2024 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival: Full Schedule

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.

If you have not yet registered, please visit our Eventbrite page to secure your ticket!

Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI).

18:00 CEST

Welcome remarks

Speakers

Frane Maroević

Executive Director, IPI

Frane Maroević is Executive Director of the International Press Institute. He brings to this position over 30 years in journalism, media development and press freedom. He developed his passion for journalism and learned the skills, professional standards and values of this profession... Read More →

Khadija Patel

Journalist-in-Residence, International Fund for Public Interest Media

Khadija Patel pushes words on street corners. She is passionate about the protection and enhancement of global media as a public good and is the head of programmes at the International Fund for Public Interest Media She is the former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian in South... Read More →

Edin Forto

Minister of Communications and Transport, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Edin Forto is the state level Minister of Communications and Transport. Previously, he was the Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton and is also the President of Naša stranka political party.After the war ended, Forto moved to the United States and graduated in media and journalism from... Read More →

Wednesday May 22, 2024 18:00 - 18:15 CEST
Congress Hall

Plenary Session

18:15 CEST

War, peace, and journalism: Reflecting on the siege of Sarajevo 30 years later

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

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

19:15 CEST

Profile in courage: A special conversation with Wael Al-Dahdouh

Speakers

Wael Al-Dahdouh

Gaza Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera Media Network

Born in Gaza in 1970, Wael overcame challenges under Israeli occupation to pursue education, earning a BA in journalism and media in 1998 and a master's degree in regional studies in 2007. He began his career with Palestinian publications, later joining Al-Arabiya TV and rising to... Read More →

Azmat Khan

Director, Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism

Azmat Khan is a Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter, Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor of Journalism and Director, Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism.She is a writer for New York Times Magazine, a Carnegie Fellow, and the Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor... Read More →

Wednesday May 22, 2024 19:15 - 20:00 CEST
Congress Hall

Plenary Session

20:00 CEST

Welcome reception

Co-hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wednesday May 22, 2024 20:00 - 21:30 CEST
Hotel Holiday Lobby

Social Event

09:00 CEST

Plenary opening

Speakers

Frane Maroević

Executive Director, IPI

Scott Griffen

Deputy Director, IPI

Scott Griffen is deputy director at the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, publishers and journalists defending press freedom since 1950. He is the author of numerous IPI reports on diverse topics related to press freedom and independent journalism and... Read More →

Ryan Powell

Head of Innovation and Media Business, IPI

He is the International Press Institute's head of innovation and media business, leading and designing a portfolio of training and funding programmes supporting independent media pursuing diversified revenue models, audience engagement and future proofed editorial formats through... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 09:00 - 09:20 CEST
Congress Hall

Plenary Session

09:30 CEST

Crisis and resilience: Upholding press freedom

War. Civil Conflict. Repression. Around the world, the risks of doing journalism are increasing – and often suddenly. Hear how resilient editors and media outlets are adapting and persevering to protect the free flow of news.

Moderators

Carlos Dada

Co-Founder & Director, El Faro

A pioneer of investigative reporting and online journalism in El Salvador and Latin America, Carlos Dada is the co-founder and director of El Faro, the Central American news outlet renowned for its in depth investigative journalism. He has received the Maria Moors Cabot Award and... Read More →

Speakers

Tom Grundy

Editor-in-Chief, Founder, Hong Kong Free Press

Tom founded Hong Kong Free Press in 2015 and is the editor-in-chief. In addition to editing, he is responsible for managing the newsroom and company - including fundraising, recruitment and overseeing HKFP's web presence and ethical guidelines.He has a BA in Communications and New... Read More →

Sevgil Musaieva

Editor in Chief, Ukrainska Pravda

Sevgil Musaieva is a Ukrainian journalist from Crimea, editor-in-chief of Ukrainian newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, recipient of a 2022 International Press Freedom Award, and featured in TIME’s 100 most influential people of 2022. Before joining Ukrainska Pravda, Musaieva served as... Read More →

Raghdan Orsud

Co-Founder, Beam Reports

Raghdan Orsud, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Beam Reports, leads the charge against misinformation in Sudan. With extensive experience in political communication and democracy programs worldwide, Raghdan has innovated solutions for global information access. Her tenure at... Read More →

Sonny Swe

CEO and Founder, Frontier Myanmar

Sonny is co-founder and CEO of Frontier Myanmar, a Yangon-based independent media organisation that reports on current affairs, business and culture in English and Burmese. He entered the industry in 1996 as a printer and four years later co-founded The Myanmar Times – the country's... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 09:30 - 10:45 CEST
Holiday Hall

Panel Discussion

09:30 CEST

Investigative journalism’s profit puzzle: Going beyond breaking even

Learn from industry leaders as they discuss the business model of investigative journalism, introducing best practices and strategies for diversifying revenue and paying for human-resource intensive investigative reporting. Revenue diversification, like licensing IP or building enhanced public databases, and product development to reach and engage audiences regularly and directly are often missing from debates about how investigative journalism can pay for itself independent of grants and philanthropy. From Senegal and Nigeria to Hungary and the United States, we’ll hear from experts navigating the challenges that arise for investigative publications hoping to make a return on investment in this changing media and consumer landscape.

