrique Anarte Lazo
TikTok Lead, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Carmella Boykin
TikTok Host, Producer, The Washington Post Universe
CASE STUDY
30 min
16:00 - 16:30
28 Sep.
Linking the climate crisis to the responsibilities of oil companies - A case study based on the investigation: “Iraq without water”
Sara Manisera
Independent Journalist, FADA Collective
Daniela Sala
Photographer, Journalist
PANEL
60 min
16:30 - 17:30
28 Sep.
Managing expectations, seizing opportunities: A candid conversation between journalism funders and grantees
Bridget Gallagher
Principal, Gallagher Group LLC
LIGHTNING TALKS
60 min
18:00 - 19:00
28 Sep.
Small Newsrooms, Big Gems
Paul McNally
Founder, Develop Audio & Develop AI
Miguel Dobrich
Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Amenaza Roboto
Sarah Conway
Senior Reporter, Special Projects Manager, City Bureau
Mansir Muhammed
Senior OSINT Specialist, HumAngle
Asraa Mustufa
Managing Editor, The Examination

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