Trust, collaboration, privacy, press freedom: #ijf17 warhorses
This release of our weekly roundup reflects some of the main topics we will discuss in Perugia next week.
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4 min readMar 31, 2017
edited by Marco Nurra
🔥 The International Journalism Festival will take place next week, 5–9 April, in Perugia, Italy. More than 250 sessions, 600 speakers from all over the world, five full days of high-octane immersion in journalism. Here are some useful links:
📅 Introducing #ijf17: what, who, when, where and above all why
And now, our weekly selection about journalism and innovation:
- The Guardian view on counter-terrorism: strong encryption makes us all safer. “There are many things the web giants could do to help combat terrorism, but weakening privacy protection is not one of them.”
- The future of free speech, trolls, anonymity and fake news online: new Pew Research Center report. “Between troll attacks, chilling effects of government surveillance and censorship, etc., the internet is becoming narrower every day.”
- As Egypt-U.S. relationship moves forward, jailed Egyptian journalists left behind. “I have been out [of prison] for two weeks, but I still can’t live among people normally,” Yaqot, a former journalist for the news website Karmouz, told the CPJ. “I am trying to remember what normal life is like.”
🔔 We’ll tackle this topic at #ijf17:
- Panama claims ‘solid case’ against Mossack Fonseca. Almost one year after it was first published, the Panama Papers data continues to be used by ICIJ partners in ongoing investigations, and to produce impact around the world.
🔔 We’ll tackle this topic at #ijf17:
- One year after the Panama Papers: 9 reasons why newsrooms should collaborate on news stories, by Bastian Obermayer. “Even with the undeniable impact of the story, I still hear the same simple question over and over: Why did you share? I understand the skepticism behind this question (why would a journalist with a sane mind share a scoop like the Panama Papers?). But the truth is that journalism — especially investigative journalism — needs much more radical sharing to thrive in today’s media environment where resources are strapped, distribution is disaggregated, and audiences are dispersed and distracted. We need much more collaboration to hold the powerful to account around the world and in the United States. Some stories are simply too big for one news outlet to tackle.”
🔔 We’ll tackle this topic at #ijf17:
- 7 steps to evaluate the news (or any other information you find on the Internet), from a librarian. “In this world where information is abundant and easy to create and share, finding information is not a challenge. The challenge is in finding good information.” To do so, Faith Rusk provides some useful steps to make sure the information we find is accurate, factual, and credible.
- Google and Facebook can’t just make fake news disappear, wrote danah boyd. “Fake news is too big and messy to solve with algorithms or editors — because the problem is… us.”
🔔 At #ijf17 we will discuss this topic in several panels, conversations and workshops. Here is a taster selection:
- Democracy Fund and First Look Media are giving $9 million to nonprofit newsrooms. They are also committing an additional $3 million to support independent, vigorous journalism…
- …It includes: $275,000 will go to New York University to establish “a laboratory for community-supported investigative reporting through a unique partnership between New York University and De Correspondent.”
- Can Dutch import De Correspondent conquer the U.S.? They built a membership-driven model that produces trust, connection, and good journalism. “But can it extend that approach to the hurly-burly of the American media market?”, asks Ken Doctor.
- Talking about internationalization… The Guardian US broke the Snowden story and won a string of the highest industry honors. So why is is sinking? Last summer, the Guardian said it would have to slash its U.S. staff by 30 percent, to 100. Last week, in another blow, staffers were told that costs would be cut by 20 percent.
- NYU professor Jay Rosen, who is working with De Correspondent on its U.S. launch, explains why figuring out a trusted membership model is key to journalism’s future.
🔔 Trust will be a key topic at #ijf17:
International Journalism Festival is the biggest annual media event in Europe. It’s an open invitation to interact with the best of world journalism. All sessions are free entry for all attendees, all venues are situated in the stunning setting of the historic town centre of Perugia.