Moderators

Bilal Randeree

Managing Director of Media Programs, MDIF

Bilal is Managing Director of Media Programs at MDIF. He brings almost two decades of finance, management and editorial experience to this role, helping media companies navigate challenging business and operational environments. Before joining MDIF in 2017, Bilal worked for KPMG... Read More →

Speakers

Dessi Damianova

Chief Operating Officer, Bellingcat

Dessi is Bellingcat’s Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for organisational development, fundraising and finance. She brings more than 25 years of experience as a journalist, editor and C-suite executive in the non-profit media development sector. She previously set up large... Read More →

Juliana Mori

Co-founder, InfoAmazonia

Juliana Mori is an award winning journalist from Brazil, specialized in audiovisual productions and visualization of geospatial data. Co-founder and editorial director of InfoAmazonia, an independent media outlet that uses maps, data, and geolocalized reports to tell social environmental... Read More →

Ron Nixon

Vice President for News, investigative, enterprise and grants and partnerships, Associated Press

Ron Nixon is AP’s Vice President for News, investigative, enterprise and grants and partnerships. Nixon received the inaugural 2021 News Leader of the Year award from the News Leaders Association. He has overseen investigations that have won a number of awards including, the 2023... Read More →

Alina Păduraru

Reporter and executive manager, Recorder.ro

Alina Păduraru is a reporter and executive manager at Recorder, a Romanian independent video publication. After its launch in 2017, Recorder became one of the most impactful independent media outlets, producing viral video investigations and managing to spur real-life changes in... Read More →

Hamadou Tidiane Sy

Founder, Ouestaf News

Tidiane Sy is a seasoned Senegalese journalist, now mostly active as a journalism trainer and consultant throughout Africa. Tidiane Sy founded Ouestaf News, an award-winning West African online news outlet in which a corps of independent, investigative journalists report on the stories... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 09:30 - 10:45 CEST
Congress Hall

Panel Discussion

11:00 CEST

Making Big Tech work for us

How can we shape the rules and conversation around Big Tech in order to secure the future of public interest media? Hear from key thought leaders who are driving this discussion forward.

Speakers

Paula Miraglia

Co-founder, director general and publisher, Gama Revista, Founder, Journalism and Tech Task Force

Paula Miraglia is a media entrepreneur and advocate. She is the co-founder, director general and publisher of Gama Revista in Brazil and the founder of the Journalism & Tech Task force. She also co-founded and directed for eight years Nexo Jornal, an award winning digital native news... Read More →

Khadija Patel

Journalist-in-Residence, International Fund for Public Interest Media

Courtney C. Radsch

Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty, Open Markets Institute

Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute. In this role, Dr. Radsch produces and oversees cutting-edge research into news media market structures and helps design smart policy solutions to protect and bolster journalism’s... Read More →

Teresa Ribeiro

Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE

Teresa Ribeiro, of Portugal, is the fifth Representative on Freedom of the Media. She has vast political, diplomatic, human rights and media experience.Prior to this position, she was Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Congress Hall

Conversation

11:00 CEST

Bursting bubbles: Feminist media innovate to reach wider audiences

Media organizations have always rallied around a clear mission and values. More and more, niche, segment-specific media are finding ways to grow and achieve sustainability. How are entrepreneurs establishing and scaling media with a feminist and inclusive mission? We’ll dissect how to create a business grounded in feminist and inclusive values and the challenges of attracting readers from outside your community. You’ll learn about relationship building across communities and success stories of feminist media and collectives in Kenya, Nepal, Brazil, Serbia and El Salvador.

Moderators

Izabela Moi

Co-Founder and CEO, Agencia Mural

Izabela Moi is a journalist with almost three decades of professional experience. She has been a specialist in education coverage, primarily at Folha de SPaulo, where she also served as an editor and training manager. Additionally, she has worked as a communication coordinator in... Read More →

Speakers

Laura Aguirre

Co-Founder and Director of Strategic Projects, Alharaca

Laura Aguirre is the Co-Founder and Director of Strategic Projects of Alharaca, a feminist digital media outlet in El Salvador. She is also the Development Coordinator of Sembramedia. Her professional career has been marked by both academia and journalism. She holds a PhD in sociology... Read More →

Catherine Gicheru

Director, Africa Women Journalism Project

Catherine Gicheru is an award-winning Kenyan journalist who is currently serving as a Knight International Journalism Fellow with the International Center for Journalists and leader of the Code for Kenya team working to bring together data journalists and technologists to produce... Read More →

Bhrikuti Rai

Co-Founder, Boju Bajai

Bhrikuti Rai is an award-winning Nepali journalist and co-founder of Boju Bajai podcast, which she started with Itisha Giri in 2016. Boju Bajai began as a passion project to address the void that exists in the discourse around gender and the politics of gender in Nepal and South Asia... Read More →

Aldina Salkanovic

Journalist, Women's Forum Prijepolje

Aldina Salkanovic is a graduate in journalism from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. With over 10 years of experience, she has been working at the Women's Forum Prijepolje. The association oversees two media platforms: TV Forum and the internet portal Foruminfo. She is... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Holiday Hall

Panel Discussion

12:00 CEST

Silenced: Why Babita Deokaran was murdered (A powerful story of investigative journalism in South Africa)

The IPI World Congress is hosting a special screening of the documentary "Silenced", a powerful story of investigative journalism in South Africa.

"Silenced" tells the story of Babita Deokara, a corruption whistleblower within the Gauteng Department of Health. She was assassinated in a hit-style killing outside her south Johannesburg home in August 2021. A News24 investigation which spanned more than a year – examining in excess of 60,000 e-mails and the contents of her cellphone – revealed the vivid detail of what was her final graft investigation.

This documentary reveals what she found in the days before her murder. Following the screening, IPI will host a Q&A with News24 investigative journalist Jeff Wicks, who led the reporting in this case.

Speakers

Jeff Wicks

Investigative journalist, News24

Jeff Wicks is an investigative journalist at News24 and the joint winner of the 2021 and 2023 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative journalism. He covers a wide variety of topics, with a broad focus on intelligence, the underworld, as well as law and order.He is the co-author of Eight... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Drina Hall

Film Screening & Discussion

12:00 CEST

Duty of care in action: How newsrooms prioritize mental health

The mental health of journalists has been steadily deteriorating since the pandemic. People often feel overwhelmed due to a broken business model and rapid digitalization, which adds to the emotional difficulty of the content we cover. Many newsrooms have become unhealthy places to work, with record levels of burnout, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. However, a few organizations are leading the way in creating cultures of care that prioritize the mental health and well-being of employees. In this panel, we’ll discuss challenges and best practices with them.

