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The 2024 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival will gather leading journalists, editors, and publishers from around the world in Sarajevo from May 22 to 24, 2024. Under the theme “Navigating Crises: Journalism at a Turning Point”, this event will provide a vital space for media professionals, thought leaders, and innovators to explore new solutions, foster understanding, and critically examine the role of the media in addressing the great crises of our time.

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Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI).
Wednesday, May 22 • 18:15 - 19:15
War, peace, and journalism: Reflecting on the siege of Sarajevo 30 years later

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Drawing from their experiences reporting during the Siege of Sarajevo, leading journalists and editors will share the lessons they learned amidst the chaos of conflict. We will explore the profound implications and lessons of their work for contemporary war reporting and reflect on the critical importance of safeguarding journalists and societies during times of upheaval.
Moderators
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Misha Glenny

Rector, Institute for Human Sciences
Misha Glenny is the Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, one of Austria’s leading advanced research institutes. A former BBC Central Europe Correspondent who covered the revolutions in Eastern Europe and the wars in the former Yugoslavia, Misha is a sought-after... Read More →

Speakers
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Aida Čerkez

Journalist, Associated Press, OCCRP
Aida Čerkez is a journalist and has been reporting from Bosnia-Herzegovina for the Associated Press for 24 years and was the agency’s chief of bureau in Sarajevo. In 2017, she joined the investigative journalism outlet OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Project) as a news editor... Read More →
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Duška Jurišić

Deputy Minister of Human Rights and Refugees, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duška Jurišić has a master degree in journalism and a law degree. Most of her professional experience in journalism was in public broadcasting services in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She was reporter for Radio Television Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war from 1992 until 1995... Read More →
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Michael Montgomery

Senior reporter and audio producer, Center for Investigative Reporting
Michael Montgomery is a California-based reporter and audio producer with the Center for Investigative Reporting and its popular podcast Reveal. As a Balkans correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, he covered the fall of communism, rise of Serbian nationalism and wars Bosnia and Croatia... Read More →
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Damir Šagolj

Director, WARM Foundation
Damir Šagolj is a Bosnian national born and raised in Sarajevo.After living with his family (father was a correspondent for main Bosnian newspaper “Oslobodjenje”) and studying power engineering in Moscow, Damir returned to his hometown Sarajevo just before the war broke in 1992... Read More →

Wednesday May 22, 2024 18:15 - 19:15 CEST
Congress Hall
  Plenary Session

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