At long last, it's become clear in media and technology circles that upgrading our information supply, while crucial, is not enough to solve the misinformation crisis. We also need to upgrade ourselve...
Margaret Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan is the Washington Post's media columnist, writing twice weekly on press rights, the digital transformation, media ethics and the business of journalism. She was the first female (and longest-serving) public editor of the New York Times; and the first female executive editor of The Buffalo News, where she started her career as a summer intern and rose through the ranks. The mother of two, and a former member of the Pulitzer Prize board, she lives in New York City.
The journalism industry is struggling financially around the world, with advertising revenues coming under increasing pressure. Meanwhile, two of the companies most responsible for that pressure — G...
The public editor paradigm: rethinking media accountability and transparency in the digital age
Does the role of public editor require rethinking? Should the role of a public editor that holds news organizations to account for their journalistic standards be an inside or outside job? When Kyle P...
An unprecedented degree of lies and obfuscation – including from the highest levels of governments - has challenged traditional newsroom norms of fairness and balance. Journalists have had to rethin...
As news organizations try to distinguish themselves in a crowded field, opinion takes on an increasingly important role. This panel will look at the spectrum of opinion - from news with a voice to a...
On the difficulties of navigating the Church and State separation of editorial and commercial, as shown by recent allegations about The Daily Telegraph and HSBC. In short, do media organisations large...
Challenged by a radically new scenario and undermined by nimble new competitors, mainstream media is hard at it trying to weather the digital revolution. Put bluntly, is there any place in the futur...
This session will unveil new findings about the use of user generated content by eight online newspapers, including the New York Times and the Guardian, the Daily Mail, and the Sydney Morning Herald...
Keynote speech by Margaret Sullivan. What I've learned at the New York Times - and what that says about journalism
Keynote speech by Margaret Sullivan. Introduced by Raffaella Menichini. What I've learned at the New York Times - and what that says about journalism.