Moderators

Mar Cabra

Co-founder, The Self-Investigation

Mar is one of the co-founders of The Self-Investigation. She is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, digital wellness educator and Acumen fellow working on raising awareness on how technology is changing the way we interact with ourselves, each other and as a society. She writes a... Read More →

Speakers

Beata Balogova

Editor-in-chief, SME daily

Beata Balogová is the editor-in-chief of SME, a major independent daily and news site in Slovakia. Prior to joining SME, between 2003 and 2014, Beata served as editor-in-chief of Slovakia’s English-language weekly The Slovak Spectator. Beata also serves as vice chair of the executive... Read More →

Jean-Marc Mojon

Global news safety manager, Agence France-Presse

Jean-Marc Mojon has been a journalist with AFP for close to 25 years. He is currently the agency’s global news safety manager, coordinating physical, mental and cyber security strategies worldwide. He was previously posted in seven countries as a reporter, including twice as a bureau... Read More →

Lynn Paulo

Head of Learning & Development, Volant Media

Lynn is Head of L&D at Volant Media, an independent media company for Iranian and Afghanistan news channels. Lynn leads learning interventions that support both individual’s and organisation’s needs. Including wellbeing strategies across the business through campaigns that promote... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Congress Hall

Panel Discussion

12:00 CEST

Pivot under pressure: How media innovate through crisis

Across the world, media organizations are facing myriad crises threatening their journalism and operations. Learn first-hand accounts from news organizations tackling sudden and protracted forms of crisis and developing strategies around opportunities, mitigation and resilience. Journalism leaders will share experience of managing news organizations through crises, from conflict and climate change to pressure on democratic institutions, including how to overcome challenges and forging innovative revenue, distribution and editorial pathways.

Moderators

Alia Ibrahim

Co-founder and CEO, Daraj Media

Alia Ibrahim is a co-founder and CEO of Daraj.com, an independent digital media platform that was launched in November 2017.Before that Ibrahim was a Senior Correspondent at Al-Arabiya News Channel. Since 2015, Ibrahim she produced and directed episodes for Special Mission, a prime-time... Read More →

Speakers

Aaron Ainomugisha

Journalist, Rise News Uganda Network

Aaron Ainomugisha is a dedicated Ugandan journalist, media entrepreneur, and social justice advocate. He leads the charge in addressing unreported/underreported issues. As the Team Leader of RISE NEWS UGANDA NETWORK (www.risenewsug.com) and associated initiatives like RISE for Community... Read More →

Don Kevin Hapal

Head of Data and Innovation, Rappler

Don Kevin Hapal is Rappler’s Head of Data and Innovation. He started at Rappler as a digital communications specialist, then went on to lead Rappler’s Balikbayan section for overseas Filipinos. He was introduced to data journalism while writing and researching about social media... Read More →

Veronika Munk

Director of Innovation and New Markets, DenníkN

Veronika is Director of Innovation and New Markets at Denník N since June, 2023. She is based in Budapest, spending 2-3 days a week in Bratislava. She studied sociology, media studies and cultural anthropology at the oldest-largest Hungarian university, ELTE, where she also received... Read More →

Daryna Shevchenko

Partner / CEO, Jnomics Media Consulting / The Kyiv Independent

Daryna has over 14 years of experience in media as a media manager, journalist, editor, media trainer, and media consultant with a focus on HR, fundraising, strategic, and operational management. For 6 years, Daryna worked as a news feed editor and journalist for Ukraine's leading... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Holiday Hall

Panel Discussion

12:00 CEST

Gendered hate speech and disinformation: Evaluating risks and ways forward

A pluralistic media landscape – both online and offline – is a prerequisite for democracy, peace and security. Female journalists continue to face a range of threats to their safety that are unique to their gender, impairing their journalistic work and equal contribution to public debate in a democratic society, to the brink of driving them away from the public arena.

Gendered hate speech and disinformation, rampant in digital platforms, intensify hostility toward women journalists. UNESCO and ICFJ research reveals 73% of female journalists face online gender-based violence, with 20% experiencing offline harm linked to online abuse. In addition, the data showed that 41% of them had experienced online violence in the context of orchestrated gendered disinformation campaigns. Partisan media and rising populism exacerbate this peril, demonizing dissenting voices. This trend not only endangers women journalists' safety but also undermines democracy.

This side event at the IPI World Congress will put a particular focus on the safety of female journalists online in the context of prevailing gendered hate speech and disinformation. By illustrating the overarching risks women journalists face in this context, the event will aim to present practical tools to help prevent the escalation of online violence against women journalists, and identify ways forward to empower and protect them from gendered attacks and foster inclusive public spaces.

Moderators

Zlatan Musić

Media Freedom Programme Officer, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zlatan Musić is the Media Freedom Programme Officer at the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, with extensive experience in communication and media, focusing on press freedom. His diverse background includes communication and public information roles at the European Union Special... Read More →

Speakers

Dalija Hasanbegović

Presenter and journalist, Al Jazeera Balkans

Dalija Hasanbegović is a long-time presenter and journalist for Al Jazeera Balkans. Among other roles, during her education, she worked for ABC News in New York for "The World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" and at the Centre for Investigative Journalism in Sarajevo. She holds... Read More →

Šejla Jusufović

Assistant Research Officer, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Šejla Jusufović works as an Assistant Research Officer at the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM). In her current role, she advises the RFoM on media freedom issues in South East Europe and Turkey, and has a thematic focus on safety of journalists. She has extensive... Read More →

Dragana Prica Kovačević

Journalist, Radio 021

Dragana Prica Kovačević, a journalist with over 10 years of experience, works for Radio 021 and Digital news outlet 021 in Novi Sad. Her passion for social justice issues is evident in her reporting, which frequently tackles themes like women's rights and environmental protection... Read More →

Anida Sokol

Media researcher and editor-in-chief, Mediacentar Sarajevo

Anida Sokol is a media researcher and editor-in-chief at the Mediacentar Sarajevo. She is the author of various research studies on the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkan region, including on regulation of harmful content online, media consumption habits of young... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Una Hall

Side Event

13:00 CEST

IPI General Assembly (IPI Members Only)

Thursday May 23, 2024 13:00 - 14:30 CEST
Holiday Hall

Side Event

14:30 CEST

The Revenue Roadmap: An insider's playbook to driving impact and paying for your journalism

We’re excited to share with you The Revenue Roadmap: a guidebook to diversifying revenue and editorial innovation, authored by IPI and supported by Report for the World. We’ll discuss the outcomes of our collaboration, how your media organization can put the roadmap into practice and identify, test and deliver opportunities for diversifying revenue that pay for your quality, independent journalism. Expert panelists will provide examples and a behind-the-scenes take on how they identify and test both revenue opportunities and editorial innovations.

