From South Africa, to Indonesia, to Pakistan, 2024 will be a year of pivotal elections that will have global ramifications for democracy. Extra attention will be paid to two elections in particular as...
In conversation with journalism’s Nobel Laureate: Maria Ressa on democracy, disinformation and demagoguery
When Maria Ressa was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Russian journalist Dimitry Muratov, it was the first time the practice of journalism had been honoured by the Nobel Committee since 1...
The Facebook Journalism Project and the Google News Initiative’s era of dominance in the news industry, at least in its most recent iteration, has ended. Facebook has divorced itself from news, shut...
Social media, AI, and elections: perspectives from the Global South on the “Year of Democracy”
2024 will bring more voters to the polls than ever in history, with elections planned in at least 64 countries, many of them in key global south countries with fragile information ecosystems. Technolo...
Disarming disinformation: how leading international editors are responding to information pollution in a pivotal year for democracy
This panel presents the first insights from the new global research project Disarming Disinformation, which has seen researchers embedded in multiple international newsrooms to study their responses t...
Mis- and disinformation about health is killing us. What should journalists be doing about it?
The pervasive spread of mis- and disinformation about health poses a serious threat to public well-being. These misleading narratives are not just confusing; they are proving fatal. The Covid pandemic...
Pantropical investigations: collaborations on environmental crime and destruction
Controversies around environmental issues such as the carbon credit market, the export of illegal timber, toxic gold mining, and deadly land disputes are common features for journalists working in tro...
Global perspectives, local narratives: how to break tech journalism out of the bubble
In an increasingly interconnected world, it is hard to exaggerate the outsize impact of technology on people and policies in our communities. However, most tech journalism is Western-led, focused o...
Who is winning the ongoing battle between platforms and publishers? This panel delves into the global impact of the world-first Australian News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC) introduced in 2021, examini...
It’s no secret that there’s a funding and financing crisis for journalism everywhere around the world. Most of the money to support independent media around the world comes from philanthropies, go...