Speakers

Scott Griffen

Interim Executive Director, International Press Institute (IPI)

Scott Griffen is interim executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, publishers, and leading journalists for press freedom. IPI works to protect and promote press freedom and independent journalism wherever they are threatened. Scott joined IPI in 2014 and became deputy director in 2018.

He is the author of numerous IPI reports on diverse topics related to press freedom and independent journalism and has led or participated in dozens of IPI press freedom missions around the world. He comments regularly on issues related to press freedom and media pluralism in international media. He holds degrees from Yale University, King’s College London, and Johannes Kepler University Linz.