Moderators

Preethi Nallu

Executive Director, Report for the World

Preethi Nallu is executive director of Report for the World. She is a writer, researcher, film-maker and advocacy specialist from India. She was founding editor at Refugees Deeply. Born in Iran, raised in India, Preethi's career spans 14 countries across the global north and south... Read More →

Speakers

Esra Nayeon Karakaya

Founder, Karakaya Talks

Esra Karakaya is an award-winning journalist and founder of KARAKAYA TALKS, a talk show and news content brand that centers traditionally marginalized communities in Germany. She was the first Hijab wearing host in Germany and has continuously been recognised as a leading social entrepreneur... Read More →

Musikilu Mojeed

Editor-in-Chief, Premium Times

Musikilu Mojeed, a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), is an award-winning journalist and Editor-in-Chief/Chief Operating Officer at Premium Times newspaper, which he co-founded.He is also the President of the Nigerian chapter of the International... Read More →

Juliana Mori

Co-founder, InfoAmazonia

Ryan Powell

Head of Innovation and Media Business, IPI

Thursday May 23, 2024 14:30 - 15:30 CEST
Congress Hall

Panel Discussion

14:30 CEST

The weight of bearing witness: Investigating war crimes and human rights abuses

What happens when journalists uncover war crimes and human rights abuses? Hear from seasoned journalists as they share their experiences, addressing the ethical considerations and the role of media in pursuing truth and justice.

Moderators

Boro Kontić

Founder and director, Mediacentar Sarajevo

Boro Kontić is the founder and director (since 1995) of the Media Center - Sarajevo. He began his journalistic career as a journalist at Radio Sarajevo between 1979 and 1994. During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he worked as a reporter for Voice of America. He is the author of several radio documentaries for which he received major international awards as... Read More →

Speakers

Cape Diamond

Journalist and Human Rights Advocate

Cape Diamond is a Myanmar-based multimedia journalist, Emmy-nominated news producer, and award-winning documentary film producer. Cape is a Sakharov Fellow of the European Parliament and a human rights advocate.Amidst the Rohingya genocide, Cape emerged as the major journalist who... Read More →

Patricia Evangelista

Trauma journalist

Patricia Evangelista is a trauma journalist and former investigative reporter for the Philippine news company Rappler. Her reporting on armed conflict and disaster was awarded the Kate Webb Prize for exceptional journalism in dangerous conditions. She was a Headlands Artist in Residence... Read More →

Haggai Matar

Executive Director, +972 Magazine

Haggai Matar is an award winning journalist, a political activist, the executive director of +972 Magazine and the co-director of Local Call, two independent media outlets operating on the ground in Israel-Palestine, committed to justice and equality. Haggai is a board member of the... Read More →

Anastasiya Stanko

Editor-in-chief, Slidstvo

Anastasiia Stanko is а Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter.In 2013, she co-founded the independent media channel, Hromadske, which is registered as a non-governmentalorganization, and where she currently is a member of the General assembly.Since the early days of the Maidan Revolution... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 14:30 - 15:30 CEST
Holiday Hall

Panel Discussion

14:30 CEST

Workshop: How to operationalize mental health and wellbeing in the newsroom

Journalism is facing a crisis, and so are its journalists. Recent surveys indicate a rise in anxiety, depression, and burnout among media workers. Managers are often most at risk and who is supporting them? From raising awareness to adopting effective and respectful digital communication guidelines, conducting regular 1:1 meetings, minimizing multitasking, and establishing protocols for handling the impact of complex stories on journalists' mental health. Discover ways to promote a healthier work culture for yourself and your team. If you seek alternatives to the always-on working culture and want to integrate well-being and mental health approaches into your newsroom, this workshop is for you.

Speakers

Mar Cabra

Co-founder, The Self-Investigation

Thursday May 23, 2024 14:30 - 15:30 CEST
Neretva Hall

Workshop

14:30 CEST

Film screening: How To Build A Truth Engine

Disinformation and conspiracy theories have reached a level unwitnessed since the turmoil of the 1930s. Feature documentary, HOW TO BUILD A TRUTH ENGINE, portrays a crack-team of investigators from the fields of technology, journalism, folklore and neuroscience who show that if you hack the information feed, you can hack somebody’s mind. Following their personal journeys they take us from the information battlefields into the inner workings of the human brain and show how - through us - a web of lies can change reality.

Director Friedrich Moser will join for a discussion of the film following the screening.

This is an exclusive, non-public press screening for members of the press who are registered for the IPI World Congress.

Speakers

Friedrich Moser

Producer, Friedrich Moser Film GmbH

1997 MA in Contemporary History (University of Salzburg, Austria). 1998-2000 tv news journalist (Bolzano, Italy). Since 2001 documentary film producer, author, director & cinematographer, since 2010 based in Vienna, Austria. My films have covered lobbying, surveillance, national security... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 14:30 - 17:00 CEST
Drina Hall

Film Screening & Discussion

15:45 CEST

AI's impact on journalism: Evaluating risks and opportunities

As the buzz around AI and journalism continues to grow, this panel introduce and interrogate everyday opportunities and big picture strategies for bringing AI to your media organization. Rappler, Associated Press, JournalismAI and other industry leaders will talk you through their strategies (and skepticisms) to adopting AI tools to enhance operations, optimize storytelling, and fortify their business—from chat bots and newsgathering and distribution to partnerships and revenue opportunities.

