Agenda

DAY 1

SEPT 25

DAY 2

SEPT 26

DAY 3

SEPT 27

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CASE STUDY PANEL BREAK OTHER KEYNOTE WORKSHOP NETWORKING

17:00 - 18:00 EET

Coffee & Papers

18:00 EET

OTHER

15 min

Opening Remarks Welcome to iMEdD International Journalism Forum 2025

18:15 EET

PANEL

Main Hall

75 min

Navigating the Age of Doubt

Justin Arenstein

Founder & Chief Strategist, Code for Africa (CfA)

Charlie Beckett

Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

María Teresa Ronderos

Director, Latin American Centre for Investigative Journalism (CLIP)

Speakers will be announced soon

19:30 EET

NETWORKING

Yard

60 min

Networking

09:00 EET

OTHER

60 min

Coffee & Papers

10:00 EET

WORKSHOP

The Lab

120 min

If I can’t see it, I can’t document it

Ron Haviv

Co-Founder & Director, VII Foundation

Nicole Tung

Photojournalist

WORKSHOP

Classroom

120 min

Investigative journalism masterclass

Emilia Díaz-Struck

Executive Director, Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)

Speakers will be announced soon

11:00 EET

PANEL

Main Hall

60 min

In a changing information environment, what is "news" and who gets to decide?

Kirsten Eddy

Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center

Joy Mayer

Executive Director, Trusting News

Mitali Mukherjee

Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

Max Tani

Media Editor & Co-host "Mixed Signals" podcast

12:15 EET

WORKSHOP

The Lab

75 min

How to use free satellite imagery and data to investigate natural disasters

Laura Kurtzberg

Training Director, Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE)

Konstantina Maltepioti

Data Journalist, Reporters United

12:30 EET

PANEL

Main Hall

60 min

Beneath the Cloud, AI at the ground level: How to report on the impact of data centers terraforming the planet

Pablo Jiménez Arandia

Investigative Reporter

Daniel Howden

Founder & Director, Lighthouse Reports

Joanna Kao

Senior AI Editor, Pulitzer Center

Laís Martins

Investigative Reporter, Intercept Brasil

PANEL

Auditorium

60 min

Journalists and press freedom in the Global South: Challenges and coping mechanisms

Weslley Galzo

Reporter, O Estado de S.Paulo

Ronna Nirmala

Investigative Journalist, Project Multatuli

Afnan Abu Yahia

Journalist & Researcher, 7iber

Annie Zulu

Investigative Journalist

13:30 - 15:00 EET

Lunch break

14:30 EET

OTHER

30 min

World Press Photo Foundation walking tour

15:00 EET

PANEL

Auditorium

60 min

Covering the Greek Mafia

Giannis Tsakarisianos

Journalist, Documento

Yannis Souliotis

Journalist, Kathimerini

Speakers will be announced soon

WORKSHOP

The Lab

60 min

What are conflict data and how can journalists use them in reporting

Dr. Katayoun Kishi

Head of Data Science, Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED)

Ana Marco

Research Analyst, Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED)

WORKSHOP

Classroom

60 min

Gamifying investigations: Bringing journalism's next level to life in the metaverse & beyond

Folaranmi Folayan

Communications & Partnership Manager, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ)

Nelly Kalu

Editorial Project & Product Manager, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ)

CASE STUDY

Main Hall

10 min

That "fish" on the menu? In Brazil’s schools and prisons, it’s often shark

Philip Jacobson

Senior Editor, Mongabay

Karla Mendes

Investigative Reporter, Mongabay & Vice President, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

15:10 EET

CASE STUDY

Main Hall

15 min

Demolition Atlas Europe

Marius Münstermann

Reporter, CORRECTIV.Europe

Speakers will be announced soon

15:25 EET

CASE STUDY

Main Hall

15 min

Tracking labor abuse to your plate

Martha Mendoza

Correspondent, FRONTLINE

15:40 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

20 min

Silent censorship: Trauma, burnout and press freedom

Bruce Shapiro

Executive Director, Global Center for Journalism and Trauma

16:00 EET

WORKSHOP

The Lab

60 min

How to make data sound

Christian Basl

Journalist, WDR

Berit Kruse

Data Journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung

PANEL

Main Hall

60 min

The test tube and the pen: how and why journalists and scientists should work together

