Agenda 2025

Tina Brown CBE, Editor and Author
Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters
Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Durham University

With President Trump launching a full-frontal assault on the press, does the media still have the power to fight back and the resolve to use it?

Brian Stelter, Chief Media Analyst, CNN
Anand Giridharadas, Writer
Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters
Joe Kahn, Executive Editor, The New York Times
Moderator: Jon Sopel, Co-host, The News Agents

How a global journalism collaboration finished the investigation cut short by the death of a Ukrainian journalist in Russian captivity.

Juliette Garside, Joint Deputy Investigations Editor, The Guardian
Laurent Richard, Investigative Journalist and Founder, Forbidden Stories
Moderator: Katya Adler, Europe Editor, BBC

The editor inadvertently added to a classified group chat about a real-time military strike discusses the scoop of the year and how he has transformed The Atlantic magazine.

Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
Interviewer: Tina Brown CBE, Editor and Author

Inside a year-long investigation into how the Saudi elite exploit and abuse East African domestic workers while politicians profit.

Justin Scheck, Journalist, The New York Times
Abdi Latif Dahir, East Africa Correspondent, The New York Times
Moderator: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Main Anchor, Channel 4 News

Introduced by Tina Brown CBE, Editor and Author, and Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters
Pete McKenzie, Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow in Investigative Journalism

The leaders battling the headwinds facing mainstream media.

Sir Mark Thompson, Chairman and CEO, CNN Worldwide
Deborah Turness, CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Moderator: Ros Atkins, Analysis Editor, BBC News

The 30-year-old news influencer who has gained 28 million followers and the ire of India’s government for his compelling opposition to Prime Minister Modi.

Dhruv Rathee, YouTube Educator
Interviewer: Isobel Yeung, International Correspondent, CNN

The green shoots that are breaking stories, winning awards, and reimagining journalism close to home.

Rozina Breen, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Akash Mehta, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, New York Focus
Andrew Lack, Executive Chairman, Deep South Today, and Executive Producer, American Public Broadcasting Service
Moderator: Geordie Greig, Editor-in-Chief, The Independent

A generous supporter of Truth Tellers 2025 on the need to sustain serious reporting.

Sigrid van Aken, CEO, Postcode Lottery Group

The celebrated savant of American politics gives his candid views on how Democrats can regain their mojo and where the US is headed.

James Carville, Political Consultant and Author
Interviewer: Alastair Campbell, Writer, Communicator, and Podcaster

Two journalists who have paid the price for telling the truth about vast corruption by Venezuela’s dictator.

Juan Ravell, Venezuelan-American Documentary Filmmaker
Roberto Deniz, Venezuelan Investigative Journalist In Exile, Armando.info
Moderator: Yalda Hakim, Lead World News Presenter, Sky News

A deep dive into Reuters’ seven-part series exploring the deception and manipulation behind the porn juggernaut.

Linda So, Investigative Journalist, Reuters
Andrew R.C. Marshall, Special Correspondent, Reuters
Moderator: Cathy Newman, Presenter and Investigations Editor, Channel 4 News

One of the world’s premier investigative journalists and a firebrand lawyer on how autocrats are crossing borders and unleashing lawfare to target journalists.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, International Human Rights Lawyer
Christo Grozev, Head of Investigations, The Insider
Moderator: Mark Stephens CBE, Senior Member and International Media Lawyer, Howard Kennedy LLP

An award-winning Reuters photojournalist on documenting the horror of war in Gaza for the past 18 months.

Mohammed  Salem, Senior Visuals Journalist, Reuters
Interviewer, Mishal Husain, Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Weekend

Three innovators discuss finding audiences with bold new platforms and new media ecosystems.

Tom McTague, Editor-in-Chief, The New Statesman
Jane Ferguson, Founder and CEO, Noosphere
Chris Best, Founder and CEO, Substack
Moderator: Brian Stelter, Chief Media Analyst, CNN

The founder of Afghanistan’s largest media empire, the director of the Oscar-shortlisted Hollywoodgate, and a respected Afghan news presenter on journalism under the Taliban.

Saad Mohseni, Co-founder and Chairman, MOBY Group
Shabnam Khan Dawran, Presenter, Afghanistan International
Ibrahim Nash’at, Filmmaker
Moderator: Alessandra Galloni, Editor-in-Chief, Reuters

How the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is carrying on his fight to bring down Putin.

Yulia Navalnaya, Freedom Fighter and Human Rights Activist
Interviewer: Tina Brown CBE, Editor and Author

How does real journalism break through and, in the words of Sir Harry Evans, “just find out what the bloody facts are!”

Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
Emily Maitlis, Journalist and Broadcaster
Edward Luce, US National Editor, Financial Times
Moderator: James Harding, Editor-in-Chief, The Observer

Tina Brown CBE, Editor and Author