Moderators

Lena Beate Hamborg Pedersen

Senior Product Manager, Schibsted

Lena Beate Hamborg Pedersen works as a senior product manager at the national Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. For the last two and a half years she has led experiments using AI to translate news articles into several languages, and developed a Norwegian cloned voice reading the news... Read More →

Tshepo Tshabalala

Project Manager & Team Lead, JournalismAI

Tshepo Tshabalala is the Manager of JournalismAI, a research and training project run by Polis – the international journalism think-tank at the London School of Economics and Political Science – in collaboration with the Google News Initiative. Prior to joining Polis, Tshepo worked... Read More →

Speakers

Espen Egil Hansen

Chairman of the Board, Factiverse

Norwegian newspaper editor and publisher. Currently, he serves as international advisor at JP/Politikens Hus. From 2013 until 2019, he was editor-in-chief and CEO of Norway’s largest newspaper, Aftenposten. Prior to that, he served as editor-in-chief and managing editor at VG Nett... Read More →

Don Kevin Hapal

Head of Data and Innovation, Rappler

Ron Nixon

Vice President for News, investigative, enterprise and grants and partnerships, Associated Press

Amandas Ong

Journalist

Amandas Ong is a London-based journalist who has reported from Mexico, Turkey, Rwanda, the occupied West Bank and Ukraine. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Slate, VICE and others. She is a National Geographic grantee, and... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 15:45 - 17:00 CEST
Congress Hall

Panel Discussion

15:45 CEST

Climate and environmental journalism under fire

Environmental reporting has never been more important – or more dangerous. We’ll discuss how to protect climate and environmental reporters under attack, and make sure the stories we need don’t get buried.

Moderators

Scott Griffen

Deputy Director, IPI

Speakers

Bukola Adebayo

West Africa correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation/Context newsroom

Bukola Adebayo is the West Africa correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation/Context newsroom and a 2024 Rainforest Investigations Fellow at the Pulitzer Center. She has reported on climate change, health, gender, environment and politics across several African countries for media outlets, including CNN.She has taught at the Harvard Division of Continuing Education and is a 2021 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University... Read More →

Alena Besirevic

Founder and Investigative journalist, Naratorium

Alena Beširević is an investigative journalist focused on energy transition and the environment at Naratorium and fact-checker and researcher at Raskrinkavanje.She is a co-founder of Naratorium, a website focused on environmental reporting. Previously Beširević worked for Oslobođenje... Read More →

Özgür Gürbüz

Journalist and writer

Özgür Gürbüz has been writing on environmental, economic and energy issues since 1994. Gürbüz has worked for several major newspapers and magazines in Turkey and is currently a columnist for BirGün daily newspaper and part of the editorial board of Magma magazine. He has also... Read More →

Teresa Ribeiro

Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE

Santiago Sáez

Director of Training, Covering Climate Now

Santiago Sáez is a climate journalist. He currently serves as Director of Training at Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of hundreds of newsrooms committed to help journalists worldwide covering the climate crisis. He helped create Climática, the first professional climate... Read More →

Thursday May 23, 2024 15:45 - 17:00 CEST
Holiday Hall

Panel Discussion

15:45 CEST

Demo training: VR risk assessment

Innovations in learning can save lives. In this demo session, the Ukraine-based organization 2402 Foundation will share insights on providing risk assessment training using a VR module by Head Set Immersive. This hands-on training focuses on threats, risks, and security situations typical for those who work in hostile environments and/or with controversial topics.

Training with VR is designed to minimize the risk that a person will become confused, not in control, or feel helpless and defenseless in a critical situation in real life. It provides journalists with the experience needed for real-world situations where quick, ethical decision-making is vital to safety and confidentiality.

Space is limited and separate registration is required via this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3nAsbZkVCaApeGt1d0QETbPP2KpuHtTLSRwPMusGreGRB1Q/viewform

Speakers

Katerina Sergatskova

Journalist, safety trainer, co-founder, Zaborona Media and 2402 Foundation

Katerina is a board member of the Hromadske Television. She received Kurt Shork Awards for war reporting in Ukraine (2015), and Free Media Award (2022) and Texas Tech University’s Excellence in International Journalism and Human Rights Award (2023) for covering human rights and... Read More →

Roman Stepanovych

Producer, media manager, risk assessment trainer, Zaborona Media and 2402 Foundation

Roman contributed to PBS Newshour, AP, Bloomberg and Vice in Ukraine, Russia, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Turkey. In 2018, he produced the Peabody and NPC award-winning "Inside Putin's Russia" series for PBS Newshour.

Thursday May 23, 2024 15:45 - 17:00 CEST
Neretva Hall

Workshop

18:00 CEST

Award ceremony: Presentation of the 2024 IPI-IMS World Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards

Thursday May 23, 2024 18:00 - 19:30 CEST
Bosnia & Herzegovina Radio & Television Building

Social Event

09:30 CEST

Audience-first journalism: Innovative strategies to build trust in your brand

Learn from media pioneers driving innovation in audience engagement, subscriber and member retention and user acquisition. Each panelist works at the intersection of connecting with audiences and building the product and technology that strengthen relationships with users. From solutions like chatbots and immersive onboarding experiences to user feedback tools, learn how connecting with your audience through innovation in technology can help you build trust in your brand.