Alexandre Brutelle

Senior Investigative Journalist, The Examination

Laurie Goering

Climate Change Journalist & Extreme Heat Editor, Climate Resilience for All

Speakers will be announced soon

WORKSHOP

Classroom

60 min

Designing AI-powered news solutions with your audience in mind

Line Itani

Product & Development Manager, Raseef22

Ana Paula Valacco

Programme Manager & Engagement Lead, JournalismAI

PANEL

Auditorium

60 min

"There's food at home": How news publishers are enticing consumers to get news on their own platforms

Anna Bucks

Executive Producer of Video, The Economist

Mari Luz Peinado

Head of Digital Strategy, EL PAÍS

Speakers will be announced soon

Moderator

Hanaa' Tameez

Staff Writer, Nieman Journalism Lab

17:00 EET

OTHER

30 min

World Press Photo Foundation walking tour

17:30 EET

PANEL

Auditorium

60 min

Futureproof your organization: How can journalists and archivists work together?

Renata Avila

CEO, Open Knowledge Foundation

Gwen Jones

Archival Researcher & Curator, International Press Institute (IPI)

Timothy Large

Director of Independent Media Programmes, International Press Institute (IPI)

András Mink

Research Fellow

WORKSHOP

Classroom

60 min

Baby lions, birds & bullets - A live journalism workshop on wildlife crime

Ingrid Gercama

Freelance Investigative Journalist

Geri Emiri

Executive Director, Amfora.al

Vanja Stokić

Editor-in-chief, eTrafika.net

PANEL

Main Hall

60 min

How the second Trump era is upending global health

Taiwo Adebulu

Features & Investigations Editor, TheCable

Susan Ferriss

Senior Editor, Pulitzer Center

Jeffrey Kahn

Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Molly Knight Raskin

Journalist

18:45 EET

OTHER

Main Hall

60 min

IJ4U Impact Award Ceremony

09:00 EET

OTHER

60 min

Coffee & Papers

10:00 EET

PANEL

Main Hall

60 min

Reimagining support for journalism: A roundtable discussion on funding and collaboration

Ides Debruyne

Co-founder & Managing Director, Journalismfund Europe

Bridget Gallagher

Principal, Gallagher Group LLC

Crystal Logan

Co-Executive Director, The Reva and David Logan Foundation

Mira Milosevic

Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)

Bilal Randeree

Chief Program Officer, Media Development Investment Fund

11:00 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

20 min

Unlocking the power of nano influencers

Justin Arenstein

Founder & Chief Strategist, Code for Africa (CfA)

Sharon Moshavi

President, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

11:25 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

20 min

How to (not) roll out AI in newsrooms

Clayton Weimers

Executive Director, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) USA

Speakers will be announced soon

11:45 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

15 min

Stories you can feel: Why immersive journalism matters

Erin Reilly

Founding Director, Texas Immersive Institute & Professor of Practice, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas

12:15 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

15 min

Presenting YOJO

12:30 EET

PANEL

Main Hall

60 min

Video-first news: The next frontier

Zach Toombs

Executive Director, Evident Media

Matthew Cassel

Independent Journalist

Speakers will be announced soon

13:30 - 15:00 EET

Lunch break

15:00 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

15 min

Reporting from the front line Gaza and Sudan: The visible and invisible crisis

Christina Psarra

General Director, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF Greece)

Dr. Christos Christou

International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Speakers will be announced soon

16:00 EET

PANEL

60 min

"Unaliving" language online: How modern journalism decodes "algospeak"

Dr. Daniel Klug

Senior Lecturer, Institute for Multimedia Production, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons

David Maas

Senior Editorial Director, International Journalists' Network (IJNet)

Erika Marzano

Audience Development Manager, Deutsche Welle (DW)

Iris Pase

Founding Editor, Pillow Talk Scotland

17:00 EET

OTHER

30 min

World Press Photo Foundation walking tour

17:30 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

15 min

If AI does the storytelling, what will we do? Is it laundry? A Cyberpsychology reflection on AI in the journalists' lives

Wafaa Albadry

Journalist & Founder, Ai.Human.Story

17:45 EET

KEYNOTE

Main Hall

15 min

How do AI models understand truth?

Carlos Hernández-Echevarría

Assistant Director, Fundación Maldita.es

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