Moderators

Ariadne Papagapitos

Impact Director, Lighthouse Reports

Ariadne has 15 years of experience building programmes on conflict resolution, governance and human rights in complex contexts for philanthropic institutions and nonprofits. Prior to joining Lighthouse, she was a consultant to foundations working on forced migration, director of the... Read More →

Speakers

Tomáš Bella

Chief Digital Officer, Denník N

Tomáš Bella is co-founder and chief digital officer of Denník N (dennikn.sk), an independent daily paper published in Slovak, Czech and Hungarian that is focused on long-form high-quality journalism and also develops open-source software for publishers (remp2030.com). Before, he... Read More →

Anu Harchu

Content Creator & Media Consultant

Anu Harchu is a content creator and media consultant with a fervent commitment to fostering resilience in the face of a changing climate and advancing the shift towards regenerative cultures.Commencing a professional journey in financial journalism, Anu delved into reporting and eventually... Read More →

Nicolás Ríos

Audience and Community Director, Documented

Nicolás Ríos is an Emmy-nominated multilingual Chilean journalist, who holds a Master in Digital Media Innovation from New York University and a B.S. in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He worked as a reporter and a documentary fixer for Vice... Read More →

Mungo Soggot

CEO, Scrolla.Africa

Mungo is founder and CEO of Scrolla. Between 1994 and 2002 he worked on Business Day and then on the Mail & Guardian, where he was investigations editor and then news editor. He also wrote for the Guardian, Africa Confidential and the EIU. In 2003 he became a business intelligence... Read More →

Ximena Villagrán Barillas

Chief Operating Officer, Maldita.es

Ximena is a Guatemalan journalist specialized in Investigative Journalism and Data and expert in management and funding of media outlets, and currently the COO of Maldita.es. She has collaborated in several media outlets in several countries and was a fellow at School of Data and... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 09:30 - 10:45 CEST
Congress Hall

Panel Discussion

09:30 CEST

Cybercrime laws and press freedom: A repressive new frontier

Governments around the world are turning to “cybercrime” laws as a new weapon to harass critical journalists. Meanwhile, a new U.N. cybercrime treaty risks becoming a global surveillance tool to target critical media. Here’s how we push back.

Moderators

Nompilo Simanje

Africa Advocacy and Partnerships Lead, IPI

Nompilo Simanje is a lawyer by profession and is the Africa Advocacy and Partnerships Lead at the International Press Institute. She leads the IPI Africa Program which monitors and collects data on press freedom threats and violations across the continent, including threats to journalists... Read More →

Speakers

Anesa Agovic

Field Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Anesa joined Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime as a Field Coordinator for Bosnia and Herzegovina. She holds a degree in Journalism / Bussiness Communication and master degree in Social Work at the Faculty of Political Sciences University of Sarajevo. Additionally... Read More →

Amy Brouillette

Director of Advocacy, IPI

Amy Brouillette is the Director of Advocacy at the International Press Institute, an organization that works with a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists to defend press freedom and independent journalism around the world. As a resident fellow at CMDS since 2011, Amy has more than a decade of experience developing and leading research... Read More →

Paul Kimumwe

Senior Program Officer, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa

Paul is a media trainer and researcher with over 20 years of experience in communication, journalism, and media development. His professional interests include media policy and regulation, freedom of expression, and digital rights. He is the author of Media Regulation and Practice... Read More →

Aleksandar Srbinovski

Field Coordinator for North Macedonia, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Aleksandar joined the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime as a Field Coordinator for North Macedonia in December 2020. With 20 years of experience in both print and electronic media, Aleksandar is a seasoned journalist. His expertise spans various areas including... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 09:30 - 10:45 CEST
Holiday Hall

Panel Discussion

09:30 CEST

Physical and Digital Security: Essential Tips for Protection

The threat environment has grown, as we face increasingly brazen attacks by security forces, the targets of investigations, and proxy groups acting on behalf of crooks and autocrats. This workshop on physical and digital safety — with an emphasis on beat, watchdog reporting — is based on protocols developed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Drew Sullivan and Ahmed R. will share strategies to increase safety and mitigate the risk of vulnerability, surveillance, and injury.

Speakers

Drew Sullivan

Co-Founder and Publisher, OCCRP

Drew Sullivan is a social entrepreneur and co-founder and publisher of OCCRP. He founded the organization in 2007 with Paul Radu. Before that, in 2004, he founded and edited the Center for Investigative Reporting, the leading investigative center in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Under his direction... Read More →

Ahmed R.

Security Analyst, OCCRP

With a keen eye on the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity and a heart firmly rooted in safeguarding the free flow of information, Ahmed brings over five years of specialized experience to the frontline of digital defense in investigative journalism.The core of his work is to... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 09:30 - 10:45 CEST
Neretva Hall

Workshop

11:00 CEST

Investigating disinformation, upholding truth

Can we neutralize disinformation by exposing the interests and money behind it? These journalists are giving it a shot. Plus, we’ll hear from fact-checkers and policy experts combating the waves of false information during Europe’s super election year.

Moderators

Javier Luque

Head of Digital Communications, IPI

Javier Luque is the Head of Digital Communications for the International Press Institute, where he coordinates advocacy and communication on IPI’s digital platforms. He has worked on online hate against journalists and media organisations since 2014. His research on this topic has... Read More →

Speakers

Ana Brakus

Executive Director, Faktograf

Ana Brakus is a leading young newsroom management professional in Croatia, with years of experience in both journalism and management roles. She is the executive director of Faktograf, publisher of Croatia's first fact-checking news media. She holds a degree in political science... Read More →

Carlos Hernández-Echevarría

Associate Director & Head of Public Policy, Fundación Maldita.es

Carlos Hernández-Echevarría (Madrid, 1983) joined nonprofit Fundación Maldita.es in 2020 to lead its public policy and advocacy operation. He works with public and private institutions to formulate, evaluate, and advocate for more effective policy solutions against disinformation... Read More →

Christian Jakob

Head of Investigations, taz

Christian Jakob has been an editor at the German daily newspaper taz since 2006, in the Reportage and Research department since 2014. He studied sociology and economics in Bremen and Milan and global studies in Berlin, Buenos Aires and Delhi. Ch. Links Verlag published "Die Bleibenden... Read More →

Codruta Simina

Reporter and Author, Misreport

Misreport is the first Romanian newsletter which has been disseminating a weekly summary on false content and disinformation. It is run by Codruta Simina, who has an experience of 19 years of in media, covering public spending, politics and corruption and fact-checker and IT expert... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Congress Hall

Panel Discussion

11:00 CEST

Putting communities first: How local media are engaging audiences – and keeping their trust

Local, public interest journalism serves its community and society with critical information and reporting that empowers citizens to vote, brings community together and reduces polarization, informs about public health concerns and much more. Hear from local news entrepreneurs who are pursuing new strategies for financial sustainability and doubling down on their quality journalism to reach and engage with diverse audience segments ensuring they are indispensable to their communities.

Moderators

Saorla McCabe

Advisor for Communication and Information Strategy, UNESCO

Saorla McCabe is an Advisor for Communication and Information Strategy and Policy at UNESCO. She also serves as Deputy Secretary of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication, a programme that provides grants to media development projects implemented by... Read More →

Speakers

Admir Gjoni

IT specialist, digital content administrator, and project manager, Portal Ul-info

Admir Gjoni, IT specialist, digital content administrator, and project manager at Portal Ul-info. Implemented numerous projects in fields like media, human rights, public administration, and policies. Author and co-author of multiple reports, analyses, studies, and policy papers... Read More →

Lera Lauda

Head, ABO Local Media Development Agency

Lera Lauda is head of the Ukrainian Local Media Development Agency ABO (Kyiv, Ukraine). The mission of her organization is to relaunch the local and niche media market by digitizing it, raising the professional level of journalists, and optimizing the business models.ABO has launched... Read More →

Izabela Moi

Co-Founder and CEO, Agencia Mural

Viktor Pichuhin

Journalist and research and development director, Nakypilo Mediagroup

Viktor Pichuhin from Kharkiv, Ukraine, has been working as a journalist for ten years and has been training media literacy for nine years. He studies and dissects the disinformation campaigns spreading in the eastern part of Ukraine, the erosion of civil society that arises as a result... Read More →

Albina Vicković

Executive Director for Development and Innovation, RTV Slon

Albina Vicković, a holder of a Master's degree in Social Sciences specializing in Communication and a PR practitioner from the London School of Public Relations, joined the RTV Slon team back in 2015 as a program editor. She completed her studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Holiday Hall

Panel Discussion

11:00 CEST

Presentation: Legal support for journalists under threat

Speakers

Pádraig Hughes

Legal Director, Media Defence

Pádraig joined Media Defence as Legal Director in 2016. He previously worked at a law firm specialising in international human rights law, international humanitarian law and public law. He also worked at an NGO litigating on issues concerning violations of human rights including... Read More →

Clothilde Redfern

Executive Director, Reporters Shield

Clothilde Redfern is Reporters Shield's Executive Director, responsible for overall strategic direction and management, maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, and ensuring that Reporters Shield achieves its goals and objectives. Clothilde has extensive experience in the... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Una Hall

Side Event

11:00 CEST

Interactive workshop: Leveraging technology towards healthy information spaces

Acknowledging the transformative impact of digital technologies and the dominant power of a few online platforms, this joint workshop by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) and IPI aims to explore the intricate relationship between media and online platforms and discuss the role of technology to ensure public interest media. Before diving into interactive discussions with the audience, the OSCE will launch its outcome report Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Media Pluralism and Public Interest Information written by former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, David Kaye.

The workshop seeks to examine media dependencies on platforms and proprietary technologies, media sustainability, and fostering an online environment conducive for pluralism and media freedom, as well as pertinent issues concerning fair compensation, labelling, media privileges and journalistic protections. In this regard, the workshop will build on the OSCE’s SAIFE (spotlight on AI and freedom of expression) work, including in the crises context, and the 2023 Joint Declaration on Media Freedom and Democracy. Jointly with the audience, the workshop aims to explore existing regulatory frameworks of other information communication technologies and to identify ways forward to enhance the availability and accessibility of quality media and public interest content through technological means and better internet governance in view of reinforcing democracy, peace, and security.

Moderators

Julia Haas

Adviser, OSCE RFoM

Julia Haas is an international law and human rights expert focusing on the intersection of technology, human rights and international relations. At the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Julia works on policy research and development in the field of internet... Read More →

Speakers

Mira Milosevic

Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development

Mira Milosevic is the Executive Director at Brussels-based Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD). Prior to joining GFMD Mira managed Media Development Programmes at WAN-IFRA, and has served as Chief Platform Officer at Indie Voices and as Director of Belgrade Media Center. More... Read More →

Khadija Patel

Journalist-in-Residence, International Fund for Public Interest Media

Courtney C. Radsch

Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty, Open Markets Institute

Friday May 24, 2024 11:00 - 13:00 CEST
Neretva Hall

Workshop

12:00 CEST

Smoke and Lies screening and discussion: Lessons from collaborative visual investigations

In this screening and discussion of 'Smoke and Lies,' a collaborative visual investigation revealing the truth behind a migrant detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, participants will learn about cutting-edge 3D modeling and visual forensics techniques used by the Lighthouse Reports team, and gain insights into cross-border partnerships aiming to bring justice to affected communities.

Speakers

Daniel Howden

Managing Director, Lighthouse Reports

Founder and lead journalist at Lighthouse Reports, an award-winning European investigative nonprofit. Responsible for building an innovative investigations team working with some of the world's leading media on far-reaching, high impact stories. Lead on strategy, fundraising and recruitment.Experienced... Read More →

Jack Sapoch

OSINT investigator, Lighthouse Reports

Jack is an open source digital investigator who specializes in visual and 3D reconstruction. Much of his work has focused on border violence along the EU external border. In the past he has worked with Forensic Architecture and the Border Violence Monitoring Network on investigations... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Drina Hall

Film Screening & Discussion

12:00 CEST

Repression without borders: Transnational threats to journalists

The long arm of repressive regimes is getting longer. Amid growing global authoritarianism, how do we effectively protect and support journalists in exile?

Moderators

Miranda Patrucic

Editor in Chief, OCCRP

Miranda Patrucic joined OCCRP in 2006 and was promoted to editor in chief in 2023. She oversees editorial operations for OCCRP’s global newsroom, including 50+ editors across six continents and the production of OCCRP’s investigations and content.Patrucic was one of the first... Read More →

Speakers

Galina Arapova

Founder and senior media lawyer, Mass Media Defence Centre

Galina Arapova is the founder and senior media lawyer at Mass Media Defence Centre, Russian media defence NGO.She has advised on many cases addressing defamation and other freedom of expression cases, has extensive practice before the Russian courts and the European Court of Human... Read More →

Pádraig Hughes

Legal Director, Media Defence

Stanislau Ivashkevich

Founder, Belarusian Investigative Center

Stanislau Ivashkevich is the founder of Belarusian Investigative Center, a Belarusian investigative media, member of OCCRP and other international investigative networks. Ivashkevich is the honoree of 2023 Global anti Corruption Champions Awards by US Department of State and several... Read More →

Shafi Karimi

Founder and director, Afghan journalists in exile network (AJEN)

Shafi Karimi is founder and director of Afghan journalists in exile network (AJEN) he is an award-winning multimedia journalist and writer who has been covering Afghanistan for the past 9 years, including reporting on the 2021 Taliban takeover. He is now based in France, and works... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Congress Hall

Panel Discussion

12:00 CEST

Under fire, unprotected: What journalists covering the Israel-Gaza war need now

The Israel-Gaza war has led to an unprecedented journalist safety crisis. Dozens of journalists and their family members have been killed in Israeli air strikes. Meanwhile, foreign correspondents are effectively barred from Gaza, restricting the flow of news and forcing local reporters to bear the burden alone. Here’s how journalists are coping with these challenges – and what support they need now.

Moderators

Ika Ferrer Gotić

Senior News Producer and Anchor, N1 Western Balkans

Ika Ferrer Gotić is a senior news producer and anchor at the Sarajevo branch of the N1 television, operating within the global CNN network. She is specialized in covering conflicts, war crimes and international courts.During 1992-1995 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ika and her family... Read More →

Speakers

Walid Batrawi

Media and communications expert

Walid Batrawi, Palestine, is a veteran Palestinian media and communication practitioner, trainer and consultant.From March 2012 until July 2017, Batrawi worked as a Country Director in Palestine with BBC Media Action. Before that, he worked as the Deputy Chief of Party for Internews... Read More →

Ayman Mhanna

Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation

Ayman Mhanna is the Executive Director of the Beirut-based Samir Kassir Foundation, the leading freedom of expression NGO in the Levant region. He joined SKF in September 2011. In this capacity, Ayman oversees the Foundation’s monitoring of violations targeting media and culture... Read More →

Adelin Petrisor

International correspondent, TVR

Adelin Petrisor is an award-winning Romanian war correspondent with decades of experience reporting around the globe. He currently works for the Romanian public broadcaster TVR. He has covered war and conflict in Kosovo, Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Israel, among others... Read More →

Wafa’ Abdel Rahman

Founder and General Director, Filastiniyat: Media for Women and Youth

Wafa' Abdel Rahman, a dedicated advocate for women and youth in Palestine, has forged a remarkable career in media and activism. As Founder and General Director of FILASTINIYAT since 2005, she has empowered marginalized voices. Her leadership extends to founding The Palestinian Female... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Hotel Holiday Lobby

Panel Discussion

13:00 CEST

Closing remarks

Friday May 24, 2024 13:00 - 13:30 CEST
Congress Hall

Plenary Session

14:00 CEST

GFMD Regional Meeting for members and partners in the wider European region (separate registration required)

Join on May 24 for a regional meeting for European media and media development organizations aimed at fostering dialogue and collaboration on critical issues facing the media landscape today. The meeting is organised by the Global Forum for Media Development and UNESCO, in partnership with the International Press Institute (IPI), the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). Through collaborative discussions and knowledge sharing, participants will explore best practices and innovative solutions to support a thriving and independent media in the Western Balkan region, looking at lessons learned for the wider media community. In addition, the meeting will offer a platform for discussing the recently adopted OECD DAC Development Cooperation Principles on Relevant and Effective Support to Media and the Information Environment, showcasing relevant recommendations, resources, and tools for their implementation to key stakeholders active in the region.

Registration: If you would like to join, please contact amhammer@gfmd.info for further assistance.

Friday May 24, 2024 14:00 - 18:30 CEST
Holiday Hall

Side Event

18:00 CEST

Film Screening: 20 Days in Mariupol

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a team of Ukrainian journalists enter the strategic eastern port city of Mariupol. During the subsequent siege and assault, as bombs fall, inhabitants flee, and access to electricity, food, water, and medicine are severed, the team — the only international journalists left — struggles to cover the war atrocities and to transmit their footage out. Eventually surrounded by Russian soldiers, they shelter in a hospital, unsure of how they’ll escape.

Registered participants of the IPI World Congress are invited to attend a closed screening of this Academy Award®-winning FRONTLINE/AP documentary at the Bosnian Cultural Center. Ron Nixon, AP, Ukrainian journalist Valeriia Iegoshyna, and Editor-in-chief of slidstvo.info Anastasiya Stanko will join for audience Q&A following the film screening.

Director: Mstyslav Chernov
Producers: Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath, Derl McCrudden
Director of photography: Mstyslav Chernov
Music: Jordan Dykstra
Editor: Michelle Mizner
Sound: Jim Sullivan

Speakers

Ron Nixon

Vice President for News, investigative, enterprise and grants and partnerships, Associated Press

Anastasiya Stanko

Editor-in-chief, Slidstvo

Valeriya Yegoshina

Investigative Journalist, Schemes (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Valeriya Yegoshyna joined the "Schemes" (investigative unit of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Ukrainian Services) team as an investigative journalist in 2016.She was focused on high-level corruption and misuse of power in Ukraine, investigating law enforcement bodies such as the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, and the Army, and doing international investigations.After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, re-focused o... Read More →

Friday May 24, 2024 18:00 - 20:00 CEST
Bosnian Cultural Center

Film Screening & Discussion